Blog Roundup

A sampling of United Nations related blog commentary

Air America Radio notes renewed calls for Guantanamo’s closure.

CJR Daily discusses the “Elephant in the Newsroom” known as Guantanamo: “A quick Lexis-Nexis search for “Guantanamo” proves just how inadequate newspapers have been to the task of telling this story. Nearly every article that appears is a breaking news story about a new hunger strike, a court battle over forced feeding, or an organization like the UN voicing concern about the detainees.”

Coalition for Darfur links to an AP piece describing “thousands of civilian deaths” documented in Darfur.

Joshua Landis writes: “The new UN investigation into Rafiq Al Hariri’s murder is expected to indict Syrian leaders.”

Paper Chase says that “UN rights experts call on Egypt to preserve independent judiciary.” READ MORE

A sampling of United Nations related blog commentary

Armchair Generalist writes, “The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) has released a historical summary on Iraq’s chemical weapons program that documents its start in 1971 and follows the work conducted through the 1980s and 1990s.

At the Washington Note, Jeremy Kahn posts an interesting entry about “non-verbal politics”.

Treehugger covers the UN’s World Environment Day: “This year they chose to highlight something we don’t hear about often enough: Natural deserts and drylands also need to be protected. These areas that most people consider to be almost “dead” are in fact vital ecosystems.”

Michelle Malkin posts another anti-UN diatribe with a headline that tells you everything about her level of discourse: “Hey, U.N.: Boo-Freaking-Hoo.” READ MORE

A sampling of United Nations related blog commentary

Tony Ferguson previews World Environment Day.

Steve Clemons suggests that “Iran will continue to try and split the five UN Security Council members.”

Abhi at Sepia Mutiny blogs about AIDS in India.

Derek Chollet discusses Tony Blair’s “far-reaching” ideas for UN Reform.

Captain’s Quarters, a leading conservative blog, uses a standard anti-UN tactic: make gross generalizations about UN peacekeepers from a few bad examples. Captain Ed might want to take a look at this RAND study (pdf) which suggests the UN is better suited for peacekeeping missions than the U.S., finding it not only more efficient but also more effective.

Instapundit links to a Max Boot piece rebutted here by UN Dispatch’s new featured blogger, Mark Goldberg.

Spork in the Drawer has more on Boot: “Boot conveniently fails to note that mercenaries don’t fall under any laws or rules.” (Hat tip: Busy, Busy, Busy) READ MORE

A sampling of United Nations related blog commentary

Coalition for Darfur on Darfur’s “fleeting moment”

Daily Kos’s Navy Vet Terp on John Bolton at the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs

Paper Chase on the UN Committee Against Torture report

Peter Levine on political participation and economic success

PSD Blog on UNSG Kofi Annan and the announcement of the launch of new UN Principles of Responsible Investment READ MORE

A sampling of United Nations related blog commentary

Coalition for Darfur on Darfur’s children

Daily Kos’s Hunter on Iran and US isolationism READ MORE

A sampling of United Nations related blog commentary

Democracy Arsenal’s Suzanne Nossel on China and the UN

Bradford Plumer on the “water wars”

Coalition for Darfur on setting up UN forces in Darfur

Mark Leon Goldberg on the new Human Rights Council

News Hounds on Fox News’ UN coverage READ MORE