Yearly Archives: 2011
Top of the Morning: DRC Elections; UK Embassy in Iran Under Attack
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DR Congo Elections: No One Said It Would Be Easy
To say that this current round of elections in the DRC are not proceeding as smoothly as planned would be an understatement.
Harnsessing Aid Effectiveness at Busan
More than 2,000 delegates from donor and recipient countries, philanthropies, NGOs and the private sector are gathered in Busan, South Korea this week for a major meeting on aid effectiveness.
Syria Human Rights Abuses: Worse Than You Think
Soldiers shot for refusing to follow orders to shoot civilians, the deliberate killing of children; young boys raped in front of their fathers and other horrific details of abuses from a just-released UN report on Syria.
Top of the Morning: Arab League Sanctions Syria; Election Day in DRC
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No Penance From Khmer Rouge War Crimes Defendants
The first three days of Case 002 of the Khmer Rouge trial have seen both a total lack of penance, and a dogged determination to deflect blame for the death of millions of Cambodians from defendants “Brother Number Two” Nuon Chea, former foreign minister Ieng Sary, and former Head of State Khieu Samran.
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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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