Author Archives: Mark Leon Goldberg 
Social Good Summit Returns to New York For UN Week
The Social Good Summit is back! Social media mavens, political leaders, social entrepreneurs and thought leaders will once again descend on the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan for discussions about how innovations in technology and thought can help solve some of our greatest global challenges.
Global Reproductive Health in the Presidential Campaign Crosshairs
One of the sharpest differences you will find between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is their approach to global reproductive health care in general and the United Nations Population Fund, known as UNFPA, in particular.
Are We Going to Let 107,929 Refugees Starve?
That is the number of Malian refugees in Burkina Faso. It is also the number of people that are at serious risk of starvation because the international community can’t come up with the requisite funding for emergency food aid.
Can a New Special Envoy Move Syria Diplomacy?
Last Friday, word leaked that former Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi will succeed Kofi Annan as the joint UN/Arab League envoy for Syria. His job will not be difficult. It will be impossible.
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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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