60-Second Expert: Ban Ki Moon and R2P
The UN secretary general has taken a forceful position on the Responsibility to Protect doctrine.
Ban Ki Moon and R2P
The UN secretary general has taken a forceful position on the Responsibility to Protect doctrine.
60-Second Expert: The U.S. and the UN Disability Treaty
139 countries have ratified the disability treaty. But not the United States. The Obama administration can change that with a stroke of the pen.
Ratify the UN Disability Treaty
139 countries have ratified the disability treaty. But not the United States. The Obama administration can change that with a stroke of the pen.
Blame Game Leads to Climate Deadlock in Bonn
What’s at stake is perhaps the largest transfer of resources from the global south to the north in history.
Overhauling Global Finance
The UN’s Stiglitz Commission is calling for short-term economic stimulus measures to help introduce, and above all not obstruct, required long-term changes.
Conference: Women and the Changing Global Outlook
Join the British Embassy and National Geographic Society for the Second Women’s Empowerment Conference on May 8, 2009 in Washington, DC. The conference will explore key issues related to Women in Africa as identified by the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goal 3 to promote gender equality and empower women. This year’s theme is "Women and the Changing Global Outlook."
The event has a powerful line up of speakers, including:
Baroness Valerie Amos of Great Britain
Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai
CARE Ambassador and philanthropist Sheila Johnson
Ambassador Amina Salum Ali of the African Union
Emmy Award Winner Tracey Neale
FPIF Co-Director Emira Woods
And many more. This FREE conference promises to be an enlightening and inspiring event that will help to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women in Africa.
Register at www.wec.eventbrite.com or call (202) 518-7523.
The UN Racism Conference: Halls of Shame and Fame
Serious work was done at the recent UN conference on racism, and the boycotters have egg on their face.
Missing an Anti-Racism Moment
The Obama administration boycotted the UN conference on racism and missed a golden opportunity.
U-20: Will the Global Economy Resurface?
Like an injured German U-Boat, the global economy continues to sink. Columnist Walden Bello asks: Can the G-20 meeting bring it back to the surface before we all perish?
Strategic Dialogue: Responsibility to Protect
In response to genocide and ethnic cleansing, the UN has adopted a new doctrine called the Responsibility to Protect. Are we finally going to say “never again” or is it just “more of the same”?
Gaza Under Siege
Gaza is now synonymous with carnage, rising death tolls, destroyed schools, and city streets slick with blood.
U.S. Blocks UN Security Council Vote Calling for Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza
Amy Goodman from Democracy Now! interviews Phyllis Bennis on the UN Security Council’s meeting on Gaza.
Climate of Change
Prospects for a new deal on climate change after the UN climate conference in Poland.
Detaining the United Nations
Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, wasn’t allowed into Israel on a recent trip. That action fits a pattern of Israeli efforts to hide the human consequences of the siege of Gaza and of the escalating settlement expansion in the West Bank.