Author Archives: Mark Leon Goldberg 
Rio+Social Registration Open
Rio+20 is just 40 days away! As world leaders gather in Rio de Janiero for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to negotiate and fine tune a series of agreements on development, energy, and sustainable growth, a more open “people’s forum” will be underway across town.
This June 19 at Rio+Social, we’ll be discussing “the future we want.” What sustainability themes resonate most with you?
This June 19 at Rio+Social, we’ll be discussing “the future we want.” What sustainability themes resonate most with you?
President Obama Believes in Marriage Equality in the USA…and LGBT Rights at the United Nations
For those of us who follow the UN, the Obama administration’s approach to LGBT issues in Turtle Bay (and Geneva) has been unquestionably progressive.
How Climate Change is Causing a Food Crisis in the Sahel
Yet another example of how climate change is causing massive social upheaval not in some distant, sci-fi future — but in the here and now.
Top of the Morning: Scores Killed in Syria Blasts; South Sudan on the Brink of Fiscal Collapse
Top stories from the Development and Aid World News Service–DAWNS Digest.
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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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