Author Archives: Matthew Cordell 
Snows of Kili no more
Bleak news today for those hoping to one day see the iconic snow atop Kilimanjaro. You don’t have much time left.
According to the author of a new report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that snow could be gone by 2022. In 2002, the same team predicted that ice levels would be where they are now. Since 1912, roughly 85 percent of the ice cover has disappeared.
Phones unfortunately more widespread than food
The WFP has announced a new twist in its successful program using mobile phones to alert Iraqi refugees in Syria about available food aid. Reuters reports:
Iraqi refugees in Syria will this week start receive U.N. text messages they can redeem for fresh food in local shops, the World Food Programme said on Tuesday.
Video: Seal the Deal with Don Cheadle
Don Cheadle, Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, and the President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed ask nations to “Seal the Deal” in Copenhagen this December.
All that hubbub for nothing
So, in the end, the hubbub surrounding UNAMA and Galbraith was all for naught. Yesterday, after quietly doing its job for monthe before, during, and after the election, the UN-led ECC invalidated 210 polling stations and triggered a run-off, and today Karzai accepted that run-off. The election was widely labeled as flawed, votes were thrown out thro
What the future might look like
In a very clever publicity stunt, ministers from the Maldives held a cabinet meeting yesterday at a table bolted to the floor of the Indian Ocean. The agenda?…signing a document calling on all nations to reduce carbon emissions.
Stand Up Against Poverty
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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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