UN official calls for Afghan transition strategy
Global Security (Free subscription) | yesterday
Top UN envoy underscored the need for a long-term commitment from the international community for the country.
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UN envoy reports progress in solving child soldier problem in Sudan
People Daily (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
A United Nations special envoy reported Wednesday many challenges remain in the solution of child soldier problem in Sudan despite progress made in the past two years. Radhika Coomaraswamy, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's special representative for children and armed conflict, cited remaining challenges as those ranging from re-integrating former child soldiers into society to dealing with...
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UN envoy reports progress in solving child soldier problem in Sudan
People Daily (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
A United Nations special envoy reported Wednesday many challenges remain in the solution of child soldier problem in Sudan despite progress made in the past two years. Radhika Coomaraswamy, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's special representative for children and armed conflict, cited remaining challenges as those ranging from re-integrating former child soldiers into society to dealing with...
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UN envoy: World set for new food crisis in 2010
Euractive (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Inaction to halt speculation on agricultural commodities and continued biofuels policies is paving the way for a re-run of the 2008 food price crisis in 2010 or 2011, argues Olivier De Schutter, UN special rapporteur on the right to food, in an interview with EurActiv.
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Regional Integration is Way to Go for Country's Economy - UN Envoy
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Antonio Pedro is Executive Director of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa UNECA)'s Sub-regional Office for Eastern Africa. He spoke to Business Time's Berna Namata about the work of the Commission.
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Uganda considers death sentence for gay sex in bill before parliament
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
... the UK and Canada both expressing strong concerns. Ahead of the meeting Stephen Lewis, a former UN envoy on Aids in Africa, said the law "makes a mockery of Commonwealth principles" and has "a taste of fascism" about it. But within Uganda deeply-rooted homophobia, aided by a US-linked evangelical campaign alleging that gay men are trying to "recruit" schoolchildren,...
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Iraq war based on 'questionable legitimacy,' says former UN envoy
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
London - The 2003 invasion of Iraq was of "questionable legitimacy" but the momentum for action from the US was "much too strong" for Britain to counter, London's former ambassador to the United Nations said Friday. Jeremy Greenstock, Britain's representative at the UN discussions in the run-up to the war, said he had considered resigning over the failure of the US and Britain to win support for a...
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Briton says U.S. pressed Iraq war
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
shareemailprintfont sizeoptions Jeremy Greenstock, former U.N. envoy. READER FEEDBACK Posted on Sat, Nov. 28, 2009 Briton says U.S. pressed Iraq warIt seemed "hell-bent," calling U.N. efforts a waste of time, the envoy told an inquiry.By David Stringer Associated PressLONDON - The United States seemed "hell-bent" on a 2003 military invasion of Iraq and actively undermined...
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Fury at Uganda proposal for gay executions
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... step backwards for the protection of human rights in Uganda." Stephen Lewis, a former UN envoy on Aids in Africa, described the proposed legislation as having "the taste of fascism." In a speech in Trinidad, reported in the Globe and Mail, Lewis said: "The credibility of the Commonwealth is hanging by a spider's thread. The putative legislation declares war on homosexuality....
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Uganda proposes death penalty for HIV positive gays
Audacity Of Hypocrisy & Deception (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
... rights of gays and lesbians. Addressing the Commonwealth People’s Forum, Stephen Lewis, the former UN envoy on Aids in Africa, said that the Bill made a mockery of Commonwealth principles. “Nothing is as stark, punitive and redolent of hate as the Bill in Uganda.” (Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk … ShareThis
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Uganda proposes death penalty for HIV positive gays
Times Online (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... rights of gays and lesbians.Addressing the Commonwealth People’s Forum, Stephen Lewis, the former UN envoy on Aids in Africa, said that the Bill made a mockery of Commonwealth principles. “Nothing is as stark, punitive and redolent of hate as the Bill in Uganda.”