I wish I had stuck around for the President of Venezuela yesterday (I had to go). Yesterday, I complained the world leaders were too sterile. Well, Hugo Chavez is completely
In an interesting attempt to try to achieve decent working conditions for the millions of workers around the world who produce goods for Wal-Mart, the International Labour Rights Fund has
Grace Mukagabiro from Rwanda works for Oxfam and is writing a daily diary of the Summit for the Globe and Mail newspaper in South Africa. Diary of the UN World
Crossing the street to enter the UN building yesterday, I passed Abdoulaye Wade, the president of Senegal. Honestly, I would never have recognised him if it weren't for
PM Ariel Sharon described his belief in the Jewish right to Jerusalem as the "essence of my Jewish consciousness." He spoke of Israel's "concessions"
On the day of President Bush's speech on the opening day of the Summit, bloggers are much less interested in the words he uttered, than the ones he
"Good deeds start at home," said the prime minister of Denmark referring to the "oil-for-food scandal", "and the UN needs to get its own house
I am sitting in the General Assembly hall, where the UN has conveniently provided wireless internet. The president of Georgia is speaking and no one is listening (sorry Georgia). Many
See the video of the President's performance today at the UN. Here's a rundown of what he said: He said thanks for help with Katrina: "
From a quick walk around the UN buildings and surronding area, I'd say Solana Larsen is right (see previous post) to say New York is so far underwhelmed
In July this year around 30,000 old police files were discovered in a disused ammunition dump in Guatemala’s capital city. Containing what appears to be a complete record
The 2005 UN Summit in New York starts today, and openDemocracy is co-editing a daily newsletter together with the Stakeholder Forum. It's called Outreach. The first issue will
