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15 September 2008 Issue
FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DARFUR
SPEAKING FRANKLY -- BAN KI-MOON URGES BETTER
PERFORMANCE
DOES "VERBEKE" SPELL TROUBLE?
IT'S CHRISTOPHER ROSS NOT WARREN
CHRISTOPHER FOR WESTERN SAHARA
NEW FACES FOR A NEW SEASON
IN PRAISE OF "RULE OF LAW AND GOOD
GOVERNMENT" -- IN SOMALIA?!
SECURITY BLUES
WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?
WHAT HAPPENED TO DPI/NGO PARIS CONFERENCE?
CHANGING WARFARE MAKES CHILDREN MORE VULNERABLE
15 August 2008 Issue
TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON
SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY
IF WINTER COMES...
LET NOT AMBITION MOCK THEIR USEFUL TOIL
DOVER BEACH
LET ME COUNT THE WAYS...
A UNE PASSANTE
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD
L'HOMME ET LA MER
THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD...
TO BE OR NOT TO BE
THE UNSEEN
FREEDOM
IF YOU FORGET ME
ROBERT FROST QUOTES
15 July 2008 Issue
THANKS FOR THE GOATS, JACQUES
"U.N. ENVOY CRITICIZES ISRAELI-SYRIAN PEACE
TALKS." DOES U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL APPROVE HIS ENVOY'S POSITION?
EXPERIENCED AND DEDICATED ANGELA KANE TAKES OVER
MANAGEMENT
WHERE IS VERBEKE -- THE NEW SPECIAL
REPRESENTATIVE FOR LEBANON?
ONE APPOINTMENT FORWARD ON DARFUR, TWO
CONTROVERSIES BACKWARD
NEW HEAD OF U.N. PEACEKEEPING ALAIN LE ROY
THE HONOURABLE SIR DAVID VENESS
ADADA!
WHY NOT ELIASSON TO REPLACE LARSEN?
KOREA NEEDS TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN U.N. WORK
ANOTHER PART-TIME DIVA
MORE THAN JUST TALK
15 June 2008 Issue
HOW BAN KI-MOON LOST HIS LEBANESE MOMENT
PEACEKEEPING POST. DEAL OR NO
DEAL? KOUCHNER'S NAME RE-EMERGES.
SAN MARINO? REALLY?!
WHERE DOES TONY BLAIR WANT TO GO?
MOGADISHU? NO. KEMPINSKI? YES!
SECRETARY GENERAL EXPLAINS HIS MYANMAR POLICY
SECRETARY GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS FOOD CRISIS ACTION
PLAN
IF...
15 May 2008 Issue
FORMER SECRETARY GENERAL DE CEULLAR TO LAUNCH
U.N. REFORM GROUP
WHERE IS THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
SECRETARY GENERAL IN LEBANON?
SUGGESTIONS FOR U.N. EFFECTIVENESS IN DARFUR
WHY DO THOSE ENVOYS EMBARRASS THE SECRETARY GENERAL?
TURNING TURNER'S FUND FROM A MISUNDERSTANDING
TO A SUCCESS
LET THEM EAT CAKE
A MIRACLE?
POPE OF HOPE. MAJOR U.N. ROLE IN THE RESPECT OF HUMAN
DIGNITY.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TEN YEAR RULING?
SECRETARY GENERAL BAN ON PRESS FREEDOM DAY: "BRING
TO JUSTICE PERPETRATORS OF ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS"
"AL-JAZEERA ENGLISH" ENGLISH
ONLY MOMENTS
"OUR MAN IN BAGHDAD" ANGLING FOR ROME POST
15 April 2008 Issue
NINE DELICATE BALANCING ACTS FOR INVESTIGATOR BELLEMARE
COMPETING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HIGH COMMISSIONER
WHY SHOULD THE U.N. PAY $1 1/2 MILLION TO UPDATE
ELEVATORS IN RENTED PREMISES?
MR. ANNAN'S SURGE. WOULD HE RECEIVE MO'S $1 MILLION AWARD?
REMEMBERING RWANDA VICTIMS
AFTER 14 YEARS, NO ANSWERS: WHO HELPED RWANDAN
MASSACRE SUSPECT GET JOBS IN ANGOLA AND KOSOVO? AND WHY?
FRUSTRATED GAMBARI KEEPS TRYING
15 March 2008 Issue
FIVE YEARS AGO "SECURITY" WAS A SECTION. NOW IT IS A FULL-BLOWN
DEPARTMENT. ANY DIFFERENCE?
HELICOPTERS FLY. CORRUPTION KILLS. TEN CRASHES. 90 DEAD -- NO
ONE ACCOUNTABLE!
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. IT'S AN UPHILL DAILY
STRUGGLE.
A DYSFUNCTIONAL CHAIN: SUDANESE FLEE TO CHAD, CHADIANS TO CAMEROON, CAMEROONIANS TO CENTRAL
AFRICAN REPUBLIC. SOMALIANS OUT OF MOGADISHU, U.N. OUT OF ERITREA...
SERGIO'S "CHARM COURAGE AND CUNNING" IN SAMANTHA
POWER'S NEW BOOK: BEHIND THE FLAME: THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE WORLD
WHERE IS QAZI? OR IS IT DEMISTURA?
MOBILIZE MEN TO HELP STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
NOELEEN HEYZER, FIRST WOMAN TO TAKE OVER U.N.'S ASIA/PACIFIC
COMMISSION
WELL DONE KOFI ANNAN
15 February 2008 Issue
"YOU CAN STOP CORRUPTION"? -- START WITH THE
U.N. OFFICIAL CONCERNED
DAVOS FATIGUE
ANY U.N. ROLE TO PRE-EMPT AN ETHIOPIA - ERITREA
BORDER WAR?
