Monthly Archives: March 2012
Trayvon Martin and Bringing the Global Human Rights Agenda Home
As the Human Rights Council meet halfway around the world, I find myself compelled to ponder on the place that the United States holds in the human rights community.
Meet Your Next President of the World Bank
President Obama is set to nominate Partners in Health co-founder and Dartmouth College President Jim yong-Kim as president of the World Bank. This is a pretty bold move by President Obama.
Top of the Morning: Coup in Mali, The Fallout; African Ministers Want a Nigerian to lead the World Bank; TB Funding Woefully Short
Top stories from the Development and Aid World News Service — DAWNS Digest.
There Was a Coup in Mali. Here is Why You Should Care
If you have 10 minutes and want to know why you should be paying attention to what is going down in Mali (and what the late Muammar Ghaddafi has to do with it) have a listen to my conversation with Todd Moss from the Center for Global Development.
New York Mayor Bloomberg Takes His Fight Against Tobacco Global
New York City’s mayor, the billionaire Michael Bloomberg, gives $220 million for efforts to reduce smoking in the developing world.
Making India a Safer Place for Women
Sexual violence- and the ham-fisted legislation proposed by regional governors to address it - has sparked soul-searching debate online and in the press over rape law and the prevalence of sexual assault in supposedly swiftly-modernizing India.
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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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