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Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott told The Daily Caller on Monday that he isn’t a hypocrite for lobbying in favor of a treaty he emphatically denounced as recently as 2007. (more)

The Secretary General of the United Nations said he believes al-Qaida is responsible for a series of bombings in Syria last week and may be trying to establish a foothold in the troubled Middle Eastern nation. (more)

The story made headlines abroad last week, but for some reason not so big a splash in the U.S. itself. “US should return stolen land to Indian tribes, says United Nations,” blared Britain’s Guardian. As the BBC explained: (more)

Protecting the integrity of the ballot box is essential to our democracy. Laws requiring voters to show identification at the polls are common-sense measures to prevent fraud and corruption, and ensure that each year’s election returns accurately reflect the will of the people. (more)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) introduced legislation this week to protect the rights of American gun owners from being undermined by a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. The Second Amendment Sovereignty Act, S.2205, would prohibit the Obama Administration from using the “voice, vote, and influence” of the United States during Arms Trade Treaty negotiations to restrict in any way the Second Amendment rights of U.S. citizens, including regulation of civilian firearms and ammunition. (more)

Former President Bill Clinton, the United Nations special envoy for Haiti, has acknowledged the role U.N. peacekeepers played in a deadly cholera outbreak that has killed thousands in Haiti, according to ABC News. The U.N. has repeatedly denied its role in the outbreak despite the ever-mounting scientific evidence that its troops were the culprits. (more)

The far left is making an unprecedented two-track move to derail states’ efforts to protect the integrity of the ballot box for this November’s elections. While the Department of Justice (DOJ) is blocking state efforts, liberal activists are taking this issue to the United Nations Human Rights Council. (more)

VIENNA (AP) — The U.S. and its European allies share fears that Iran might be seeking the capacity to make atomic arms as it forges ahead with its nuclear program. But they differ on whether it is actively working on such weapons, reflecting the difficulties of penetrating Tehran’s wall of secrecy. (more)

BEIRUT (AP) — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon accused the Syrian regime of potential crimes against humanity Thursday as activists reported fresh violence in Daraa, the city where the uprising against President Bashar Assad erupted 11 months ago. (more)

VIENNA (AP) — A senior U.N. nuclear inspector spoke Wednesday of a “good trip” to Tehran and the agency said his team will return to Iran’s capital in late February, indicating progress on attempts to investigate suspicions that Iran is secretly working on nuclear weapons. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday she will join the French and British foreign ministers at the U.N. Security Council to press for a clear message of world support for Syria’s besieged people who face soaring violence. “We stand with you,” Clinton told them in a statement. (more)

During World War II, German cleric Dietrich Bonhoeffer actively conspired against Hitler to resist the persecution of Europe’s Jews. Bonhoeffer spent years subverting Nazi policy at the highest level and was even involved in the plot to kill Hitler. When Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor, was caught by Nazi officials, he was first held in military detention, then in a Gestapo prison, then at Buchenwald concentration camp, and finally at Flossenbürg concentration camp. As Allied forces approached Flossenbürg in 1945, the SS received orders to hang Bonhoeffer. Before he died, he explained his resistance to the Nazi regime: “If I see a madman driving a car into a group of innocent bystanders, then I can’t, as a Christian, simply wait for the catastrophe and then comfort the wounded and bury the dead. I must try and wrestle the steering wheel out of the hands of the driver.” In Bonhoeffer’s mind those in a position to act have a responsibility to protect. (more)

On Hugh Hewitt’s radio show on Thursday night, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney cited a 2008 book by former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton, saying that it demonstrated his rebuke of a philosophy that is plaguing the Department of State — a mentality that stresses the importance of agreement over the importance of results. (RELATED: Newt Gingrich: John Bolton will be my secretary of state) (more)

The flag of the United Nations flew at half-mast Wednesday at the world’s body headquarters in New York and its Geneva offices to mark the funeral for late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il. (more)

In a video clip that surfaced Monday on YouTube, Republican presidential candidate and Texas Rep. Ron Paul is seen arguing strongly in favor of a U.S. withdrawal from the United Nations. The video was produced and distributed in 1998 by the far-right John Birch Society. (more)

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used an international conference on religious freedom Wednesday as a platform to suggest that Islamic governments which suppress Christianity are secretly afraid Islam will lose out in a public debate. (more)

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is taking its racial grievances against America to the United Nations this weekend. (more)

The same day Oklahoma Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), declared victory in his fight against the “global warming movement,” California Democratic EPW Chairwoman Sen. Barbara Boxer reaffirmed her commitment to fighting global warming and the “climate change deniers.” (more)

Attendees at a United Nations meeting in Durban, South Africa began this year’s round of climate change negotiations on Monday, and global-warming evangelists say the stakes are high. (more)

Iran is pursuing its nuclear weapons program at the Parchin military base about 30 kilometers from Tehran, diplomatic sources in Vienna say. The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to release a report this week on Iran’s nuclear activities. (more)