president bush has decided for the seventh year to withhold funds allocated to the united nations population fund unfpa which conducts global work on issues such as reducing obstetric fistula increasing access to contraception and family planning hiv prevention and improving obstetric care. the administration has withheld funds allocated by congress to unfpa since 2002 citing concerns that unfpa...
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subtitle but very little accountability un dispatch on day one and grist are partnering to discuss ideas the next president can adopt to take on climate change. as after gutenberg readers can tell you such discussion is critical if we are to make any effort to save life on the planet as we know it and get off coal. centralized power production in the united states and throughout the world histori...
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climate change ideas for on day onepart ii today begins a weeklong panel event i am participating in sponsored by grist.org and un dispatch. one new environmentallythemed idea will be covered each day with the panelists weighingin with their thoughts to kick things off. readers are then invited to engage and discuss the topic with the goal being to help shape the environmental agenda of the incomi...
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as many of you know tomorrow is the seventh annual world refugee day. the united nations designated june 20 as world refugee day to recognize the contributions of refugees around the world and to remember their plight. the theme for the 2008 world refugee day is protecting refugees rebuilding lives in safety and dignity. right now more than 5.2 million iraqis have been driven from their homes. 2.5...
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over the last month or so ive been keeping my eye on a fantastic new project called on day one which ive written about here. the organizing theme behind the project is to help set the agenda for the next president of the united states by providing policy suggestions and political direction based on usersubmitted material. now on day one is honingin on the critical environmental issues of today in...
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over the last month or so ive been keeping my eye on a fantastic new project called on day one which ive written about here. the organizing theme behind the project is to help set the agenda for the next president of the united states by providing policy suggestions and political direction based on usersubmitted material. now on day one is honingin on the critical environmental issues of today in ...
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a new project sponsored by the better world foundation called on day one is designed to help you do just that. recently i was able to ask mark leon goldberg and travis moore a few questions about this exciting new project as well as the better world foundations unthemed blog called un dispatch. tim hurst what is the better world foundation and how did you get involved with the organization mark...
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invading burma combining the theme of the last two posts a lot of pundits are saying its a good idea to invade burma to provide humanitarian relief. if you dont believe me sample the sources cited in this un dispatch post. i think mr. yglesias offers an interesting explanation of the trend the thing you have to understand about the surge of pundits wanting to invade burma is that its the very ab...
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invading burma combining the theme of the last two posts a lot of pundits are saying its a good idea to invade burma to provide humanitarian relief. if you dont believe me sample the sources cited in this un dispatch post. i think mr. yglesias offers an interesting explanation of the trend the thing you have to understand about the surge of pundits wanting to invade burma is that its the very abs...
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first there were rumors unconfirmed mind you that obama would help negotiate a ceasefire in the niger delta where the rebel group mends activities have crippled oil export capacity. now mend is callingaon former president jimmy carter to mediate the movement for the emancipation of the niger delta mend said on tuesday that carter had expressed willingness to help mediate. the acceptance is on cond...
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speaking of decrepit new york city landmarks mark leon goldberg reports on a major renovation of the 50yearold united nations building which would have condemned long ago if not for the fact that it falls under international jurisdiction. according to the un news centre the current buildings are plagued by leaks safety violations and outdated systems. somehow that seems fitting. share this......
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...ks ahead. to be that close to the private schools bodes well for them myers said. peter guenthers name was misspelled in the print edition of this article. the dispatch regrets this error. httpwww.undispatch.comarchives200804thursday mornin 12.phpin advance of the torchs arrival protesters lit an alternate torch at ghandis burial spot and planned a parallel relay. delhi police said they would allo...
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