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Priština :: Kosovo | about 21 hours ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

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 City :: Guatemala | 1 day ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

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

Lawrence :: NY :: USA | 1 day ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

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

Dakar :: Senegal | 2 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

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

New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

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

Tōkyō :: Japan | 2 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

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

Seoul :: South Korea | 2 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

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

Geneva :: Switzerland | 2 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

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

Havana :: Cuba | 2 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

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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