RWANDA VICTIMS FUND? WHY NOT ASK ANNAN AND
RIZA TO CONTRIBUTE?
GEORGE CLOONEY'S GOODWILL NOTWITHSTANDING,
CHANGE THE U.N. APPROACH ON DARFUR
THE U.N. ON YOUTUBE
15 January 2008 Issue
ANGLING FOR THE NEW PEACEKEEPING POST
ASTROLOGERS NEEDED
PRESIDENT SARKOZY RE-INVENTS FUN DIPLOMACY
BHUTTO'S MURDER. A FAIR TRANSPARENT INVESTIGATION IS THE
BEST REVENGE.
WHERE DID THE TSUNAMI BILLIONS DISAPPEAR?
CLAIMING HELP FOR DARFUR! CYNICAL GUEHENNO'S
$250 MILLION NO-BID CONTRACT NOTE.
WHAT AFTER BALI? HAWAII OF COURSE.
WILL KOUCHNER REPLACE GUEHENNO IN JUNE?
15 December 2007 Issue
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IS A CRIME, NOT A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
FROM ANTARCTICA TO BALI BAN KI-MOON LAUNCHES CLIMATE TOURISM
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE $100 LAPTOP?
THE BUCK DOESN'T STOP HERE ANYMORE
15 November 2007 Issue
AN OFFENSIVE DEFENSE
TELEPHONE DIPLOMACY DOES NOT WORK ON DARFUR
CLUELESS ON SOMALIA: CONTINUITY WITH FARCE
BALKAN POLITICIAN SEEKING U.N. PERKS
BAN KI-MOON FIRST BUDGET PRESENTATION. MORE ON SECURITY, LESS
ON DEVELOPMENT. HOW ABOUT LESS ENVOYS AND MORE RESULTS.
HUG A PENGUIN
PERELLI'S CASE: STILL WAITING
BIENVENUE JEAN MAURICE RIPERT
15 October 2007 Issue
ANNAN SEEKING U.N. SECURITY PROTECTION
EXIT WATCH LIST
NO RETIREES ALLOWED!
CONTINUITY WITH FARCE (4): HURRY UP AND WAIT IN DARFUR
GAMBARI EXPLAINS HIS MYANMAR MISSION
QUELLE FONCTION PUBLIQUE INTERNATIONALE POUR DEMAIN?
"ERADICATING POVERTY" FROM U.N. BRUSSELS. TWO IS A CROWD!
HOW TO LIVE FASHIONABLY ON $1 A YEAR (AND HAVE LUNCH
WITH BAN KI-MOON)?
DID YOU EXPECT VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY TO WIN THE
NOBEL PRIZE?
15 September 2007 Issue
STICKING TOGETHER. U.N. FLAG IN LONDON.
DR. KURT WALDHEIM: "A LAST WORD."
FAREWELL MAESTRO
EXPRESS CONCERN ON MYANMAR, AND KEEP CHANNELS OPEN
CONTINUITY WITH FARCE (1): USELESS IN IRAQ, USELESS IN SUDAN
CONTINUITY WITH FARCE (2): CONFUSED MEETER/GREETER WEEKEND
CONTINUITY WITH FARCE (3): INSPECTEUR STAFFAN "CLOUSEAUX" DEMISTURA
GOES TO BAGHDAD
ON BAN KI-MOON'S ETHICS STANDARDS: HOW COULD HIS
ENVOY LARSEN AFFORD A $1,500/NIGHT MONTE CARLO HOTEL? (WITH A CHAUFFEURED ROLLS!)
15 July 2007 Issue
THE ALBANO OPTION
SUPPORT DAG HAMMARSKJOLD SCHOLARSHIP FUND
DISCRETION ON MYANMAR
ATTACK ON SPANISH TROOPS STRENGTHENS BOND WITH LEBANESE
PRESS FREEDOM WORKS
KAMALESH SHARMA FOR COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY GENERAL
WHERE WILL VALUABLE UNMOVIC DOCUMENTS GO?
ABSENT U.N. ROLE ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
15 June 2007 Issue
GENERAL RIKHYE - A SOLID EXEMPLARY PEACEKEEPER
FEMALE FOREIGN MINISTERS SHOULD PRACTICE WHAT THEY PREACH
AS TIME GOES BY. DON'T FORGET ALAN JOHNSTON.
VANITY FAIR: AFRICA BONO
BUDGET SAVED
KEEP THAT BEAUTIFUL BLUE
15 May 2007 Issue
AN INSIDER PERSPECTIVE ON U.N. REFORM: BY NITIN DESAI
"WAKE UP SOMALIA. JOIN HANDS TOGETHER."
FREE ALAN JOHNSTON
A POSITIVE THREE VISIT MIDEAST INTRODUCTION BUT
WHO IS UNDERCUTTING MR. BAN?
TB OR NOT TB. WHY NOT A SPECIAL ENVOY TO
STOP MALARIA?
IOWATCH.ORG: A U.N. REFERENCE
15 April 2007 Issue
ACT MORE, TALK LESS
SOMETHING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO DARFUR: MO'S
$5 MILLION "LEADERSHIP" PRIZE!
CALLING FORMER INSIDERS: CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEBATE
GAMBARI ON U.S.-U.N. RELATIONS -- A CASE FOR AN
INEVITABLE PARTNERSHIP
WHY A SPECIAL ENVOY TO STOP TUBERCULOSIS!
