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Obama issues proclamation for UN Day

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 23, 2009 - 9:32 am
Security - UN Direct
October 24 is UN Day...and the White House is celebrating. Says the president: "The U.N. is vital to America's efforts to create a better, safer world."

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A chilling video from UN office on Drugs and Crime on opium and insurgency in Afghanistan

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 22, 2009 - 2:14 pm
Security - Afghanistan
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released a report showing how insurgent groups in Afghanistan are at the center of the world's largest and deadliest drug ring. The accompanying video is intense.

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Sec Clinton hits right notes on empowering IAEA

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 22, 2009 - 9:26 am
Security - Non-Proliferation
In her big non-proliferation speech yesterday, Secretary Clinton endorsed the idea that we cannot effectively fight non-proliferation without an empowered International Atomic Energy Agency. She's right.

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Inching toward a deal on Iran?

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 21, 2009 - 10:01 am
Security - Non-Proliferation
The International Atomic Energy Agency announced a deal that could buy time for comprehensive negotiations with Iran. Could this be the beginning of something big? Update: Joe Cirincione responds.

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Looking for an ambitious interim agreement at Copenhagen

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 20, 2009 - 11:22 am
Climate - COP 15
The UN's top climate change negotiator said in the clearest terms yet that a comprehensive climate change agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocols will not likely be concluded by the Copenhagen summit.

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Getting real about the conventional arms treaty

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 19, 2009 - 6:46 pm
Security - Critic Watch
The United States will be joining a treaty process to regulate the trade of conventional weapons. Peter Yeo says conflating this with a discussion about the Second Amendment is disingenuous and dangerous.

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Activists: Sudan policy review good on paper. Now what?

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 19, 2009 - 12:59 pm
Security
Activists are reviewing the Sudan policy review. They say it looks good on paper. The big lift, however, is building a broad multi-lateral coalition to implement the policy.

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U.S. Sudan policy review finally completed

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 19, 2009 - 10:50 am
Security - Sudan
The Obama administration's contentious review of U.S. Sudan policy comes to an end, as Hillary Clinton laid out the results at the State Department this morning.

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Food insecurity and drought in Kenya

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 19, 2009 - 9:53 am
Security
With the failure of four consecutive rainy seasons, the impact of drought, hunger and disease is felt throughout the Horn of Africa. A UNICEF video from Kenya.

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Human Rights Council endorses Goldstone Report

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 16, 2009 - 11:43 am
Rights - Human Rights Council
The UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution endorsing the Goldstone Report. What does this mean for U.S. engagement at the Council?

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