Monthly Archives: April 2012
Top of the Morning: South: Sudan Has Declared War on Us; Top NGOs Issue Dire Warning on Sahel Funding; Myanmar Political Standoff
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On The New White House Atrocity Prevention Board
President Obama gave a speech at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum today announcing the creation of a new Atrocities Prevention Board, a standing inter-agency group tasked with formulating a response to mass atrocities or to prevent potential mass atrocities from being carried out.
Exclusive Raj Shah Interview: USAID Launches New Global Child Survival Campaign
USAID launched ”Every Child Deserves a 5th Birthday,” a new USA-led global push to eliminate unnecessary child deaths around the world. I spoke with USAID Administration Dr. Raj Shah about this new project for a UN Dispatch podcast.
The French Election: What You Need to Know
President Nicolas Sarkozy comes in second after the first round of the presidential election in France.
UNCTAD XIII and Lawmaking
No matter how good your laws are, they are worthless if they’re not enforced in a fair and effective way. But enforcing bad law is a terrible idea. Where do you start in improving lawmaking?
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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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