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Top Twitter Users from the World of Diplomacy and International Organizations
Allow me to re-introduce the stars of DiploTweets. You may have noticed that we’ve revamped our DiploTweets feature on the right side-bar of the home page and interior pages. As the name suggests, these are (English language) Twitter feeds from some of the world’s top diplomats and their new media mavens. Also included are feeds from the extended family of international and inter-governmental institutions.
There’s a change coming on (to UN Dispatch)
In case you had not noticed, posting has been somewhat light here the past few days. This is not because there is a dearth of UN and global affairs to cover. Rather, we are implementing some major, major changes to UN Dispatch which will become operable next week. You are going to love it. Trust me.
Photos from Netroots Nation Panel
A special thanks to Lindsay Beyerstein for her excellent photography work. Check out more photos of the event on Flickr.
Matthew Yglesias at the podium. To the right: me, Ray Offenheister, Anita Sharma, Ginny Simmons
Enthused audience member.
UN Dispatch panel at Netroots Nation: Global Solutions for Global Poverty
President Obama came to office promising “the millennium development goals will be America’s goals.” But the global economic crisis now threatens to undermine those goals. Gains in the fight against global poverty and hunger have begun to stall or even reverse. What can the Obama administration do to reinvigorate the fight against global poverty? How can advocates most effectively make the case that meeting the needs of the global poor ought to be American foreign policy goals? What policies best work for addressing global poverty?
These questions and more will be discussed in an interactive panel discussion with Gayle Smith, Special Assistant to President Obama and Senior Director for global development, democracy, stabilization and humanitarian assistance issues at the National Security Council;* Ray Offenheiser, President of Oxfam-America; Anita Sharma, North American coordinator for the United Nations Millennium Campaign; Matthew Yglesias, fellow of the Center for American Progress and moderated by Mark Leon Goldberg of the global affairs blog, UN Dispatch.
* Unfortinately, Gayle can not make it. We are grateful to have Virginia Simmons of the ONE Campaign on the panel to discuss her work in mobilizing online communities to fight global poverty.
UN Dispatch is a “Twitterati”
A pat on our own back as UN Dispatch makes Foreign Policy’s list of top 100 “twitterati.“ Peter and I also made the list, but arguably the best Twitterer in the UN Dispatch family is Alanna. You should definitely follower her.
Quick Hit: DelMarVa Radio
I’ll be talking about this week’s Congressional hearings on Sudan and the Obama administration’s internal debate over the direction of Sudan policy on WDEL Radio in Delaware. Folks outside the DelMarVa penninsula can tune in here at 12:15 eastern time.
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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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