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Afghan Elections, Wallstrom in DRC, and New Special Envoy for Pakistan

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

UPDATE: Media Snookered by the Bogus Alien Ambassador Story

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.

Pedantic Name Dispute Makes its Way to the General Assembly

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 Financial Crisis Impact Global Fund(ing) for AIDS, TB and Malaria?

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.

Health Information is Health Aid: How Data Can Revolutionize Health Care

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.

Security Council Reform: Which countries should be in, which countries should be out? And Why?

Gates, Geitner, Clinton, Shah and Yohannes Talk Global Development

The United States Global Leadership Coalition's "mega-conference" kicks off this morning with a high powered panel to discuss the new U.S. Global Development Strategy. Watch live.

A Response to David Rieff: The MDGs are Not Millennial

In The New Republic, David Rieff rails against the Millennium Development Goals but he does not seem to understand what, exactly, they are.

What Got Accomplished at the UN Last Week

As usual, the sideshows like Mahmoud Ahmadenijad's 9-11 Trutherism sucked up much of the mainstream media attention around UN week. But beyond the sideshows, last week brought some very real, substantive accomplishments that could potentially transform the lives of millions of people around the world. Here are three of them:

Afghan Elections, Wallstrom in DRC, and New Special Envoy for Pakistan

UPDATE: Media Snookered by the Bogus Alien Ambassador Story

Pedantic Name Dispute Makes its Way to the General Assembly

How Much Will the Financial Crisis Impact Global Fund(ing) for AIDS, TB and Malaria?

Health Information is Health Aid: How Data Can Revolutionize Health Care

Security Council Reform: Which countries should be in, which countries should be out? And Why?

Gates, Geitner, Clinton, Shah and Yohannes Talk Global Development

A Response to David Rieff: The MDGs are Not Millennial

What Got Accomplished at the UN Last Week

UNAIDS and the Millennium Villages

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 5 – Bathing in Yakawlang

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 6 – The Legacy of War Crimes

The Obama Agenda at the United Nations

Author Mark Leon Goldberg