SECRETARY GENERAL TOWN HALL DIALOGUE A WELCOME
INITIATIVE
15 March 2007 Issue
FARCICAL "ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS." MINI
U.N./DPI/UNESCO PROPOSED WITH "RISK FUND" TO "TEMPER MARKET FORCES," "MONITOR" MEDIA, "ENCOURAGE" OTHERS,
"COMPENSATE" THEATRES, "PREVENT USE AND ABUSE OF INTERNET," AND PRESTIGIOUS POSTS FOR "HIGH LEVEL GROUP OF EMINENT
PERSONS"!
CONTINUITY BUT NO CHANGE ON DARFUR
KIM TOO-SOON
REFLECTING U.N. CULTURE, MANDELA PORTRAIT
HONOURS HEADQUARTERS
BIG SMALL DEAL AT W.I.P.O.
PEDERSEN HELPS CLARIFY ROLE IN LEBANON
15 February 2007 Issue
SPINNING "TIMES". KOFI ANNAN PROMOTED BENON SEVAN TO
FOOD-FOR-OIL, NOT BOUTROS-GHALI.
AGAIN, QUO VADIS DAVOS? DOES CLIMATE CHANGE MEAN DUMPING SHARON
STONE FOR CLAUDIA SCHIFFER?
WHILE APPROACHING MEMBER STRATEGY ON CLIMATE CHANGE, PUT
THE U.N. ENVIRONMENT HOUSE IN ORDER.
REVIVE STAFF MANAGEMENT TEAMWORK
MERCI PRESIDENT CHIRAC
15 January 2007 Issue
BAN KI-MOON TAKES OVER: "WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT."
WHEN MIGIRO GOT THE NEWS
USELESS IN DARFUR, CLUELESS ON SOMALIA
2006 ANOTHER DEADLY YEAR FOR U.N. STAFF
PREMATURE TIMES
MAGNANIMOUS IN DEFEAT, DHANAPALA EVALUATES
HIS LOSS
"FAMILY PLANNING" THROUGH U.N. PEACEKEEPING BAJWA 1 & 2 IN
TIMOR LESTE
15 December 2006 Issue
"LAUGHTER"
007 APPROACHES. THE NAME IS BAN, NOT BOND.
DUPLICATION MEDITERRANEO STYLE
NEXT SECRETARY GENERAL VOWS TO RESTORE TRUST
TO UNITED NATIONS
TIME TO REVIEW LOST OPPORTUNITY IN INTERNET
LEADERSHIP
"COMPLICITY WITH EVIL." THE U.N. IN THE AGE
OF MODERN GENOCIDE.
NANE ANNAN ON KOFI
U.N. DEMOCRACY FUNDS EXPANDS PARTNERSHIPS
15 November 2006 Issue
READING TEA LEAVES
OPEN (AND SHUT) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM POST.
LIFE AFTER THE U.N. CAROL BELLAMY TAKES WORLD LEARNING
TO NEW HEIGHTS.
THE ALBANIAN ANGLE.
LAST MINUTE REHASH OF OLD PROPOSALS ON "SYSTEM-WIDE
COHERENCE."
BEING A WOMAN. UNDERSTANDING LOVE.
15 October 2006 Issue
WILL BAN K1-MOON REVIVE THE SPIRT OF INTERNATIONAL
CIVIL SERVICE?
THE "INDIA CANDIDATE" DUMPS INDIA. RETURNS BRITISH.
DID BRUSSELS OFFICE FABRICATE STATEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO FORMER
SECRETARY GENERAL DE CUELLAR?
NOWHERESTAN!
HOW TO SAVE $800,000 ON U.N. SALARY IN 5 YEARS?
MIXING SECURITY APPLES WITH GENERAL SERVICE ORANGES
THE ADOPTION NOW. OATH OF OFFICE LATER.
STAND UP AGAINST POVERTY
15 September 2006 Issue
HOW TO REVITALIZE THE ASSEMBLY? FIND AN INTERIM OFFICE FOR
THE PRESIDENT ELECT!
"SECRET" MEDIATOR, FACILITATOR, WHATEVER. JUST DO IT.
A 4-MINUTE TEST. BOOED IN BEIRUT.
ENTER PRINCE ZEID
STRAW POLL TEST FARCE
THANKS, SWEDEN
PAYING FOR STAFF WITHOUT OFFICES AND PAYING FOR
OFFICES WITHOUT STAFF. LONDON RENTAL PENDING THREE YEARS AFTER OFFICE CLOSED.
HOW TO PREVENT ARMED CONFLICTS?
A TIMELY REPORT.
15 July 2006 Issue
IT IS AGAINST THE RULES. DOES ANNAN HAVE
"A DOG IN THAT FIGHT?"
THAROOR AND THE INDIAN IRAQ FOOD FOR OIL.
A CHINESE CAPITALIST WILL BE A
FORMIDABLE CANDIDATE IN OCTOBER.
BACK TO THE FUTURE IN SOMALIA. WHERE IS THAT
"HORN ENVOY"?!
COULD ECOSOC BECOME DEVELOPMENT PARLIAMENT?
June 2006 Issue
"COME DECEMBER 31, I AM DONE"-MARK MALLOCH BROWN
CAREFUL WITH THE PENSION FUND
DARFUR, DILLI, MOGADISHU EXPOSE EXPEDIENT ENVOY SYSTEM.
MEDIA DIPLOMACY DID NOT HELP AUNG SAN SUU KYI
SPECULATIONS BEGIN. IS EUROPE SHAPING A CANDIDATE?
