Oil Spills Are a Grim Routine in the Niger Delta
Alanna Shaikh - Jun 17, 2010 - 11:20 am
The New York Times reminded us today that while the oil spill in the Gulf is an acute shock to Americans, oil spills have become a way of life in the Niger delta.
DISCUSS(What the Iran Security Council Sanctions Do?
Mark Leon Goldberg - Jun 9, 2010 - 8:47 am
Security - Security CouncilThe Security Council adopted a sanctions resolution on Iran, with a vote of 12 -2, with one abstention. The outliers, as expected, were Brazil and Turkey which recently negotiated a fuel swap deal with Iran.
Experts, Envoys Predict Iran Sanctions Security Council Vote Tomorrow
Mark Leon Goldberg - Jun 8, 2010 - 11:11 am
Security - Security CouncilThe valuable, insidery Security Council report just put out an alert suggesting that a vote on a new round of Security Council sanctions on Iran can be expected as early as tomorrrow
Interview with Iraqi Ambassador to the UN (Video)
Mark Leon Goldberg - Jun 8, 2010 - 7:03 am
Security - InterviewsLast Friday, I sat down with the Iraqi Ambassador to the United Nations. We discuss the recent Iraqi elections, what the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq is up to, and his thoughts on the planned U.S. draw down of troops.
UN Plaza: Talking Gaza Blockade and ICC Rev Con with Kevin Jon Heller
Mark Leon Goldberg - Jun 7, 2010 - 6:07 am
Security - Interviews
I chat with international law blogger, Professor Kevin Jon Heller of Opinio Juris and the University of Melbourne.
Oil Spills Are a Grim Routine in the Niger Delta
Alanna Shaikh - Jun 17, 2010 - 11:20 am
The New York Times reminded us today that while the oil spill in the Gulf is an acute shock to Americans, oil spills have become a way of life in the Niger delta.
The "Pledge Guarantee for Health"
Mark Leon Goldberg - Jun 3, 2010 - 11:18 am
Health - PhilanthropyHere's what happens when the world of finance and the world of global public health collide.
World Health Organization to Israel: Let Us Deliver Medical Supplies to Gaza
Mark Leon Goldberg - Jun 1, 2010 - 1:26 pm
Health
The World Health Organization seems to be seizing on the spotlight of the Israeli blockade of Gaza.
New Study Shows Childhood Mortality Declining Worldwide
Mark Leon Goldberg - May 26, 2010 - 8:02 am
Health - MDGsBut will the progress mean we'll reach Millennium Development Goal 4 to reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate?
Less Money for AIDS Treatment
Alanna Shaikh - May 12, 2010 - 1:11 am
Health - HIVThe Obama administration has made the difficult decision that we cannot keep increasing PEPFAR budgets to keep pace with new HIV infections.
Oil Spills Are a Grim Routine in the Niger Delta
Alanna Shaikh - Jun 17, 2010 - 11:20 am
The New York Times reminded us today that while the oil spill in the Gulf is an acute shock to Americans, oil spills have become a way of life in the Niger delta.
Timothy Wirth, president of the UN Foundation, on energy development
Penelope Chester - Jun 17, 2010 - 6:46 am
ClimateTimothy Wirth, President of the United Nations Foundation, addresses the 21st Annual Energy Efficiency Forum. What can U.S. legislators do to address the need for clean energy?
Prediction: Don Cheadle will be "Riveting" as Good Will Ambassador for UNEP
Mark Leon Goldberg - Jun 7, 2010 - 10:54 am
ClimateHotel Rwanda star has joined the ranks of the United Nations and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Environment Program. (Plus, Six Degrees of Goodwill Ambassador!)
The Damage Wrought by the BP Oil Spill Should be Something We are Used To
Mark Leon Goldberg - May 27, 2010 - 7:21 am
Climate - Gulf Oil SpillIf the leak cannot be plugged the Gulf of Mexico will be not unlike mountains destroyed by strip minning or wetlands and precious forests lost to development.
