MDGs
The Water We Eat
The Millennium Development Goals can’t cover everything. It’s not so much a flaw in the goals as an unfortunate fact of life. One thing they don’t cover is irrigation water. In about ten years, we’re going to regret that.
Exclusive: Interview with Mary Robinson
Exclusive interview with Mary Robinson. We talk about the importance of a comprehensive human rights approach to development and the MDGs.
Live Blogging: CGI 2010 Opening Plenary
Live blogging the CGI 2010 opening plenary. Speakers include President Bill Clinton, Melinda Gates, Tarja Halonen, Bob McDonald and Eric Schmidt.
Live Blogging: TEDxChange
From 10:45 am, a live blog of TEDxChange, hosted by the Gates Foundation. Speakers at this morning’s gathering include Melinda Gates, Graça Machel, Hans Rosling and Mechai Viravaidya. This event is an opportunity to take stock on the MDGs ten years in.
The mHealth Alliance and the Millennium Development Goal Summit
Our friends at the mHealth Alliance pass along this note from the most recent issue of the Alliance’s monthly e-newsletter, mPulse.
Good News and Bad News on Global Hunger
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization released its annual review of global hunger today. The “State of Food Insecurity in the World” report offers some good news and bad news about, well, the state of food security in the world.
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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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