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Posts Tagged ‘United Nations’

How to bring peace to Africa

Okay, I have no idea. That’s a teaser, one designed especially for Twitter. Sometimes, it takes a bit of cyberwhoring to get a click or two… I actually have no idea how to bring peace anywhere, but I want to know. Which is why I’m spending these coming months wandering around Africa for the Pulitzer [...]

Fitting the UN for MTV

Thanks to Melinda Forever!, I discovered the most hilarious parody of the UN I’ve seen…maybe ever. The best part is, this pretty much totally explains the antics of the GA…and you didn’t need to read a single article. Amazing. Thanks, Adam Sacks.

Yes, they can

It’s the political season here, and so I have to admire the chutzpah of Paul Collier, who had an op-ed in today’s NYT. Let’s just say Collier, for those of you who didn’t have to suffer through international relations courses, is not known as a fuzzy-wuzzy pro-aid guy. His tome Beyond Greed and Grievance is [...]

No diplomat left behind

It’s been a tough few days here for the UN Security Council. All they wanted to do was come to Rwanda, and then they got shot at. First, the context: Members of the Council are on their annual tour of “African hotspots,” as the wires like to say. Rwanda’s still on that list, despite being [...]

And next in the long list of Things That Won’t Help

You’ll forgive the cynicism, I’m sure–or maybe not, which is also legitimate–but here is a quick highlight of things in my inbox: Writers in London “are calling for an end to the atrocities in Darfur.” Why? For the children, of course. “The world needs to wake up. For too long, it has let these children [...]

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