Costa Rican to Become the Next Top UN Climate Negotiator
Mark Leon Goldberg - May 17, 2010 - 4:42 am
Climate - UN Direct
Veteran Costa Rican diplomat Christiana Figueres as executive director of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. She will replace Yvo de Boer
Oil Spills Are a Grim Routine in the Niger Delta
Alanna Shaikh - Jun 17, 2010 - 11:20 am
The New York Times reminded us today that while the oil spill in the Gulf is an acute shock to Americans, oil spills have become a way of life in the Niger delta.
Drogba and Zidane Team Up for the MDGs (Video)
Mark Leon Goldberg - Jun 17, 2010 - 3:32 pm
Development
Liberia and Aid Dependency
Penelope Chester - Jun 4, 2010 - 3:53 am
Development
Liberia's charismatic president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, claims her country will "not need aid in 10 years".
Africa Day Sentiments
Mark Leon Goldberg - May 26, 2010 - 12:56 pm
Development
Over at Huffington Post the Egyptian and Chadian ambassadors to the United States team up in an op-ed. They use the occasion of Africa Day to stress the importance of the health related MDGs.
Oil Spills Are a Grim Routine in the Niger Delta
Alanna Shaikh - Jun 17, 2010 - 11:20 am
The New York Times reminded us today that while the oil spill in the Gulf is an acute shock to Americans, oil spills have become a way of life in the Niger delta.
Talking UNIFEM and the "Gender Entity" at the UN
Mark Leon Goldberg - Jun 16, 2010 - 12:33 pm
Women - InterviewsI sat down with Moez Doraid, deputy executive director of UNIFEM. We talk about the role of UNIFEM in the constellation of UN programs and agencies advocating for women
Women Deliver 2010 - Technology as a catalyst for social change
Penelope Chester - Jun 9, 2010 - 7:36 am
Women - Technology
At Women Deliver, researchers and advocates spoke of the tantalizing innovations that are slated to fundamentally transform global maternal health.
How Mobile Phone Technology Can Fight Maternal Mortality
Mark Leon Goldberg - Jun 8, 2010 - 9:45 am
Women - Maternal HealthSpecial to Dispatch from Fabiano Teixeira da Cruz of the Inter-American Development Bank.
Women Deliver 2010 - First impressions
Penelope Chester - Jun 7, 2010 - 12:17 pm
WomenThe 2nd Women Deliver Global Conference began this morning in Washington D.C. UN Dispatch catches up with Jill Sheffield, President of Women Deliver, to talk about her impressions of the first plenary.
Oil Spills Are a Grim Routine in the Niger Delta
Alanna Shaikh - Jun 17, 2010 - 11:20 am
The New York Times reminded us today that while the oil spill in the Gulf is an acute shock to Americans, oil spills have become a way of life in the Niger delta.
UNHCR: 2009 "Worst Year" In Decades For Voluntary Repatriation
Penelope Chester - Jun 15, 2010 - 2:50 pm
Rights
UNHCR released its annual Global Trends report. There are 43.3 million displaced people in the world today, most since the mid-nineties.
Ban Ki Moon Takes to the Football Pitch
Mark Leon Goldberg - May 28, 2010 - 8:50 am
Rights
In Kampala, Uganda, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will trade his loafers for cleats and participate in a soccer match with Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni.
Top UN Rights Official Condemns Imprisonment of Malawi Gay Couple
Mark Leon Goldberg - May 21, 2010 - 6:49 am
Rights - LGBTThe UN's top human rights official Navi Pillay spoke out against a court decision to sentence a Malawian gay couple to 14 years hard labor.
Oil Spills Are a Grim Routine in the Niger Delta
Fighting Malnutrition In The Sahel
Morning Coffee - 18 June 2010
Drogba and Zidane Team Up for the MDGs (Video)
Timothy Wirth, president of the UN Foundation, on energy development