The schedule this morning includes, Ban Ki Moon, the President of Brazil, President Obama then the heads of state of Qatar, Mexico, Kazakhstan and France. That will probably take us to lunchtime.
Arguably one of the most violent places on earth over the past week was the Blue Nile region along the border between Sudan and the new Republic of South Sudan.
Amid air strikes by Turkish warplanes and constant shelling by Iranian Revolutionary Guards, hundreds of Kurdish families have become displaced, some have lost their livelihoods, others have seen their homes destroyed. An unknown number has been killed.
A certain cadre of gun owners and second amendment advocates are unable to be convinced that a proposed UN Arms Trade Treaty has nothing at all to do with their own ability to bear arms. Chuck Norris pens the latest iteration of this paranoid view in the Politico
The lopsided vote at the Human Rights Council is significant for the fact that all four Arab members of the Council voted in favor of the resolution, while China and Russia led an opposition (and were joined by Cuba and Ecuador).
C'est un premier pas pour la justice en Côte d'Ivoire: Laurent et Simone Gbagbo ont été inculpés hier par le procureur de la République d'Abidjan. L'inculpation porte sur les "crimes économiques" commis par l'ancien président et sa femme.