Inside the General Assembly debate on the Goldstone Report; UPDATE V (Final Vote)
Mark Leon Goldberg - Nov 5, 2009 - 12:11 pm
Rights - General AssemblyUPDATE V: The resolution passes with 114 Yes votes, 18 No votes, and 44 abstentions. We have the vote breakdown by country.
DISCUSS(*Global cooperation* on drugs, crime, terrorism and insurgency
Mark Leon Goldberg - Nov 5, 2009 - 12:11 pm
Security
The Small Wars Journal takes a look at the nexus between terrorism and international organized crime. A worthy subject, but the article overlooks that these are global problems requiring global solutions.
UN pulling staff from Afghanistan
Mark Leon Goldberg - Nov 5, 2009 - 9:50 am
UN Direct - Afghanistan
Yoko Ono teams up with the UN Peacebuilding
Mark Leon Goldberg - Nov 4, 2009 - 8:38 am
Security - Peacekeeping
The Plastic Ono Band and its record label are re-publishing "Give Peace a Chance" and donating the proceeds to the UN Peacebuilding Fund.
Inside the General Assembly debate on the Goldstone Report; UPDATE V (Final Vote)
Mark Leon Goldberg - Nov 5, 2009 - 12:11 pm
Rights - General AssemblyUPDATE V: The resolution passes with 114 Yes votes, 18 No votes, and 44 abstentions. We have the vote breakdown by country.
100 million children vaccinated each year; not enough
Alanna Shaikh - Oct 22, 2009 - 5:26 am
HealthThe WHO released a new report on childhood immunization. We’ve got more and more-effective vaccines than ever before. However, 20% of children are still not getting full coverage.
A View from the 'Stans
Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 6, 2009 - 3:52 pm
Health - Interviews
Alanna Shaikh makes her blogging heads debut. Our woman in Tajikstan discusses the politics of the 'stans and major health issues facing the region.
Saudi Arabia v. Polio II
Dan Carucci - Oct 3, 2009 - 9:30 am
Health - Polio
Certain Muslim populations have been reluctant to take the polio vaccine, due to false rumors that about its connection to infertility or HIV. The Saudi efforts to require it for every Haj Pilgrim is momentous.
Inside the General Assembly debate on the Goldstone Report; UPDATE V (Final Vote)
Mark Leon Goldberg - Nov 5, 2009 - 12:11 pm
Rights - General AssemblyUPDATE V: The resolution passes with 114 Yes votes, 18 No votes, and 44 abstentions. We have the vote breakdown by country.
Yvo de Boer briefs NGOs on what success at Copenhagen would look like
Mark Leon Goldberg - Nov 6, 2009 - 9:03 am
Climate - COP 15
The top UN climate negotiator Yvo de Boer lays out his four criteria that would make up a "strong political agreement" at Copenhagen.
At Copenhagen hearing in Congress, Republicans come out guns-a-blazin'
Mark Leon Goldberg - Nov 4, 2009 - 4:05 pm
U.S. Politics - COP 15
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs held a hearing today on international climate negotiations.
India lowers emissions goals
Abhishek Nayak - Nov 4, 2009 - 11:48 am
Climate - COP 15
In a marked shift from an earlier position, the Indian Minster for Forests and Environment has announced that India now wanted developed nations to target 25% emissions by 2020.
Inside the General Assembly debate on the Goldstone Report; UPDATE V (Final Vote)
Mark Leon Goldberg - Nov 5, 2009 - 12:11 pm
Rights - General AssemblyUPDATE V: The resolution passes with 114 Yes votes, 18 No votes, and 44 abstentions. We have the vote breakdown by country.
Congressional Gold Medal for Muhammad Yunus?
Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 27, 2009 - 12:57 pm
Development - Micolending
Rush Holt, the New Jersey Democrat, is passing around a "Dear Colleague" letter in support of a resolution to award Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus a Congressional Gold Medal:
Phones unfortunately more widespread than food
Matthew Cordell - Oct 27, 2009 - 12:22 pm
Development - Food
The WFP announces a new twist in its successful program using mobile phones to alert Iraqi refugees in Syria about available food aid.
Inside the General Assembly debate on the Goldstone Report; UPDATE V (Final Vote)
Mark Leon Goldberg - Nov 5, 2009 - 12:11 pm
Rights - General AssemblyUPDATE V: The resolution passes with 114 Yes votes, 18 No votes, and 44 abstentions. We have the vote breakdown by country.
In developing countries, breast cancer strikes women a decade earlier
Vanessa Valenti - Nov 3, 2009 - 2:46 pm
Women - World Health
The face of breast cancer in developing countries is getting younger - and no one seems to know why.
India Can Provide Excellent Maternal Care – But Not to Everyone
Alanna Shaikh - Oct 30, 2009 - 3:16 am
Women - Maternal HealthEvery year in India, half a million women die as a result of pregnancy. And for every death, there are 20-30 cases of maternal injury.
Unsafe abortions kill 70,000 women a year
Alanna Shaikh - Oct 14, 2009 - 1:57 pm
Women - Maternal Health
The Alan Guttmacher Institute has issued a new report on global abortion rates. Roughly 20 million unsafe abortions occur every year. These unsafe abortions kill 70,000 women each year and harm millions more.
Inside the General Assembly debate on the Goldstone Report; UPDATE V (Final Vote)
Mark Leon Goldberg - Nov 5, 2009 - 12:11 pm
Rights - General AssemblyUPDATE V: The resolution passes with 114 Yes votes, 18 No votes, and 44 abstentions. We have the vote breakdown by country.
General Assembly debates dueling Goldstone Report proposals
Mark Leon Goldberg - Nov 3, 2009 - 11:32 am
Human Rights Council - General Assembly
The General Assembly is weighing competing proposals for the Goldstone report, likely to be voted on tomorrow.
U.N. official deported from Zimbabwe
Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 29, 2009 - 9:59 am
Rights - UN Direct
The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak was deported from the airport in Harare yesterday.
General Assembly to take up Goldstone Report next week
Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 28, 2009 - 12:58 pm
Rights
The General Assembly will likely vote on a resolution asking the Security Council to take on the Goldstone Report. There is very little chance the Council will do so.
Inside the General Assembly debate on the Goldstone Report; UPDATE V (Final Vote)
Yvo de Boer briefs NGOs on what success at Copenhagen would look like
Morning Coffee - 6 November 2009
*Global cooperation* on drugs, crime, terrorism and insurgency