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White House nominates new Ambassador for Geneva

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 23, 2009 - 9:55 am
Security - U.S. In the World
The White House nominated former ECOSOC Ambassador Betty King to head the United States UN office in Geneva.

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Obama issues proclamation for UN Day

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 23, 2009 - 9:32 am
Security - UN Direct
October 24 is UN Day...and the White House is celebrating. Says the president: "The U.N. is vital to America's efforts to create a better, safer world."

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A chilling video from UN office on Drugs and Crime on opium and insurgency in Afghanistan

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 22, 2009 - 2:14 pm
Security - Afghanistan
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released a report showing how insurgent groups in Afghanistan are at the center of the world's largest and deadliest drug ring. The accompanying video is intense.

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Video: Seal the Deal with Don Cheadle

Matthew Cordell - Oct 22, 2009 - 11:48 am
Climate
Don Cheadle, Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, and the President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed ask nations to "Seal the Deal" in Copenhagen this December.

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Sec Clinton hits right notes on empowering IAEA

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 22, 2009 - 9:26 am
Security - Non-Proliferation
In her big non-proliferation speech yesterday, Secretary Clinton endorsed the idea that we cannot effectively fight non-proliferation without an empowered International Atomic Energy Agency. She's right.

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Powerful Images of Global Drug Control

Alanna Shaikh - Oct 22, 2009 - 6:06 am
Security - Drugs
The Boston Globe is running a new photo series highlighting drug control efforts around the world. They’re very powerful – and upsetting -- images and they cast efforts to control illegal drugs in a new light.

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100 million children vaccinated each year; not enough

Alanna Shaikh - Oct 22, 2009 - 5:26 am
Health
The WHO released a new report on childhood immunization. We’ve got more and more-effective vaccines than ever before. However, 20% of children are still not getting full coverage.

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Inching toward a deal on Iran?

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 21, 2009 - 10:01 am
Security - Non-Proliferation
The International Atomic Energy Agency announced a deal that could buy time for comprehensive negotiations with Iran. Could this be the beginning of something big? Update: Joe Cirincione responds.

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All that hubbub for nothing

Matthew Cordell - Oct 20, 2009 - 1:52 pm
Security - Afghanistan
So, in the end, the hubbub surrounding UNAMA and Galbraith was all for naught. After quietly doing its job for months, the UN-led ECC has triggered a recount that Karzai has accepted.

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Looking for an ambitious interim agreement at Copenhagen

Mark Leon Goldberg - Oct 20, 2009 - 11:22 am
Climate - COP 15
The UN's top climate change negotiator said in the clearest terms yet that a comprehensive climate change agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocols will not likely be concluded by the Copenhagen summit.

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