Archive for the ‘UN’ Category
An open application to join Kofi Annan’s speech writing team
Because I’d make a few tweaks to his op-ed on Holocaust education and genocide prevention. I’d clean up some sloppy language and some bad metaphors. And lest you think that’s just snotty writer talk, here’s the point up front: The metaphors we use about genocide tell us what we think causes it. [...]
After war, who’s not a ‘vulnerable population’?
I’m up to my ears in UN project reports about peacebuilding activities in various countries, and I continue to see language like this, a recommendation about what a small business should do were it to receive UN financial support: “Give more jobs to vulnerable persons affected by the conflict (ex-combatants, women,
youth, disabled, …)”
Ex-combatants. Women. [...]
That's LINK fix, you perverts
In my defense, my computer screen is broken, and even if I’d wanted to spell check, I couldn’t actually see that particular word behind the big black splotch in the middle of my monitor…Still.
Link fix. I meant link fix. But to those looking for porn, thank you; I do appreciate the increase in [...]
UN updates, and a kink fix
In case you were desperate to read the story I posted the wrong link for, here it is:
“Rwanda-Congo move isolates UN mission”
This story emerged out of nowhere, in conversations with people for a completely different story, about the arrest of Nkunda and what’s in all this for Rwanda.
No one at the UN knew anything about [...]
"I see your war crimes charge and raise you civilian protection…"
This is old-ish news, but it merits repeating: After five years of genocide, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is flirting with peace in Darfur. He just wants one thing in return—immunity from that pesky genocide charge issued this summer by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
And the United Nations, after years of tough talk about [...]
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