Thursday, January 27, 2011

Never Again and the ethnic groups at risk

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Today, the United Nations marked another Holocaust Memorial Day with a never again pledge .  There are a great deal of minority groups acros...
Friday, January 14, 2011

life expectancy and wealth

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This isn't UN-related per se but it does highlight what many of the MDGs are essentially tackling:
Wednesday, January 5, 2011

The Ivory Coast and an appropriate Lords of the Rings Quote

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For those of you following the political problems (which could lead to a civil war) in the Ivory Coast , you know that former President Gbag...
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Friday, December 24, 2010

speaking up and protection

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Whistle-blowers, political groups, and journalists of all countries will find  this  reassuring.  I wonder how many states genuinely "...
Saturday, December 18, 2010

Indigenous rights

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In diplomacy, the proverbial binary is painted by the non-binding and binding agreement.  The line between nodding one's head and sendin...
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Monday, December 13, 2010

The Great Wall

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On December 10th, it was international Human Rights Day 2010. Ordinarily, the coincidence of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony with such an ob...
Monday, December 6, 2010

no joke

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For those of you who kept up with the COP15 and are familiar with Kiribati (you need to read Sex Lives of Cannibals if you are not), Tuvalu...
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Friday, December 3, 2010

Reality, Wiki-style

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In the interest of commenting on the recent Wikileaks 'revelations' (I think the last time I have heard that word used this often wa...
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Monday, November 29, 2010

developing world vs. developed world

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Kiva has its own blog and I found this post rather on the mark.  If anyone wants an "outsider's" point of view of the develope...
Monday, November 22, 2010

The future of humanitarianism?

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I do not know how the UN is doing it: raising funds and staying on track to meet the MDGs  considering the  economic collapse in Greece , th...