Monthly Archives: August 2011
Fewer Newborns are Dying Worldwide than Ever Before, But USA Ranks Appalingly Low on Global Infant Survival Study
Here in the USA, our infant mortality rate is 4.3 per 1,000 live births. That puts us on par with Croatia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, and behind Cuba and Poland.
Social Media Gets Serious
The debate over whether social media can change the world is over. Now it’s time to do it.
House GOP UN Bill Drops and It’s a Recipe for Disaster
House Foreign Affairs Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen introduced a particularly nonsensical piece of legislation today that would shift the way the United States pays the United Nations from “dues paying” to a system of line-item voluntary contributions.
WFP and David Letterman Chat About Horn of Africa Crisis
David Letterman invited WFP’s super-star spokeswoman Bettina Luescher on his show last night to talk about the famine and drought crisis in the Horn of Africa.
Russia Arms Deal With Bahrain Shows Why We Need an Arms Trade Treaty
The continued supply of weapons to repressive regimes is nothing new, but it does highlight the need for a globally binding Arms Trade Treaty that restricts transfers to human rights abusers.
No Chuck Norris, the UN will not Take Your Guns Away
A certain cadre of gun owners and second amendment advocates are unable to be convinced that a proposed UN Arms Trade Treaty has nothing at all to do with their own ability to bear arms. Chuck Norris pens the latest iteration of this paranoid view in the Politico
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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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