SECRETARY GENERAL LECTURE SERIES REVIVED.
ANNAN HIGHLIGHTS LINK BETWEEN MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT.
A QUESTION OF TIMING.
May 2006 Issue
THE SECOND COMING. THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD.
BRING THOSE UNGUIDED STARS DOWN TO EARTH.
ANNAN LEGACY WEEKEND. LOSING AFRICA BUT GAINING
TUSCANY.
"LEARN, UNLEARN, RELEARN" - MARK MALLOCH BROWN
DPI OVERLOOKS ITS OWN FREE PRESS ROLE
April 2006 Issue
DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
WHAT DOES THE "HIGH LEVEL PANEL ON U.N. SYSTEM-WIDE COHERENCE"
REALLY DO?
WHY WOULD OUTGOING ANNAN EXCEPTIONALLY EXTEND REBUKED OFFICIAL
FOUR MORE YEARS?
DR. FEEL GOOD DEMINING
BENON SEVAN ON FRIENDSHIP
March 2006 Issue
JUNE TOO EARLY. SEPTEMBER MORE LIKELY.
BONO NO BEUNO? JAGDISH OR JEFFREY? ASK JEEVES (BUT JEEVES HAS
JUST BEEN FIRED).
ONE STEP FORWARD
DIALOGUE BEGINS AT HOME
FROM A CONCERNED STAFFER: ANY WATCHDOG GROUP TO PROTECT THE
WHISTLEBLOWERS?
GAMBARI ON ENHANCING U.N. PEACEMAKING CAPACITY.
February 2006 Issue
ABOUT TIME. WOMEN LEADERS EMERGING FROM THE SHADOWS.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES.
WHERE DOES JEAN-MARIE GUEHENNO LIVE?
THE $100 LAPTOP
2005 GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVED 1992 PEACEBUILDING PROPOSAL
REMEMBERING RAFIK HARIRI
KUWAIT NEW RULER - WORLD'S LONGEST SERVING DIPLOMAT
January 2006 Issue
ZERO TOLERANCE FOR A WOMAN; YEARS OF TOLERANCE WITH MEN.
THE RIGHT TO ASK AND THE RIGHT TO RESPOND
TESTING THE RHETORIC. INFORMATION OFFICER CITES CASES OF
IRREGULARITIES AND MISMANAGEMENT. WILL ANY ACTION BE TAKEN?
TSUNAMI RELIEF EVALUATION. HOW SMART IS EGELAND'S AUNT?
ALREADY 16 CANDIDATES FOR SECRETARY GENERAL
WISHING KOFI ANNAN AN INSPIRING 2006
December 2005 Issue
WHO LOST ERITREA?
KNOCK. KNOCK. WHO'S THERE? IT'S THE MERCEDES!
LIBERIA A U.N. SUCCESS STORY
STANDING UP FOR GOOGLE
MILITARY OFFICERS RAISE QUESTIONS ON FORCE
COMMANDER
SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN STANDS FIRM ON BUDGET
UNCA AWARDS DINNER. A JOLLY TRADTION CONTINUES.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
November 2005 Issue
"THAT DOG"
HOW TO REDRESS THE EUROPEAN BLUNDER? NATIONAL OFFICERS SUPPORTING
PROFESSIONAL REGIONAL HUBS.
NEVER SO MANY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO LITTLE
BURNHAM: COMMUNICATIONS IS KEY TO MANAGEMENT
REFORM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY W.W.W.
HOW INCENSE WORKS. WHEN SHASHI MET KOFI - BY
SHASHI.
POLITICALLY SPEAKING: Barbara Crossette talks one-on-one with
new Under-Secretary-General Ibrahim Gambari
THEATRE OF THE ABSURD
ANNAN REMEMBERS NADIA IN CAIRO
October 2005 Issue
IS THE WORSE OVER?
FARCICAL "ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS:" RIZA, NEER, SEVAN,
LUBBERS, YAKOVLEV, MERIMEE, LUBBERS, FIGUERES, STRONG, KOJO
NOBEL PRIZE MESSAGE: TIME TO STRENGTHEN U.N.
SECRETARIAT NUCLEAR ROLE
WHEN FORMER SECRETARY GENERAL PEREZ DE CEULLAR SPOKE OUT: "WHEN U.N.
NEEDS PUBLIC SUPPORT IT IS AN ILLUSION TO THINK THAT BRUSSELS COULD REPLACE PARIS LISBON
COPENHAGEN MADRID OR ATHENS."
WHY ARE THEY HITTING LEBANESE BUTTERFLIES?
TWO QUALIFIED WOMEN APPOINTED IN KEY SENIOR POSTS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT. AUTOCRATS AND BUREAUCRATS SEEK
INTERNET CONTROL.
September 2005 Issue
STAGE SET. VOLCKER/ANNAN JOINT AGENDA.
PLAN B: GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT AS ACTING
SECRETARY GENERAL?
ONLY SUMMIT "PLATFORM" MAYBE GROUP PHOTO
MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL: "YOU DIE, I FLY"
ADDING INSULT TO INJURY. WHY ANNAN MISSED HAMMERSKJOLD'S
CENTENNIAL COMMERATION?
NO "U.N. REVOLUTION" IN WASHINGTON
JAYANTHA DHANAPALA: A SOLID U.N. MANAGER WITH A DYNAMIC
APPROACH
WHO'S IN CHARGE OF WHOM? SECURITY CONCERNS IN BEIRUT
U.N. HOUSE
U.S. DIPLOMAT CONFIRMS STEPHANIDES VERSION
NO ACCOUNTABILITY. STAFF REMEMBER BAGHDAD FALLEN
COLLEAGUES - ALONE.
