Questions tagged [united-nations]
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Does UNICEF use less than 14% of the donated money for the advertised causes?
I have heard claims from several people in relation to the occasional donation my wife or I make: that some charities have so much waste in their organization, or use so much money to market their charity work in order to get donations, that only x%…
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Did Putin threaten to have traitors assassinated?
In the recent U.N. Security Council meeting, U.K. Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Jonathan Allen quoted Putin by the following words (YouTube link, the relevant part starts at 1:07:30):
Traitors will kick the bucket, believe me. Those other…
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Has Israel used banned weapons against the population of Palestine?
According to this graphic from the Facebook group zionistlies,
The Israeli army uses 3 internationally banned weapons in its military aggression against the unarmed civilian population of Palestine.
Israel used Dense Inert Metal Explosive (DIME).…
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Did UNESCO pass 46 resolutions against Israel and 1 against any other country in one period?
From https://twitter.com/hillelneuer/status/918519435832496128 (in a recent Twitter Moment):
In 2009-2014, UNESCO adopted:
46 resolutions against Israel
1 on Syria
0 on Iran, North Korea, Sudan or any other country in the world
Is this…
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Is Sweden's economy deteriorating fast?
I am rather surprised to read this article:
Sweden to become a Third World Country by 2030, according to UN
In 2010 Sweden had the 15th place in the HDI rankings but according to UN forecasts, Sweden will be #25 in 2015, and in 2030 on the 45th…
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Is this 'United Nations New World Order' website affiliated with the United Nations?
I stumbled upon this website: https://unnwo.org/.
The United Nations New World Order Project is a global, high-level initiative founded in 2008 to advance a new economic paradigm, a new political order, and more broadly, a new world order for…
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Did a UN backed police force carry out a massacre in Haiti?
This event, if it occurred, is getting scant attention. From the Haitian Times:
A U.N.-Backed Police Force Carried Out A Massacre In Haiti. The Killings Have Been Almost Entirely Ignored.
The police officers were working with the United Nations…
user36356
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Is the Agenda 21 Conspiracy true?
Conservative talk show host Glenn Beck recently talked about the "Agenda 21 Conspiracy", which is a UN initiative that he says targets individual property rights, individual freedoms, and even seems to support radical global population…
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Did Brock Chisolm, the first director of the United Nations WHO, say this anti-individualism quote about a "world government"?
Did Brock Chisolm, first Director General of the United Nations World Health Organization, say this quote?
To achieve world government, it is necessary to remove from the minds of men their individualism, loyalty to family traditions, national…
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Did Portugal attempt to maintain control over Macau?
In this video, Are Hong Kong and Macau Countries?, educational YouTuber CGP Grey mentions (at 3m16s) that Portugal said they had a right to Macau forever, but the UN stepped in and said no to them.
Portugal claimed the treaty gave her control of…
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Has the UN low variant for population growth been the historically correct figure?
Quoting the Population Research Institute (PRI)
In our research, we’ve looked at the UN’s predictions and how they have compared with real life--and in every case the “low variant” has been the most accurate.
Source
I took a look at the stats on…
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Does the WHO recognise acupuncture as effective?
At around 5:50 onwards in the NHK World documentary How Acupuncture Helps Heal a Quake-Stricken Nepal, it's claimed that the World Health Organization recognises the effectiveness of acupuncture in providing anaesthetic effects and treating many…
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Did UN observe Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's 79th or any birthday as "World Student Day"?
It came to my notice through a Facebook post that a renowned scientist and former President of India Dr. A.P.J. Adbul Kalam passed away. When I looked upon his Wiki page I noticed this line:
Kalam's 79th birthday was recognised as World Student…
user27317
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Is the UN letter advocating the rule of Ali the fourth caliph authentic?
The following letter is viral on the internet which advocates the noble rule of the fourth caliph of Islam, So is it really coming from UN?
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Marriage never mentioned at UN world conference on family?
The Mormon church claims,
They had a world conference on the family sponsored by the United
Nations in Beijing, China. We sent representatives. It was not
pleasant what they heard. They called another one in Cairo. Some of
our people were…
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