Wednesday, December 26, 2012

After French Embassy in Bangui Attacked, UN Counts on Chad Process, No Answer on PBC

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 26 -- As the SELEKA rebels in Central African Republic have continued taking town af...

UN Still In Denial in Cote d'Ivoire, Koenders Clears ONUCI for Nahibly

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 26 -- Since the UN Mission in Cote d'Ivoire stood by as internally displaced peo...

As Chirac Slams UN in DRC, Ladsous Cited by AFP But Not Held to Account

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 25 -- When former French president  Jacques Chiraq  was presented on Christmas Day i...

Budget Endgame Has Russia on ICTY, Cuba on R2P, Swiss Ox Gored, Silva Eminent?

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 24 -- Past 3 pm on Christmas Eve, the UN's Fifth (Budget) Committee called votes...
Monday, December 24, 2012

UN Budget Goes Into Christmas Eve on Salary Freeze, "Grinch" Who Squeezed Oman

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 24, updated below -- As it passed noon on Christmas Eve, still the UN budget resolut...

Amid UN Budget Crunch, Unanswered Questions of Buyouts, Coverups & Recruitments

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 23 -- With the UN budget fight going into its last two days, the head of the UN'...

UN Peacekeeping's Ladsous Fiddles As Copter Burns, Offers Photos Only to Western Wires, Hurts DPKO

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By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 23 -- The UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations is headed by a former spokesman f...