We Should Be Thanking Our Lucky Stars for the World Health Organization Right Now Mark Leon Goldberg March 5, 2020 On Monday, March 2 the director-general of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was giving his 22nd press conference on the coronavirus in nearly as many days. The news of the day was grim. ...
The UN is Warning of a Massive Crisis as Desert Locusts Ravage East Africa Mark Leon Goldberg February 26, 2020 Desert locusts are killing crops across East Africa and in so doing, threatening the food supply of millions of people. On Tuesday, three top United Nations officials issued a joint public statement urging g...
Massive swarms of desert locusts are devouring their way through East Africa. The UN is very worried. Joanne Lu February 19, 2020 Massive swarms of desert locusts are devouring their way through East Africa and have just made landfall in South Sudan, the country’s agriculture minister announced on Tuesday, sparking fears of a severe food ...
The Trump Administration Seeks Massive Cuts to the World Health Organization and UN Peacekeeping. Also, the Total Elimination of Funding for UNICEF Mark Leon Goldberg February 11, 2020 The budget request released this week by the White House recommends large cuts to US payments to several United Nations entities. This includes a 53% cut to the World Health Organization, which is at the front ...
There Has Been a Staggering Increase in Hunger in the Sahel Region. Violence and Climate Change are to Blame Joanne Lu February 5, 2020 While the world’s attention is turned to the coronavirus outbreak, three UN agencies warned on Tuesday about another crisis that has been looming in the background: an alarming hunger spike in Burkina Faso, Mal...
A Key UN Committee Ruled that Climate Refugees Deserve Special Protection. Here’s Why That Matters Mark Leon Goldberg February 4, 2020 This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Yvonne Su, University of Guelph The recent ruling by a United Nations committee that govern...
How Diplomacy Can Save the Nile River Mark Leon Goldberg January 28, 2020 Ed note. This first appeared in The Conversation Mahemud Tekuya, University of the Pacific Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt are a step closer to resolving their disputes over the filling and operation of the Gra...
How Multilateral Cooperation Can Stop the Coronavirus Outbreak From Spreading Mark Leon Goldberg January 23, 2020 According to the latest data from the World Health Organization a new form of coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, China has spread to Japan, Thailand, South Korea and most recently, the United States. Some ...
France has a Big Opportunity to Help Stabilize the Sahel Mark Leon Goldberg January 13, 2020 Ed note. This is a guest post from Refugees International Senior Advocate for West and Central Africa Alexandra Lamarche Soaring violence and displacement are taking over much of the Sahel. As the situations ...