RELUCTANT VISITORS: MAURITANIA ON THEIR MIND
HOW IRAQ WAS REPAID FOR VOLCKER
UN DPI JUNKET CONTINUES. PALESTINIAN TRAGEDY EXPLOITED AT $100,000
PER DAY.
GAMBARI BLENDS REFORM VISION WITH NEEDS OF MEMBER STATES
WHERE DID "THE INTERPRETER" MONEY GO?
July 2005 Issue
THE BUILDER EXPOSES THE JUGGLER
June 2005 Issue
CHRISTOPHER B. BURNHAM. NEW U.N. MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES
ONE UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL, TWO ASSISTANT SECRETARIES GENERAL ON IRAQ.
WHAT DO THEY DO?
FOOD-FOR-OIL. WHY SINGLE OUT STEPHANEDES?
NOT WORKING, NETWORKING. WHERE WAS THAROOR WHEN THE U.N.
NEEDED HIM, AND AT WHAT PRICE?
CHALLENGE TO ASIA. EASTERN EUROPE CLAIMS U.N. TOP POST.
"EFFICIENCY AWARDS" - A LOST OPPORTUNITY.
WOMEN LEADERS READY TO FIGHT FOR WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE
GAMBARI FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS
KUWAIT WOMEN GAIN VOTING RIGHTS
THANK GOD THE POPE HAS NO SON
SAMIR KASSIR, WRITER MURDERED WHILE DEFENDING FREEDOM
HALVING POVERTY BY 2015?!
May 2005 Issue
THAROOR'S COMMUNICATION FAILURE REQUIRES FRANK IN-DEPTH REVIEW
URGENT MESSAGE FROM THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: "WE ARE HUNGRY"
WAKING UP THE PATRIARCH. LARSEN ENTERING DELICATE LEBANESE FIELD.
WHAT ABOUT UNRWA? WAITING FOR WOLFENSOHN.
TED TURNER REVIEWING HOW HIS MILLIONS WERE WASTED
"APRIL IN CANNES" -- A REPLY
DERVIS TO HEAD UNDP
U.N. GETS EMBROILED IN CHARGES OF NEPOTISM
April 2005 Issue
LATVIAN PRESIDENT "NEW EUROPE" CANDIDATE FOR "NEW UN"
SECRETARY GENERAL
UNPRECEDENTED REFORM. UNPRECEDENTED EXPENSE. WHO'S PAYING?
TIME TO REVIEW THE GROSS BLUNDER IN EUROPE.
A THIRD WORLD CANDIDATE FOR UNDP LEADERSHIP
IS JESSEN-PETERSEN THE NEXT HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES?
POPE OF HUMAN DIGNITY WHO REJUVENATED OUR WORLD
EXPENSIVE APRIL IN CANNES. TV MARKET USED AS TRAVEL
JUNKET.
THE WHISTLE BLOWER JOB
WHAT HAPPENED TO TSUNAMI RELIEF?
March 2005
SO MANY SENIOR POSTS, SO MANY SEEKERS -- AND ITS
ONLY FOR TWO YEARS
MEN COMMUNICATING BADLY
LUBBERS' LAST EXIT
RAFIK HARIRI: A STATESMAN WHO DIED A HERO
February 2005
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT OIL FOR FOOD. STAND UP FOR A PROUDER U.N.
EASY ON THE HOT AIR. WHAT "REVOLUTIONARY" APPOINTMENT
IN WASHINGTON?
WHAT HAPPENED WITH INDIA? WHOM ARE THEY UPSET WITH?
TIME WOUNDS ALL HEELS.
WHO INVENTED THE $2.50 MALARIA NET?
QUO VADIS DAVOS?
January 2005
TSUNAMI CHALLENGE: SUCCESS IS U.N. ONLY OPTION.
MARK MALLOCH-BROWN TAKES CHARGE. ANY QUESTIONS?
WHY THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO BERTINI AND HALLBACHS?
LARSEN'S DUAL APPOINTMENTS RAISES QUESTIONS, INCLUDING
CONFLICT OF INTEREST?
PREDERGAST'S MIDEAST ASSIGNMENT.
WHERE ARE THE INFORMATION CENTRES NOW THAT YOU NEED THEM?
December 2004
DO NOT RESIGN. MOBILIZE YOUR REAL STAFF AND CLEANSE THE
PLACE.
DON'T BLAME THE MEDIA. DON'T HIDE BEHIND THE U.N. TO LOOK GOOD,
BE GOOD.
"WHO NEEDS THE STAFF?" THE SECRETARY GENERAL DOES. AND THEY NEED
HIM.
GETTING FAMOUS FOR DOING NOTHING.
"THE ONE:" AN ORWELLIAN FICTION.
FAILING TO DISCLOSE $906,000. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHAIRMAN
FORCED TO RESIGN.
WHILE CLOSING EUROPEAN OFFICES, PAKISTANI WOMAN APPOINTED
DIRECTOR IN VIENNA. WHO IS SHE?
GOOD FOR FAVOURED PAKISTANIS. UNFAIR TO PAKISTAN.
IS FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON SERIOUS?
HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
November 2004
THE REAL QUESTION IS: WHO HELPED RWANDAN MASSACRE
SUSPECT GET JOBS IN ANGOLA AND KOSOVO?
WHY "CASE CLOSED" DESPITE DAMNING REPORT? WHOM
WOULD LUBBERS REALLY DAMAGE?
DID KOFI ANNAN APPROVE A GALLOPING PROMOTION
FROM P-4 TO D-2?
