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U.S. Taps Tough Critic for U.N. Council
Priština :: Kosovo | about 21 hours ago
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Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, shown here, has been tapped to be the Obama administration's representative on the U.N. Human Rights Council. (Facebook) The California scholar and Obama donor tapped to be the first U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights...
Tags: U.N. Human Rights Council, Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, U.S, Kosovo, Priština, Human rights, United Nations Human Rights Council, Social Issues, Hillel Neuer, Barack Obama, United Nations, Politics
Guatemala slowly confronts widespread rape of women
Guatemala City :: Guatemala | 1 day ago
Credibility At least 10,000 women were victims of sexual violence last year. Moving up the ranks of Guatemala's ruthless gangs can be as simple as robbing a store at knife point or as brutal as shooting a city bus driver...In January, a group of gang members ripped...
Tags: Guatemalan, Guatemala City, Marisole, sexual violence, United Nations, Latin America, widespread rapes, Guatemala, Gender studies, Domestic violence, Women's rights, War rape, Sex crimes, Violence, Rape, Social Issues, Law Crime
Who's Afraid of World Government?
Lawrence :: NY :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility A few weeks ago, Glenn Beck of the Fox News Channel, with that hysterical flourish that has made him the darling of right-wing extremists, proclaimed: "America, if . . . you're not really into that whole One World Government thing, watch out."
Tags: world governance, House Un-American Activities Committee, United Nations, United States, Americans, governance movement, Lawrence, World federalists, Political parties in the United States, World Federalist Movement, Citizens for Global Solutions, Global governance, Globalization, World government, International relations, Politics
Analysis: Humanitarian action under siege
Dakar :: Senegal | 2 days ago
Credibility On the first-ever World Humanitarian Day on 19 August, when the UN spotlights fallen aid workers and growing humanitarian needs, experts say a trend toward integrating aid goals into broader social and security agendas has contributed to an erosion of...
Tags: humanitarian space, IRIN, Sudan, Senegal, Dakar, Aid, United Nations, Humanitarian Accountability Partnership International, Humanitarian Futures Programme, Humanitarian aid, Humanitarian principles, Politics, War Conflict
U.N. focuses on poor in the recession
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility The head of the United Stations says the group must work with the world's parliaments to help the poor out of the global economic crisis. Secretary- General Ban Ki-Moon said in New York the recession is no excuse for abandoning pledges, a U.N. release...
Tags: New York City, United Nations, world food price crisis, Business Finance, Ban Ki-moon, World government, Peak oil, Environment, International trade, International organizations, Bretton Woods system, Foreign exchange market, International economics
Expanding peacekeeping role
Tōkyō :: Japan | 2 days ago
Credibility As of the end of September, only 39 Japanese people were engaged in PKOs, compared with South Korea's 400 and China's 2,147, though Japan's financial contribution to the U.N. PKO budget is the second largest (19.6 percent) after the United States (25.9...
Tags: U.N. PKO, Japan Language, Democratic Party of Japan, pko participate, Japan, Tōkyō, United Nations peacekeeping, Japan Self-Defense Forces, Katsuya Okada, United Nations, Military operations other than war, Peacekeeping, Peace, Politics
Nations Unveil Plans to Rein in Emissions
Seoul :: South Korea | 2 days ago
Credibility With less than three weeks remaining before negotiators gather in Copenhagen to hammer out a global response to climate change , a rapid-fire succession of countries are unveiling national plans that serve as opening bids for reining in heat-trapping...
Tags: United States, South Korea, climate change, United Nations, Copenhagen, Brazil, Seoul, Carbon dioxide, Global warming, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions, Carbon finance, Diplomatic conferences, Environment
AP: Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban
Geneva :: Switzerland | 2 days ago
Credibility Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially, a ban on blasphemy. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that Algeria and Pakistan have taken the lead...
Tags: Switzerland, Geneva, International relations, International law, Treaty, Politics, Religion Belief, Human Interest, Crimes, Religious law, United Nations, Islam and other religions, International organizations, Blasphemy
GLOBAL: Childrens rights not yet a reality
Sydney :: Australia | 2 days ago
Credibility Children’s rights advocates are taking 20 November, the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), to highlight legal advances, but say when it comes to education, healthcare and protection in conflicts and natural disasters,...
Tags: Somalia, Australia, Sydney, Ann Veneman, Child mortality, Child labour, Children's rights, UNICEF UK, UNICEF, Convention on the Rights of the Child, United Nations, Social Issues, African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Committee on the Rights of the Child, Human rights, Save the Children, Politics, Child welfare, Everychild, Orphanage, Labor, Outline of Somalia, Horn of Africa, War Conflict, Prostitution of children, Stolen Generations, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, Prostitution, Child pornography, Immigration to Australia, Australian Human Rights Commission, Australian nationality law, Refugee
CUBA: Food Security Focus of New UN Programmes
Havana :: Cuba | 2 days ago
Credibility Three new international cooperation agreements channeled through the United Nations system in Cuba are aimed at strengthening food security, especially in the poorest parts of the country. "Thanks to the joint work of the international community, the...
Tags: Cuban, Santiago de Cuba, U.N., Susan McDade, million dollars, food security, United Nations, Havana, Cuba
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