Yearly Archives: 2005
Spain Gants Asylum to Battered Woman
“MADRID, Spain, (UNHCR) – In a precedent-setting decision, the Spanish Inter-ministerial Asylum Commission has given refuge to a 38-year-old woman, who could not find protection from decades of suffering at the hands of her husband whom she had been forced to marry.
Ambassadors Urge Congress to Pay UN Dues
Eight former UN Ambassadors have written a letter to Congressional Leaders urging them not to withhold UN dues. A copy of the letter appears in newspapers around the country.
Doctor Works to Revolutionize AIDS Battle
“Ernest Darkoh saw early what was wrong with Africa. In Kenya, where he spent his teenage years, he watched as government mismanagement and corruption sometimes left his parents, both university professors, without paychecks for a month or more. Neighbors lived in abject poverty, and crime was a constant worry. When Darkoh was 19, a friend his age died at a local hospital because doctors, worried the boy might have AIDS, refused to treat him.” Read More
News Roundup #27
Selected summary of United Nations related news and events
Annan Welcomes US Report on UN Reform
Virtual Game Offers Insight Into Refugee Experience
Arctic Natives: U.S. Warming Policy is Abuse
UN Aims to Launch Polio Campaign in Somalia
Effective UN is ‘life-and-death’ Matter For Many
in Developing Countries, Frechette Says
Blog Roundup #25
A sampling of United Nations related blog commentary
Next Left: “Found these Harper’s Index factoids quite humbling: “Annual cost of all sixteen U.N. peacekeeping missions currently underway: $3,870,000,000 [United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (N.Y.C.)]; Monthly cost of the U.S. occupation of Iraq: $4,100,000,000.” That is annual vs. monthly cost.”
Radio News America: “The “United Nations Reform Act of 2005″ masquerades as a bill that will cut U.S. dues to the United Nations by 50 percent if that organization does not complete a list of 39 reforms. On the surface, any measure that threatens to cut funding to the United Nations seems very attractive, but do not be fooled: in this case, reform “success” will be worse than failure.”
Stygius: “Steve Clemons is back from the McCain-Frist press conference. Mainly, it was just a political gambit to try and get the nomination moving, even though Frist won’t say when he’ll bring it to a vote. But there was nothing that was new in and of itself. Frist’s line, supposedly bolstered by having McCain at his side, is that Democrats keep “moving the goal posts” on the information requests, which is stalling the vote. This is nonsense, of course; Democrats have actually been conceding territory over the past few weeks.”
Talking Points Memo: “Given the central role of Ahmed Chalabi in ‘unearthing’ documents which triggered the UN oil-for-food scandal, can someone tell me why the New York Times still has Judith Miller covering the story? I’d actually like to follow what’s happening in these investigations. But if you know any of the history of the last five years it’s simply impossible to read Miller’s articles on this subject and have any confidence that what you’re reading is anything that, by any measure, can be considered the straight story.”
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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