Tim Wirth on taking action on climate change during a recessionUN Foundation chief Tim Wirth cuts a video for the UK foreign office 100 Voices in a 100 days campaign. White House nominates new Ambassador for GenevaThe White House nominated former UNESCO ECOSOC Ambassador Betty King to head the United States UN office in Geneva. Among other things, this office has oversight over the Human Rights Council, of which the United States is a recent member. Betty E. King, Nominee for Representative of the United States to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador Obama issues proclamation for UN DayHear ye, Hear ye! In all seriousness, this is yet another example of the new administration's commitment to working mulit-laterally in pursuit of American--and global--interests at the United Nations. THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary--------------------------------------------------------For Immediate Release October 19, 2009 A chilling video from UN office on Drugs and Crime on opium and insurgency in AfghanistanHere is a link to the full report Addiction, Crime and Insurgency: The Transnational Threat of Afghan Opium Video: Seal the Deal with Don CheadleDon Cheadle, Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, and the President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed ask nations to "Seal the Deal" in Copenhagen this December. Sec Clinton hits right notes on empowering IAEASecretary Clinton hit all the right notes about the International Atomic Energy Agency during her big non-proliferation speech yesterday.Enhancing the IAEA’s capabilities to verify whether states are engaging in illicit nuclear activity is essential to strengthening the nonproliferation regime. The IAEA’s additional protocol, which allows for more aggressive, short-notice inspections should be made universal, through concerted efforts to persuade key holdout states to join. Powerful Images of Global Drug ControlIn honor of our 100th year of global drug control efforts, the Boston Globe is running a new photo series highlighting anti-drug operations around the world. They’re very powerful – and upsetting -- images, and they cast efforts to control illegal drugs in a new light. 100 million children vaccinated each year; not enoughThe World Health Organization has released a new report on childhood immunization. It holds a surprising amount of good news. We’ve got more vaccines, and more effective vaccines, than ever before. The number of child deaths is falling globally. However, despite the good news, 20% of children – mainly in Africa and Asia - are still not getting the full set of vaccines. Inching toward a deal on Iran?Last night, Joshua Pollack of ArmsControlWonk wrote: "I do hope I won’t have to eat these words in a few hours, but here goes...the odds are quite good that the IAEA soon will be able to announce a deal between Iran and the American-Russian-French sides." Credit where credit is due. 1 2 3 4 5 … 8
Obama issues proclamation for UN DayHear ye, Hear ye! In all seriousness, this is yet another example of the new administration's commitment to working mulit-laterally in pursuit of American--and global--interests at the United Nations. THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary--------------------------------------------------------For Immediate Release October 19, 2009
A chilling video from UN office on Drugs and Crime on opium and insurgency in AfghanistanHere is a link to the full report Addiction, Crime and Insurgency: The Transnational Threat of Afghan Opium Video: Seal the Deal with Don CheadleDon Cheadle, Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, and the President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed ask nations to "Seal the Deal" in Copenhagen this December. Sec Clinton hits right notes on empowering IAEASecretary Clinton hit all the right notes about the International Atomic Energy Agency during her big non-proliferation speech yesterday.Enhancing the IAEA’s capabilities to verify whether states are engaging in illicit nuclear activity is essential to strengthening the nonproliferation regime. The IAEA’s additional protocol, which allows for more aggressive, short-notice inspections should be made universal, through concerted efforts to persuade key holdout states to join. Powerful Images of Global Drug ControlIn honor of our 100th year of global drug control efforts, the Boston Globe is running a new photo series highlighting anti-drug operations around the world. They’re very powerful – and upsetting -- images, and they cast efforts to control illegal drugs in a new light. 100 million children vaccinated each year; not enoughThe World Health Organization has released a new report on childhood immunization. It holds a surprising amount of good news. We’ve got more vaccines, and more effective vaccines, than ever before. The number of child deaths is falling globally. However, despite the good news, 20% of children – mainly in Africa and Asia - are still not getting the full set of vaccines. Inching toward a deal on Iran?Last night, Joshua Pollack of ArmsControlWonk wrote: "I do hope I won’t have to eat these words in a few hours, but here goes...the odds are quite good that the IAEA soon will be able to announce a deal between Iran and the American-Russian-French sides." Credit where credit is due. 1 2 3 4 5 … 8
Video: Seal the Deal with Don CheadleDon Cheadle, Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, and the President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed ask nations to "Seal the Deal" in Copenhagen this December.
Sec Clinton hits right notes on empowering IAEASecretary Clinton hit all the right notes about the International Atomic Energy Agency during her big non-proliferation speech yesterday.Enhancing the IAEA’s capabilities to verify whether states are engaging in illicit nuclear activity is essential to strengthening the nonproliferation regime. The IAEA’s additional protocol, which allows for more aggressive, short-notice inspections should be made universal, through concerted efforts to persuade key holdout states to join.
Powerful Images of Global Drug ControlIn honor of our 100th year of global drug control efforts, the Boston Globe is running a new photo series highlighting anti-drug operations around the world. They’re very powerful – and upsetting -- images, and they cast efforts to control illegal drugs in a new light.
100 million children vaccinated each year; not enoughThe World Health Organization has released a new report on childhood immunization. It holds a surprising amount of good news. We’ve got more vaccines, and more effective vaccines, than ever before. The number of child deaths is falling globally. However, despite the good news, 20% of children – mainly in Africa and Asia - are still not getting the full set of vaccines.
Inching toward a deal on Iran?Last night, Joshua Pollack of ArmsControlWonk wrote: "I do hope I won’t have to eat these words in a few hours, but here goes...the odds are quite good that the IAEA soon will be able to announce a deal between Iran and the American-Russian-French sides." Credit where credit is due.