VOLCKER ERODING HIS OWN CREDIBILITY
NOW IT'S ALKSNDR KWASNIEWSKI (WE THOUGHT IT
WAS WLODZIMIERZ CIMOSZEWIZ!)
DOES JEFFREY SACHS SPEAK FOR KOFI ANNAN? DOES
HE REFLECT UNITED NATIONS INTERESTS?
ANOTHER "NO STONE UNTURNED" MORTIMER LETTER
DRAWS FIRE AGAINST ANNAN ON DARFUR ATROCITIES
BERTINI: U.N. FINANCES IMPROVED BUT
STILL "DELICATE"
October 2004
KNOCK KNOCK WHO'S THERE? IT'S KOJO NOT KOFI ANNAN.
ONE IS THURSDAY, THE OTHER IS FRIDAY.
WHO INVESTIGATES THE INVESTIGATOR?
REPORTING ON 1559. ONE REPORT, VARIED INTERPRETATIONS.
FLAWED FEEDBACK.
CAPABLE FEMALE HANDS RUN ASSEMBLY SESSION.
HELLO SURAKIART SATHIRATAI.
SMOKING OR NON-SMOKING: SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT.
SPORT TEACHES THE LESSONS OF PEACE - NANE ANNAN.
September 2004
THE TEAM THAT GAVE US 19 AUGUST IS DETERMINED NOT TO
LEARN FROM IT
PREDICTING VOLCKER. SAME TIME NEXT YEAR. BLAME ON
GOVERNMENTS. OIL FOR FOOD AGREEMENT TEXT AND MANAGEMENT MECHANISM.
A TRIBUTE TO THE TEAM
ANNAN'S ANNUS HORIBILIS
WHERE IS THE SECRETARY GENERAL'S SPECIAL
REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISPLACED PERSONS? HOW ABOUT HIS "COMPATRIOTS" IN DARFUR?
NADIA YOUNES' FUND FOR WORLD AFFAIRS
IS AXWORTHY WORTH A WAR?
HELLO WLODZIMIERZ CIMOSZEWIZ!
August 2004
"SORTING THINGS OUT" IN DARFUR.
SIERRE LEONE CRASH: WHAT HAPPENED TO EARLIER
INVESTIGATIONS?
FAULTY FEEDBACK, DYSFUNCTIONAL TEAM, LACK OF REAL
PERFORMANCE HAMPER EFFORTS TO IMPROVE FALLING U.N. IMAGE IN ARAB REGION.
ANNAN CLOSES LUBBERS CASE CITING "LACK OF EVIDENCE."
DISCREET COURAGEOUS BRAHIMI CONTINUES TO CONSOLIDATE
IRAQ ROLE.
WHEN BRAHIMI CHATS WITH ANOTHER ARAB.
EMPOWERING WOMEN IS PREREQUISITE FOR POVERTY
REDUCTION - ANNAN.
AN UNCHECKED EMPIRE. A STAFF OPINION. BY MICHAEL
SARSAR.
June 2004
KNOCK KNOCK -- WHO'S THERE?
OXYANNAN IN CYPRUS -- AND THE PLAN WAS NOT EVEN HIS.
MORE ACCOMMODATIONS OVER IRAQ = LESS EMBARRASSMENT OVER
FOOD FOR OIL.
THAROOR MOVES FORWARD ON HANDLING ADVERSE U.N. ARAB
IMAGE.
FINALLY, A VETERAN FOR KOSOVO AFTER STRING OF FAILED
ADMINISTRATORS.
ANNAN'S DARFUR VISIT AVERTS BREWING CRITICISM.
WHAT COINCIDENCE! FORMER U.N. RWANDA PROSECUTOR
APPOINTED NEW U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS HIGH COMMISSIONER.
HOW FIRM IS "FIRM?" STAFF CONTINUE TO RAISE QUESTIONS
ON BAGHDAD REPORTS. WHY NO DUE PROCESS FOR PUBLICLY CONDEMNED COORDINATOR WHILE SENIOR
OFFICIALS MERELY "SHARE" A REPRIMAND LETTER?
April 2004
DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
"BASKING IN IGNORANCE?" NOT TRUE. THEY KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING
(IN RWANDA) EVERY DAY.
THE ELUSIVE APPROACH. SUCCESS IS INDIVIDUAL, FAILURE IS COLLECTIVE.
BRAHIMI REGAINS U.N. STATURE ON IRAQ.
CYPRUS FOUND THEN LOST.
CAPTAIN MBAYE: A FORGOTTEN HERO WITH UNPAID DUES.
March 2004
THE BLACK PANDORA BOX: FRENCH JUDGE CHARGES U.N.
SECRETARIAT WITH OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE IN RWANDA.
ARAB JOURNALISTS ROUNDTABLE: "KOFI ANNAN DISPLAYED
ELEMENTS OF NOBLE INCAPACITY" (AL HAYAT). "NOT READY TO ANSWER A NAIVE QUESTION LIKE DO YOU FEEL
A GUILTY CONSCIENCE?" (AL SAFIR). "POWERLESS BUT MAKING UP BY LISTENING PLEASANTLY TO OTHERS"
(AL BILAD).
AN UPDATED DISCUSSION: THE SECURITY COUNCIL: FROM COLD WAR
TO 21ST CENTURY.
IT'S ABOUT TIME: TWO QUALIFIED WOMEN PROMOTED TO SENIOR
POSTS.
DESPERATELY SEEKING HOLLYWOOD ("NO LOBSTER RISOTTO?"),
MS. BARRYMORE IS, LIKE, U.N. FIRST FRIEND.
