Macedonia The Former Yugoslav Republic Macedonia and Greece The Hellenic Republic were not the only two countries to trade barbs from the podium of the General Assembly this past week.
A Human Rights Council report is very damning of Israeli actions. Among other things, it offers evidence that six of the deceased were victims of summary executions by the Israeli commandos. But will there be any accountability for these apparent crimes?
Ahmad Haroun is someone that those who write about politics and foreign policy should get to know a bit better. He ought to be at least as infamous as Mladic or Eichmann.
Staffan de Mistura, SRSG for Afghanistan, briefed the Security Council this morning in an open debate; Margot Wallstrom, SRSG for Sexual Violence in Conflict, is currently visiting North Kivu; SG named Rauf Engin Soysal (Turkey) as Special Envoy for Assistance to Pakistan
Some quarters of the media love to beat up on the United Nations just for the sport of it. Even after the alien ambassador story is proven false, you have articles parroting the falsities.
One of the most inane international disputes today is over the name of a country that is referred to in official documentation as "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, (FYROM)." Understandably, the government of this country prefers to simply be called, "The Republic of Macedonia." (Who wants to be associated with Yugoslavia, anyway?)
How much will the global financial crisis impact funding for the fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria? By the end of next week, we may have a fairly precise answer to that question when donors meet for a replenishment conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The following is the first installment of a series of guest posts from participants in the November 8-10, 2010 mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C., organized by the Foundation for the National Institutes for Health (NIH) in partnership with the mHealth Alliance and NIH.
