Author Archives: Una Moore 
Car Bomb, Withdrawal of Internationals, and a UN Office Attacked: The Latest on the Afghan Riots
Countrywide riots over the accidental destruction of Korans at an American military base have morphed into anarchic outlets for general anger at the state of the country’s long-running conflict. Here are the latest developments.
Afghanistan Riots: How Some Young Afghans are Using Social Media to Call for Calm
The inadvertent destruction of Korans by American military personnel caused grave offense to Afghans generally, but not everyone in Afghanistan is literally up in arms over the incident.
Afghanistan in Transition, Civilians in Armed Conflict, and the Implications of Libya: My Week at NATO
Earlier this month, I spent a week at NATO with eight other bloggers, attending briefings on issues as varied as the mission in Afghanistan and cyber security. Here’s what stood out to me.
Afghan IDP Children are Freezing to Death. Here’s How to Help.
“Is that reasonable that all of them would die at night?” That’s how Afghanistan’s top disaster response official responded when asked about the nearly two dozen children who have frozen to death in IDP camps in Kabul over the past month.
NATO Combat Operations in Afghanistan to End Gradually: Secretary General
When NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen spoke to the press yesterday at the end of the first of two days of meetings with NATO defense ministers, he tried to dispel confusion surrounding the end of NATO’s role in Afghanistan.
NATO Meeting to Discuss Early End of Combat Operations in Afghanistan
NATO will end combat operations in Afghanistan in mid-2013, more than a year ahead of schedule. The accelerated withdrawal of NATO forces will dominate the agenda of the NATO ministerial summit today and tomorrow.
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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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