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Thievery Corporation in Nepal

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 16, 2009 - 10:45 am
Climate - World Food Programme
Rob Garza of the group Thievery Corporation visits Nepal with the World Food Programme and sees how climate change is impacting the hungry.

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Welcome to the Security Council

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 16, 2009 - 9:46 am
Security - Security Council
The General Assembly chose five new countries to take rotating seats on the Security Council.

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Promise of Copenhagen

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 15, 2009 - 6:02 am
Climate - Activism
If the world can come to an agreement and curb the unsustainable trajectory of global warming, it would present a potentially transformative moment in world history. Copenhagen is just over one month away.

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UNAMA and the Afghan elections

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 14, 2009 - 12:32 pm
Security - Afghanistan
The disagreement over how to handle fraud in the Afghan elections is an honest one between two people who both believe that they have the best interests of Afghans at heart.

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Getting into the spirit of blog action day

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 14, 2009 - 11:06 am
Climate - Activism
Tomorrow, UN Dispatch will be one of nearly 7,000 blogs in 135 countries that will send up a post on climate change.

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Ishmael Beah PSA for UNICEF

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 14, 2009 - 8:54 am
Rights - UN Direct
Ishmael Beah, the former child soldier turned author and advocate, cuts a public service announcement for UNCEF.

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Parting thoughts on Turkey-Armenia

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 13, 2009 - 2:28 am
Security - Conflicts
The foreign ministers of Turkey and Armenia (beneath the helpful gaze of Hillary Clinton) signed an agreement that could restore diplomatic ties between the neighbors

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Interpol and Peacekeeping, together at last

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 12, 2009 - 11:13 am
Security - Peacekeeping
Talk about a match made in international-institution heaven: Interpol and United Nations Peacekeeping are joining forces

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WFP still at work

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 12, 2009 - 1:20 am
UN Direct - Humanitarian Relief
The World Food Program suffered a devastating loss in Pakistan last week. Their work continues elsewhere.

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The Nobel and the promise of American leadership

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 9, 2009 - 9:09 am
Security - Nobel Prize
As you have probably heard, President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. Some are already grumbling that it is undeserved because he has too few accomplishments to this point. They are missing the point.

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