February 2004
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "THE SECRETARY GENERAL
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA" AND "THE SECRETARY GENERAL SPECIAL ENVOY FOR ETHIOPIA
AND ERITREA?"
BRUSSELS "HUB" INAUGURATED. TIME TO EXTEND SUPPORT FOR
IT TO WORK.
ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH PRISONER SWAP. SHEIKH NASRALLAH BERATES ANNAN
CREDIBILITY. IMPACT ON IRAQ ROLE.
SECRETARY GENERAL CALLS FOR ACTION TO COMBAT RISING
ISLAMAPHOBIA AND ANTI-SEMITISM.
VOICE OF THE STAFF RETIREMENT POLICY: A DOUBLE VISION OR NO
VISION AT ALL?
January 2004
"YOU REPORT WE DEPORT" MINI SUMMIT. LEADERLESS U.N MISSES
OPPORTUNITY.
LONDON TITANIC CALL. EUROPEAN OFFICES REPLACED BY "HUB"
AT FORMER GESTAPO HQ.
REFORM PANEL OR ELECTION PLATFORM: "A CROSS BETWEEN
DEJA-VU AND AMNESIA"
December 2003
Back To The Future. Nineties 6 + 2 Formula For Afghanistan
Rehashed Now For Iraq?
The Interpreter Is Talking. Saddam Was Generous To
Visitors: Cash, Presents And Oil Spots. "He Didn't Want To Lose His Job."
Former Secretary General Perez De Ceullar Speaks Out Against
Closure Of Europe Centres. "When U.N. Needs Public Support It Is An Illusion To Think
That Brussels Could Replace Paris Lisbon Copenhagen Or Athens."
Annan Blacks Out Statement By Predecessor And Former Benefactor.
"Reform Lite." Europe Staff Threatens Formal Complaint. Tharoor
Travel Expenses To Promote Himself Exceed Operational Expense Of Closed Centres.
Crisis Management As A Dark Joke. Now She Heads A Support
Group Handling Iraq.
Accountability For Baghdad. Forming Committees Is Not Taking
Action. Nor Is Scapegoating The Helpless Myat Tun.
Let Me Count The Ways.
November 2003
Exploiting The Palestinian Israeli Tragedy. Spring In Paris, Summer
In Copenhagen, Autumn In Seville At $100,000 Dollars Per Day.
U.N. Correspondents Dinner Revived. Fun Pun And Awards. Even
The Boring Minutes Were Amusing.
Two Years Talk, One Month Left For Closure Of European Offices
But Brussels "Hub" Not Ready And Staff Fate Unclear.
At Issue Is Freedom Of Expression. Summit On Information Society
Approaches Failure Due To Political Expediency And Lack Of U.N. Leadership.
Investigation Report On Baghdad Bombing Raises Serious
Questions. Annan Writes To Staff. Staff Demand Full Accountability.
October 2003
One Month After The U.N. 9/11. We Remember Each One Of You.
Human Security And Dignity: Highlights of Annual DPI/NGO Conference.
Annan Warns: U.N. At Crossroads Over Issue Of Unilaterial Action
(Proposed High-Level Panel For Reform).
Dhanapala Proposes International Commission Against Terrorism.
September 2003
We Lost The Very Best. Sergio And Nadia -- We Miss
You Already.
Who Fingered Sergio?
U.N. Unified In Sorrow And Determination. We Will
Not Be Intimidated. U.N. Mission Goes On.
It's A Vigil, Not A Photo Opportunity.
When Shashi Met Kofi - By Shashi. "It Was You, I Said,
That Made U.N. Worthy Of Nobel Peace Prize." "The Future Of The U.N. Had Not Looked As Promising
As It Does Now" (!) "Annan Is World's Most Admired Statesman According To Scandinavian Summer
Poll."
The Weakest Link; Kuwait Appoints First Arab Female
U.N. Ambassador. But Only Eight Out Of 191 Missions Headed By Women.
What Does The Top Envoy For "Internally Displaced
Persons" Do? He "Reiterates The Secretary General's Call On Parties Concerned."
Media Leaders Call For Internet Press Freedom.
Drafts For U.N. Summit Declaration Avoid Mentioning Free Press.
Farewell In Rio.
August 2003
The Real Al-Sahaf Is In Abu Dhabi. Al-Sahaf Clones Are At
The U.N. "We Are Closing European Offices Because Kofi Annan Is More Popular There Than Europe's
Own Leaders." "Arab Media Overturned Now Fully Supporting
Annan. The Most Popular Secretary General Ever."
Envoy Of Diminishing Returns. Syrian Israeli Lebanese
Palestinian Leaders Fed Up With Larsen's Personalized Pushy Approach.
Meeter/Greeter Fails In Bid For European Mideast
Post.
Continued Pondering Of U.N. Iraq Role. "Important"
And "Effective" Now Superceded By "Discreet" (Very!). Guessing Game Special
Representative.
June 2003
Anybody Seen the Special Rep? 18 Special Representatives in Africa:
3.3 Million Dead in Congo Alone.
New Initiative to Support Africa Development
The Sound of Silence: Tribute to Civilian Peacekeepers
Pondering Iraq: Special Adviser, Special Representative, Special
Adviser to the Special Representative
Lets Practice, Not Just Preach Good Governence; Farewell Reflections
by Under-Secretary-General Dhanapala
May 2003
An Asian "Non-Arab Muslim" for Iraq. Could it Be Someone's Candidate
for Secretary-General?
