UN-Truth opened its site to the world a year ago today.
It was 24 October — which is also United Nations (UN) Day, marking the annual commemoration of the signing of the UN Charter in San Francisco on 24 October 1946.
Over 600 posts later, and only a little bit wiser, we can say that UN-Truth has made it at least through its first year.
It has been blogged anonymously, until now, for various reasons.
We are very sympathetic to the remark posted on another blog: “Hiding behind an alias is a strong motivator for many Arab writers to speak up without having to worry about spending time behind bars due to the restricted freedom of speech in the region. A significant number of bloggers write anonymously, which allows them to challenge taboos”. G21 net’s observations on anonymous blogging in the Arab world is posted here.
While we did not start in areas of the world where we were likely to be put into jail for what we posted, we still felt much more free to challenge taboos — and to criticize the United Nations Organization which prefers Borg (as in Star Trek) conformism and pious platitudes. Regrettably, it mainly campaigns for what is politically safe. It puts too much energy into raising funds — despite its main established budget — and declaring victory. It cannot bear to be criticized. And its Administration is appalling — this we can say from our own experience.
UN-Truth has recently begun to experience something of an identity crisis, due to a move from Geneva to Jerusalem, where preoccupations are somewhat different — though still within the scope of issues discussed at the United Nations.
So, now, maybe, it’s time to say who we are.
UN-Truth is written by Marian Houk, a journalist with long experience at the United Nations and in the Middle East, who is currently based in Jerusalem. Disclaimer: any opinions expressed herein are purely her own, as are any mistakes.
UN-Truth is hosted on servers that are set up and maintained by Zero-Analog in San Francisco.