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UN Dispatch is a blog providing commentary and coverage on UN issues. UN Dispatch's intended purpose is to: Offer thoughtful perspective on UN issues; Provide factual information about the UN's work; Fact-check claims and coverage about the UN offered by pundits, journalists, bloggers, and others. Peter Daou is the lead editor of UN Dispatch. Unless otherwise attributed, the views expressed herein are solely those of Peter Daou and do not reflect the views of any site sponsors, the United Nations, or any other entity. Similarly, links from UN Dispatch to other blogs and ... More » (Source: UN Dispatch)
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A UN First! Both Israel and Palestine Co-Sponsor Resolution Condemning Libya Violence
I have just obtained the copy of a draft resolution from the Human Rights Council that strongly condemns the violence in Libya. What is more significant than the substance of ...Posted by Marsha Iverson -
Hybrid peackeeping force to be deployed in Darfur
() The United Nations, the Sudanese Government, the African Union (AU) and the League of Arab States (LAS) have agreed to deploy a hybrid UN-AU peacekeeping force to Darfur in an ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
The Appointments
() Most UN observers are waiting with baited breath as the new Secretary General forms his executive team. This is a delicate process. In choosing his staff, Ban Ki-moon must pay ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
National Review Online vs. Kofi Annan
() One has to question the moral compass of the editors of the National Review Online. In back to back "symposiums" NRO contributors take turns exculpating one of South America's ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Send a Net, Save a Life
() A couple of weeks back, we told the story behind the creation of Nothing But Nets, a grassroots campaign asking people to donate $10 toward the purchase of bed nets to combat ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala



