Author Archives: Mark Leon Goldberg 
The mHealth Alliance and the Millennium Development Goal Summit
Our friends at the mHealth Alliance pass along this note from the most recent issue of the Alliance’s monthly e-newsletter, mPulse.
Jimmy Carter on the MDGs (Video)
From the Millennium Campaign: In remarks broadcast Sunday, September 12, 2010, on the nationally-syndicated Day1 program, the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, calls upon the faith community to take action against global hunger by supporting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
ICC Proscutor in DC; State Department Previews UN Week; Jeffrey Sachs on the Line
It will be a busy day of meetings around the Washington, D.C. diplomatic circuit.
1)This morning, the head prosecutor is in Washington, DC for a talk at the Woodrow Wilson Center. Prosecutor Louis Moreno Ocampo will give a talk: “The International Criminal Court and Africa,” which should be interesting because, well, all of the ICC’s open investigations are taking place in Africa.
Michelle Bachelet to Head UN WOMEN
Good News and Bad News on Global Hunger
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization released its annual review of global hunger today. The “State of Food Insecurity in the World” report offers some good news and bad news about, well, the state of food security in the world.
The Crisis in Disaster Relief
I have a column up on The Guardian’s website, arguing that the international community’s capacity to cope with the world’s humanitarian crises is crippled by an ever-widening funding gap
Has the international community been too slow to respond to Pakistan’s epic floods?
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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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