Yearly Archives: 2012
America’s Priorities at the UN Summit
What is on the USA’s agenda for the UN Summit? You can find out at CSIS in Washington, DC today when Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer offers her annual briefing on the Obama administration’s priorities at the UN.
Map of the Day: Syria as a Humanitarian Crisis
Yet another reminder of the deep humanitarian toll that the Syria conflict is inflicting in Syria and in neighboring countries.
New PGA; SC, SG Condemn Attacks; Brahimi in Syria; Two-state Solution; Camp Ashraf; Liberia; Sustainable Development
New PGA: Outgoing president of the GA, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser (Qatar), is ending
his term and will be succeeded by Vic Jeremic of Serbia.
Watch a World Food Program Air Drop
There is a herculean effort to provide for the basic humanitarian needs of 60,00 people in Yida refugee camp in South Sudan.
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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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