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“It’s time to get a jackhammer and to simply chip off that part of New York City and let it float into the East River, never to be seen again! It’s time to say enough of the American taxpayer’s dollar being spent on something that may have been a noble idea, but has become a disgrace! It has become the …

The just-installed Libyan president of the United Nations, Ali Abdusalam Treki, told reporters at a press conference that he considers homosexuality to be “not really acceptable” after being asked about the recent UN resolution calling for its global decriminalization. Treki said: “That matter is very sensitive, very touchy. As a Muslim, I am not in favour of it . . …

The annual United Nations General Assembly begins today and NYC is under a tight security lockdown. Midtown subway stations are swarming with cops and ominous men in dark suits. Many East Side streets are closed. Heightening tensions is this: Investigators overheard conversations that indicated an attack might be carried out on New York’s subways in a style similar to the …

Oooh WEEE! This is gonna be fun when the End Times folks get hold of it! The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said in a report published Monday that the U.S. dollar should be replaced as the world’s standard reserve currency, giving rise to a new global currency managed by an as-yet undetermined financial regulatory organization. Heiner Flassbeck, …

Over the objections of 19 countries, the United Nations has granted official status to a Brazilian gay group. The Brazilian Association of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgenders will now be able to take part in meetings on a broad range of topics, including health and human rights. Last year similar organizations from Spain and Sweden were granted official status.

As he visits Catholic bishops in Cameroon today, Amnesty International is asking the Pope to support the United Nations resolution calling for the global decriminalization of homosexuality. Cameroon criminalises same-sex relations and the charity has said dozens of young men and women have been jailed or fined for allegedly engaging in homosexual behaviour over the last three years. Tawanda Hondora, …

Dubya wouldn’t sign it, but President Obama will. The AP has been leaked word that the United States will sign on to the United Nations resolution calling for the global decriminalization of homosexuality. If you recall, one of Dubya’s last acts was to refuse to sign in December. The move was made after an interagency review of the Bush administration’s …

We have seriously got to step up the homo recruiting. The world’s population will hit 7 billion early in 2012 and top 9 billion in 2050, with the vast majority of the increase coming in the developing countries of Asia and Africa, according to a U.N. estimate released Wednesday. Hania Zlotnik, director of the U.N. Population Division, said that “there …

Remember last year when Dubya refused to allow the U.S. to consign a UN resolution calling for the decriminalization of homosexuality worldwide, putting us in league with the Organization of the Islamic Conference? Check this out. At the so-called “Durban Review Conference” on racism and xenophopia underway in Geneva, Europe again put forward language condemning “all forms of discrimination and …

It will be very interesting to hear Obama’s reaction to this: Israel shelled the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, engulfing the compound and the main warehouse in fire and destroying thousands of pounds of food and humanitarian supplies intended for Palestinian refugees. The U.N. chief, in Israel for the day, demanded a “full explanation.” A senior …

Delayed by one week, the declaration calling for the global decriminalization of homosexuality was read to the United Nations General Assembly yesterday. The declaration was supported by 66 nations but not the United States. An unprecedented declaration seeking to decriminalize homosexuality won the support of 66 countries in the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, but opponents criticized it as …

In a landmark but nonbinding resolution, today the United Nations will call for the global decriminalization of homosexuality. Eighty-six countries in the world still criminalize gay sex with punishments from years of imprisonment to death. France will bring the resolution to the General Assembly with the backing of the entire European Union, many non-EU European nations, Canada, Israel, Japan, Mexico, …

Gotham is on super-extra-deluxe security lockdown today for the 63rd annual United Nations General Assembly. All of your favorite whackjobs are in town: Mugabe, Imadinnerjacket, Chavez, and Dubya. Mubage speaks today, tomorrow our ignoble leader makes his final (!!!) speech to the Assembly. Right now the streets of the East Side are crawling with cops, feds, Secret Service, and the …

According to a new United Nations livability study, Iceland has displaced Norway as the world’s most “desirable” country. The report combines life expectancy, educational levels and real per capita income. The United States fell from #8 to #12 in the new report. The Top 20:1 Iceland2 Norway3 Australia4 Canada5 Ireland6 Sweden7 Switzerland8 Japan9 Netherlands10 France11 Finland12 United States13 Spain14 Denmark15 …

Saying they have overstated the reach of the AIDS pandemic, the United Nations’ AIDS agency will release a report today reducing their count of total AIDS cases worldwide by six million, to 33.2 million. The statistical changes reflect more accurate surveys, particularly in India and some populous African countries. Some epidemiologists have criticized for years the way estimates were made, …

With all the world leaders in town for the U.N. General Assembly, security is naturally very tight. Yesterday, Farmboy C and I were walking along the East River where we watched this twin machine-gunned Coast Guard boat ward pleasure cruisers away from the U.N. side of the river. When they went by at high speed, the kid at the machine …

Human rights activists will gather at the UN’s Dag Hammerskjold Plaza at noon today, marching through the plaza and laying a wreath at the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial. LGBT activists including Brendan Fay and Gilbert Baker are calling on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, to ensure the rights of LGBT persons …

Gay activists interrupted the San Francisco appearance of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon yesterday, protesting the United Nations’ refusal to address the plight of LGBT people being murdered, attacked and imprisoned around the world. Led by local activist Michael Petrelis, activists disrupted Ban’s speech to the World Affairs Council of Northern California, chanting, “Break the silence! Talk about gays!” (Photo …

The United Nations’ health agencies recommended today that heterosexual men undergo circumcision, citing “compelling” evidence that the procedure may reduce their odds of contracting HIV by up to 60%, while also noting that the procedure has little benefit for men who have sex with men. UNAIDS and the World Health Organization said that up to 5.7 million new cases could …