Monday, December 17, 2007

At the UN, Budget Games Stretch from Baghdad to Basement Bazaar, Procurement Task Force Down to the Wire

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Byline: Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press at UN www.innercitypress.com/ptfbudget121707.html UNITED NATIONS, December 17 -- Two days...

As Turkey Bombs Iraq, Not Even Raised in Security Council, UN Baghdad Budget Introduced

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Byline: Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press at UN www.innercitypress.com/turkiraq121707.html UNITED NATIONS, December 17 -- Over the ...

At the UN, Chinese Painting Mirrors Quiet Council Role, Carrying Veto for Sudan, Leaving Much Space Blank

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Byline: Matthew Russell Lee at UN www.innercitypress.com/chinesestyle121707.html UNITED NATIONS, December 17 -- In Chinese painting, it w...
Friday, December 14, 2007

At UN, Reticence to Vote Confines Kosovo to Private Meeting, No Room for Transparency on Budget and No-Bid Contracts

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Byline: Matthew Russell Lee www.innercitypress.com/unprivate121407.html UNITED NATIONS, December 14 -- In the run-up to the Security Coun...

At the UN, Darfur No-Bid Contract to Lockheed Martin and Budget Confined to Secret Meetings

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Byline: Matthew Russell Lee at the UN www.innercitypress.com/unsecrets121307.html UNITED NATIONS, December 13 -- After briefing the Secur...

UNICEF's Work Includes Giving Voice to Children, Staying Silent in Sri Lanka

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Byline: Matthew Russell Lee at the UN www.innercitypress.com/gaunicef121307.html UNITED NATIONS, December 13 -- Who does not believe that...

As Carrion Downshifts to Race for NYC Comptroller, Human Rights Disinvestment Balanced by Returns

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Byline: Matthew Russell Lee www.innercitypress.com/carrionabny121307.html BRONX, NY, December 13 -- As Bronx borough president Adolfo Car...
Thursday, December 13, 2007

At UN, Deadlock Even on Format of Kosovo Meeting on Dec. 19, Croatia Joins a Council in Chaos

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Byline: Matthew Russell Lee www.innercitypress.com/scbalkans121207.html UNITED NATIONS, December 11 -- As the issue of Kosovo's statu...

UN Budget Defended by UK, While U.S. Hardball Links Justice to Procurement Task Force

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Byline: Matthew Russell Lee www.innercitypress.com/unuk2budget121107.html UNITED NATIONS, December 11 -- A day after U.S. Ambassador Ma...

As Congo Chaos Spreads, Council Questions UN's Military Role, Behind Closed Doors

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Byline: Matthew Russell Lee www.innercitypress.com/scmonuc121207.html UNITED NATIONS, December 11 -- Events in North Kivu in the eastern ...
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

US Talk on UN Budget Called Transparent or Grandstanding, Bolton In a Different Key

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Byline: Matthew Russell Lee: News Analysis www.innercitypress.com/unus1budget121107.html UNITED NATIONS, December 11 -- When a U.S. Ambas...
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

In UN Ag Tech Spat, Israel Calls "Shameful" Abstention by S. Africa, Which Says It's Being Singled Out

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Byline: Matthew Russell Lee, News Analysis www.innercitypress.com/unagtechspat121107.html UNITED NATIONS, December 11 -- Verbal skirmishe...
Monday, December 10, 2007

At the UN, Del Ponte "Stupified" by UNMIK's Support for Ramush Haradinaj, Dodges UN's Srebrenica Role

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Byline: Matthew Russell Lee at the UN www.innercitypress.com/ictykosovo121007.html UNITED NATIONS, December 10 -- As focus increases on K...

At the UN, Cartoons For Human Rights Exclude Denmark, Ban on Gifts Unless Given to Secretary-General

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Byline: Matthew Russell Lee at the UN www.innercitypress.com/unhrcartoons121007.html UNITED NATIONS, December 10 -- "Cartoons if the...

At UN, Tour Guides Return to Work As Job Action Results in Concessions After Confrontation over Cocktails

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Byline: Matthew Russell Lee at the UN: News Muse www.innercitypress.com/unwgguides121007.html UNITED NATIONS, December 10 -- Tour guides ...
Friday, December 7, 2007

Darfur War Crimes Statement Dies In Security Council, Called "Gutted" and Not Needed

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Byline: Matthew Russell Lee at the UN www.innercitypress.com/iccprstdies120707.html UNITED NATIONS, December 7 -- With a whimper in the S...

In Burundi, FNL Dissenters Are Only "Alleged," UNICEF Ready for Child Soldiers, Silent on Sri Lanka

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Byline: Matthew Russell Lee at the UN www.innercitypress.com/fnlsri120707.html UNITED NATIONS, December 7 -- The biggest problem in the ...

As UN's Ban Heads to Bali, Caps on Greenhouse Gas by Poorer Countries is the Question

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Byline: Matthew Russell Lee at the UN www.innercitypress.com/ban1bali120607.html UNITED NATIONS, December 6 -- As Secretary-General Ban K...

In Wake of UN Tour Guides' Sick-Out, Working Group Set Up With Union Leaders Excluded

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Byline: Matthew Russell Lee at the UN www.innercitypress.com/untours120607.html UNITED NATIONS, December 6 -- The public face of the UN o...