Palestinian Push for U.N. Upgrade Likely to Succeed: Jeremic
The current president of the UN General Assembly and potential Secretary-General, Vuk Jeremic, estimates it likely that Palestine will gain a majority vote for a status upgrade at the GA. Yet, the US...
View ArticleDronestagram – The Website Exposing the US's Secret Drone War
Washington is very hesitant to discuss its drone warfare, apart from bragging about the drones’ alleged effectiveness. Dronestragram, a new website by James Bridle, couples Google images with data of...
View ArticleSri Lanka, Many Shades of Accountability
The conduct of the United Nations has been under scrutiny for failing to live up to its protection mandate and to ensure that humanitarian principles were upheld in the last stages of the war in Sri...
View ArticleThe Survivor
The UN Security Council remains divided over an intervention in Syria. While the civil war continues, neither the government, nor the opposition seems to be close to a victory. Foreign Policy provides...
View ArticleRights Groups Call for Ban on Futuristic Killer Robots
Human Rights Watch and’s International Human Rights Clinic have published a report calling on governments to pre-emptively ban yet-to-be-deployed killer robots. Killer robots are fully autonomous...
View ArticleFrance Raises Its U.N. Profile - for Now
Observers are questioning the permanent representation of two European countries on the Security Council given Europe’s waning influence in the UN. In recent years, France and the UK have made special...
View ArticleWest Africa: Defining Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
Following a decrease in piracy in the Indian Ocean, attacks are now emerging off the West African coast. In both regions, piracy appears to be a result of the structural problem of overfishing....
View ArticleMeeting Calender 2013
Month P-5 E-10 Other WG Meetings Number January Australia*Portugal*Luxembourg* 3 February Russia*France* South Korea* Steering Committee Meeting 4 March UK* Azerbaijan*LArgentina*L 3 April US*...
View ArticleThe UN's Vanishing Act in Asia
The Asia-Pacific region has recently witnessed a series of threats to peace. The Sino-Japanese dispute over the ownership of the Senkaku Islands has escalated, with both countries now flying...
View ArticleSecretariat Information
Secretariat Information Joanna Weschler, Security Council Report, Co-Chair Gerald Martone, Intrnational Rescue Committee, Co-Chair Jelena Pià-Comella, Coalition for the International Criminal Court,...
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