Saturday, October 30, 2010

At UN, Bed Bugs Move to Capital Master Plan Office, Raising Price for Press Returns

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 25 -- Bed bug infestation of the UN's Albano Buildi...

At UN on Darfur Arrestees, Susan Rice Issues Skeptical Statement, Sudan Blames on NGOs

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 25 -- So did Sudan arrest internally displaced people who spoke with the UN Secu...

At UN on Darfur Arrestees, Sudan Defiant While Gambari Absent

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 25 -- As on Darfur the UN Security Council met on Monday , the Ambassador of Sud...

Amid Arrests in Darfur, UN Council Meets, South Sudan Blindness

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 25, updated below -- As the UN Security Council convenes Monday about Sudan, the...

At UN, Sri Lanka Panel's Darusman Mulls Requesting Visit, Kohona Says “Let Him Ask”

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 22 -- The panel of experts on war crimes in Sri Lanka named by UN Secretary Gene...

At UN, Korean Themes of Seoul G-20 & Ban 2d Term, DPRK Human Rights Meeting: Transcripts

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 22 -- The theme at the UN on Friday was Korea, Korea, both North and the South. ...

While Sudan Bars IDP Expert, UN Says IDP Camps in Darfur OK, Unsure of Arrests

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 22 -- In the wake of the UN Security Councils visit this month to Darfur, the Su...

Pro-Asia Mahbubani Says Myanmar “Doing Badly,” Ban Ki-moon “In a Rough Patch”

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 22 -- Elite pro-Asia academic Kishore Mahbubani, speaking Friday at the Council ...

On Myanmar, Ban Ignores Quintana's Call for Inquiry, Daewoo Win-Win Unanswered

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 21 -- While on Myanmar the UN's own Spe...

Sudan Blocking Malnutrition Data, Allowed by UN, Raised to Right to Food Rapporteur

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 21 -- On Darfur, first the UN stopped producing its Humanitarian Report, then it...

In Sudan, UN Keeps Secret Bashir Blockages, Talks to Hand Over 5 Darfur Rebels With No Assurances on Torture

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 20 -- On Sudan, the UN misspeaks and keeps secrets. In ...

UN Resignation of Petrie Caused by Inaction on Staff Genocidaire, UN No Comments

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 20 -- The UN moved Charles Petrie from Somalia to Burundi in April of this year,...
Saturday, October 23, 2010

Accident Shows UN Police Guard Liberia Ministry, Can't Use Toilet There, Loj on Base

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 20 -- From Liberia, Inner City Press received troubling whistleblower reports ea...

On Sri Lanka, Stealth Solicitation of Submissions by UN Ban Panel Unexplained

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 20 -- The lack of rigor of the Panel of Experts on war crimes in Sri Lanka appoi...

At UN, Outsourced Report and Reporter Dodge Congo Rapes, Unanswered Questions

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 20 -- The UN might not actually protect civilians, but it has been counted on to...

UN Dodges on Congo Rape, When Knew & Told Wallstrom, Meece at Council on Foreign Relations

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 18 -- When did the UN Mission in the Congo become aware of the bur...

As UN Gambari Plans Hand Over to Bashir in Sudan, Torture Complaint Mulled at UN

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, October 19 -- Could the UN, or the chief of its peacekeeping mission in Darfur Ibrahim ...