Sunday, February 27, 2011

On Cote d'Ivoire at UN, S. Africa Proposes Elements on AU, Ukraine Copter Vote

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By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive UNITED NATIONS, February 4 -- As the UN Security Council met Friday about Cote d...

At UN, Rights Groups Grilled in NGO Committee by Iran, Morocco, Cuba

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 4 -- Iran trashed, and the US spring to the defense of, the Iran Human Rights D...

In Cote d'Ivoire, UN Silent on Copters & as Journalists Arrested After UN Flight

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 3 -- As the Cote d'Ivoire strategy of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and ...

As IMF Urges Pakistan to Raise Tax, Dodges Food Prices, Cote d'Ivoire and, Belatedly, Bulgaria

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 3, updated -- With protests related to rising food prices and mis-government sp...

In UN Forest Week, Maathai Dodges on UNDP, Sri Lanka Dispute

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 2 -- Alongside UN inaction on Egypt , and lack of follow through on Darfur and ...

In Cote d'Ivoire, UN Copters Absent After 2 Weeks, UN Passes Buck to Licorne

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 2 -- Two weeks after the UN Security Council with fanfare passed a resolution t...

Amid Protests, UNDP Suspends Egypt & Tunisia Programs, Ban Ki-moon Vituperates

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 2 -- As in Cairo peaceful demonstrators are beaten while the police and army wa...

When UN Flew Haroun, No Reimbursement or Flight Manifest, France vs UK

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 1 -- When the UN flew International Criminal Court indictee Ahmed Haroun to Aby...

Amid Filipino Peacekeeping Scandal, UN in Manila Says HQ Is On It, But HQ Denies It, As Did Sri Lanka Petition

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 1 -- With scandals in the Philippines brewing about the skimming of UN salary p...

In UN Council, Whole Lot of Nothing Predicted: No Egypt or Gbagbo Sanctions, No DPRK Report

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 1 -- As protests spread from Egypt to Sudan and even Albania, February's UN...

At UN, Empty Talk of Egypt and Culture Wars on Lesbian Rights, of Muslim Peacekeepers and Decay under Ban

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 1 -- Amid protests by Egyptians in Cairo, New York and elsewhere, the UN Secur...

As in Sri Lanka Media Is Burned Down, UN “Is Not Aware” of Petition about Disappeared Journalist, Silent for 1 Week

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, January 31 -- As in Sri Lanka the office of Lanka-e-News was burned down and the UN had ...

At UN, Jabs at NGO on Lesbian Rights from Pakistan, Sudan, Russia, Morocco

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, January 31 -- In the UN's committee on non-governmental or...