Monthly Archives: May 2011
The Renewable Future
Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program Achim Steiner, Administrator of the UN Development Program Helen Clark, the Director General of the UN Industrial Development Organization Kandeh Yumkella jointly author an op-ed marking the release of the newest IPCC report.
Arctic Council Meeting and Cook Stoves
Representatives from Arctic countries are meeting this week in Greenland in the annual meeting of the Arctic Council. And, for the first time, an American Secretary State will represent American interests at the meeting.
World Food Program Wants Libyan Ceasefire
Food supplies could run out in six to eight weeks, warns the WFP. Would NATO participate in a humanitarian ceasefire?
Would reforming the UN Security Council improve its ability to respond to mass atrocities?
This is part two of a two part discussion series that is intended to help Rebecca Hamilton create a college-level teaching companion to her book Fighting for Darfur: Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide.
Anti-Americanism in Afghan Madrassas is not the Problem. It’s the Misogyny.
The misogyny preached by some Afghan religious instructors threatens to undo gains in women’s rights there.
A Day of Bloodshed in Yemen. At least 13 Dead
The reporter Iona Craig, who is in Sanaa, Tweets: “Just been given latest figure of 13 dead by doctor at mosque. They expect more to die of injuries.”
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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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