So, in the end, the hubbub surrounding UNAMA and Galbraith was all for naught. Yesterday, after quietly doing its job for monthe before, during, and after the election, the UN-led ECC invalidated 210 polling stations and triggered a run-off, and today Karzai accepted that run-off. The election was widely labeled as flawed, votes were thrown out thro
In an interview with the Financial Times yesterday, the UN's top climate change negotiator Yvo de Boer dampened expectations that a comprehensive climate change agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocols will be concluded by the Copenhagen summit in December.
Guest post from Peter Yeo, executive director of the Better World Campaign and vice-president for public policy at the UN Foundation
Sudan activists John Prendergast of the Enough Project, Randy Newcomb of Humanity United, Sam Bell of the Genocide Intervention Network and Jerry Fowler of Save Darfur just held a conference call for reporters in which they offered their reactions to the Sudan policy review.
At the State Department this morning, Hillary Clinton laid out the results of the Obama administration's long-awaited Sudan policy review.
With the failure of four consecutive rainy seasons, the impact of drought, hunger and disease is felt throughout the Horn of Africa, where over 18.5 million people are in dire need of relief. A Unicef video from Kenya.
Last year, over 116 million people – nearly two percent of the world population – took action in the Stand-UP, breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest mobilization around a single-cause event in recorded history. Join the movement this year by clicking on the banner below.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon got full rock star treatment when he visited the United Nations International School (UNIS) in New York to lead the students in a Stand Up Action.