Yearly Archives: 2010
What You Need To Know About Guinea’s Election
More than 50 years after independence from the French, Guineans will cast their vote in the second round of their first democratic presidential election.
What Referendum?
Visits to remote areas of Southern Sudan make it difficult to imagine how Southern Sudan’s new status as an independent country will immediately change the lives of cattle keepers and farmers across the south.
U.S. undergoes first UPR in Geneva, Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing issues Report, USG Amos in Sudan and more from UN Direct
Next week, the SG will travel to Seoul to discuss development issues with G20 leaders.
The Potential Bright Side of Burma/Myanmar’s Sham Elections
Parties aligned with Burma’s military junta will claim victory in a sham election. So will the election portend more misery for the long suffering Burmese people? Maybe. But maybe not.
Hurricane Tomas Makes Landfall. Worst is Yet to Come
According to the latest projections from NOAA, the storm should pass in about six hours or so. In the meantime, storm surges, an overflowing river, and pounding rain are wreaking the kind of havoc that we’ve been expecting all week.
United States Faces the Human Rights Council Today
A couple of countries with more hostile relations with the USA took the opportunity to score some political points. But most of the conversation was not anything different from the kind of discussion you might find if Harold Koh were to discuss America’s human rights record at a town hall meeting in, say, Denver.
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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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