2012 Election
Mitt Romney Approvingly Cites UN Efforts for Arab World Social Development
The Arab Human Development Report has proven to be a very worthy endeavor that some credit with laying the intellectual groundwork for the Arab Spring. We should all be glad that the Republican challenger for the American Presidency cited the report so approvingly last night.
What Supporting the Global Gag Rule Means…in Theory and Practice
Why opposing international family planning is so dangerous to so many thousands of women around the world.
An Annotated Explanation of the GOP’s UN Platform
We go point-by-point through the Republican Party’s 2012 platform on the United Nations.
Gaffes, Goofs, and What Was Missing from the Republican Presidential Debate
Almost worse than the expected scorn, the United Nations was completely ignored at this debate. “U.N.”, uttered only once throughout the entire evening, in the context of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran calling for Israel to be wiped off the map on the floor of the General Assembly. (He didn’t.)
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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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