Open hearings tomorrow on the future of the UN

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February 12, 2007

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Tomorrow the House Committee on Foreign Affairs is holding an open hearing, The Future of the United Nations under Ban Ki-Moon.

Details after the jump.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007
10:00 AM
Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building

The Honorable Timothy E. Wirth
President, United Nations Foundation
Former United States Senator, Colorado

The Honorable George Mitchell
Former United States Senate Majority Leader
Former Co-Chair, United States Institute for Peace Task Force on the United Nations

The Honorable John Bolton
Former United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations

A live webcast of the event will be available here.

Posted by Jessica Valenti at 4:07 PM

November 12, 2008

Taking the Fight Against Malaria to the Front Lines

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Six weeks before his election on November 4, President-elect Barack Obama made a promise to the one million people around the world who die from Malaria each year. "When I am President," he said, "We will set the goal of ending all deaths from Malaria by 2015. The United States will lead."

This may sound like a typical grandiose promise made by a candidate seeking election. But to those in the public health community it offered validation that ending Malaria deaths is not some pie in the sky dream--but a goal that can be achieved in the here and now. Following through on this commitment, however, means that the fight against Malaria must be taken to where the disease is most destructive and most difficult to contain: refugee camps in Africa.

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