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Exclusive: UN responds to ProPublica story about alleged corruption of UN Afghan funds

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 30, 2009 - 12:41 pm
Security - Afghanistan
Exclusive to UN Dispatch, the UN Development Program responds to a ProPublica story on unaccounted UN funds in Afghanistan

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If Iran deal falters, then what?

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 30, 2009 - 12:16 pm
Security - Non-Proliferation
Bad and worse options follow should this Vienna nuclear deal falter.

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United States joins General Assembly in vote on small arms trade

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 30, 2009 - 9:01 am
Security - Arms Control
The General Assembly today will endorse a landmark agreement to fight the illegal and irresponsible trade of small arms and conventional weapons.

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India Can Provide Excellent Maternal Care – But Not to Everyone

Alanna Shaikh - Oct 30, 2009 - 3:16 am
Women - Maternal Health
Every year in India, half a million women die as a result of pregnancy. And for every death, there are 20-30 cases of maternal injury.

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Mir Hussein Moussavi coming out against the IAEA nuclear deal

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 29, 2009 - 1:04 pm
Security - Non-Proliferation
It would seem that the man for whom we tinted our Twitter feeds green is coming out against the proposed nuclear deal with Iran.

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U.N. official deported from Zimbabwe

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 29, 2009 - 9:59 am
Rights - UN Direct
The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak was deported from the airport in Harare yesterday.

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Susan Rice on Cuba vote: "Here we go again."

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 28, 2009 - 2:29 pm
Security - General Assembly
The General Assembly votes to condemn the American embargo of Cuba. The resolution passes 187-3. The Cold War rages on in the Caribbean.

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General Assembly to take up Goldstone Report next week

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 28, 2009 - 12:58 pm
Rights
The General Assembly will likely vote on a resolution asking the Security Council to take on the Goldstone Report. There is very little chance the Council will do so.

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Deadly suicide attack against the UN in Afghanistan: UPDATE, UPDATE II

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 28, 2009 - 9:17 am
Security - Afghanistan
A Taliban attack on a UN guest house in Kabul kills six UN workers and three others. This is part of a disturbing trend in which the United Nations is increasingly targeted for attack.

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