The "Unsinkable" Kofi Annan Critics Converge as Some of His Team Pursue
Their Own Agenda
The Emperor Appoints His Horse
"Iraq and I:" History According to Inspector Demistura
"Meet the Shameless Self-Promoter"
What's Going on in The Economic Commission For Africa? U.N. Staff
Concerned About Lack of Action by Headquarters and May Approach Human
Rights Organizations
Where is "My Man" Al-Sahaf Hiding?
Press Freedom Groups Concerned About U.N. World Information Summit
The Privatization of U.N. Public Information. Will Public Funds From
Closing European Centres go to Private P.R. Firms? To Promote Whom?
April 2003
Massive Appeal for Humanitarian Relief in Iraq
Bertini Rebuilds Relations with Staff
Oil For Food Reshaped. The Mushrooming Of Middle East Experts.
February 2003
Iraq Crisis: Working Through the U.N.
Does Pablo Picasso Embarrass Kofi Annan?
How To Ambush An Under-Secretary-General Without Leaving Fingerprints?
The Last Cartoon For International Artist Kahil
Inspector Clouzeau Demistura Of Baghdad 1998
January 2003
Where Have All Those Women Gone?
Reformer Reform Thyself: Not Working But Networking
A Smooth Documentary; No Eye of Any Storm
Despite Democratic Changes Not Enough Support for Africa
An Update: Who Will Take Charge of W.H.O.
December 2002
Who Will Be In Charge of W.H.O.?
"ONE:" An Orwellian Novel
Annan Projects Reform Proposals: Doing What
Matters, Improve Decision-Making; Working Together Better
Name and Shame Countries That Recruit Child Soldiers
Gambari Stresses Need to Consolidate Angola Peace
November 2002
Familiar Faces Renew U.N. Loyalty --
50 Years Guided Tours Reunion
How to Waste An Excellent Project --
"Women in Media" Seminar Fades into a Non-Event
Bertini Appointment As UN's Top
Management Official Welcomed
How to Mobilize Support for
Development
October 2002
All Conferences are Political: Johannesburg Gap Fest
Who Ordered $7.5 million of Generators? Where are they now?
Brahmia Keeps Fingers Crossed on Afghanistan
July 2002
Nobel Laureate Opens Secretary-Generals
Lecture Series
New Staffing System is a One-Way
Door : EXIT
Why Duplicate Communications Work
on Development Summit?
Goodbye Appointment and Promotion
Bodies
East Timor - A UN Success Story
May 14 2002
Annan Brings UN to Middle East Diplomacy
Evading Staff Rules: Chef de Cabinet's
Son Recruited
When You Have The New York Times,
Do You Need DPI?
Lessons Learned: No Experience Needed
February 20 2002
Unauthorized Speculation: Who Stays,
Who Joins?
What Happened to International Civil
Service?
WHO Has Those Billions-But Who's
Counting?
No UN Footprints in Davos-on-Hudson
January 9 2002
News vs. Propaganda: The Meeting
vs. the Communiques
November 27 2001
In Human Terms
Noble Prize: Nobody's Perfect
Triangulating Italy: UNIC Rome, Radio
Chief, FAO Pow-Wow
August 8 2001
No Nonsense Sevan Speaks Out
A Commendable Effort: Small Arms;
Big Problems
Old Set-up Gets New Name
June 27 2001
American - Iranian Meeting Aborted?
HIV/AIDS: An Urgent International
Concern, Not Just a Health Problem
Asian Security Council President
Proposes Annan Extension
May 31 2001
Annan Navigates Consensus on Renewal
UN Beirut Unified Premises Require
Closer Coordination
April 25 2001
Cobweb of Greed: The Plunder Report
Clique-ish Technology: Another Missed Opportunity
Brahimi addresses Strategic Studies
Institute: Fighting Battles on wrong grounds
March 1 2001
Angola revisited; Could it be part
of an International Conference?
Who speaks for UN Development: UNDP,
IFAD, DESA, IBRD?
Think of the alternative. Happy Friendship
Week
Silence of the Lambs (Part I)): Troop
Contributors
January 27 2001
Forward Looking Paris Office
Holbrooke leaves; UN DPI ACABQ remain
Reflections on an Exit
James Baker for World Bank
New US/UN Rep a Leading Woman?
December 1 2000
A Day in the Life of a U.N. Ambassador
Personnel Office Rehashes old practice
with new terminology
Mselle Re-elected
Peacekeeping: No Strategy without
Exit
UN Staff Demand Security, Participation
in Reform Process
The Ayatollah has no Spokesman
October 23 2000
Sounds of Silence: Tribute to civilian
peacekeepers
Club 71: Never So Many
Hiroshima Exhibit Disappears: Garden
takes precedence
September 27 2000
September Winners: Who benefited
from the meetings?
A Millennium Bonus-273 Treaties Signed
A UN Command Performance At Summit
US-Iran Shadow Dance at UN Theatre
Adieux Pierre Trudeau
August 22 2000
Millenium Meeting or Annan's Re-Election
Platform?
Sleepless in Geneva: A Tale of Two
Posts
MidEast Camp David Reunion at UN
in New York?
Global Partnership Widened
Unprecedented Council Hearings on
Diamonds
Who is Charming Whom?
Send in the Consultants
July 18 2000
More Vision with less UN Force in
Lebanon
High Stakes for the High Commissioner
Post
A Week in the life of a UN Information
Centre
Frechette calls for Fund to bridge
Digital Gap
Gurirab calls for Globalization with
Head, Heart and Human Face, and for cancellation of Third World
Debt
71 Representatives and Envoys: What
are they doing?
The Security Council: 'In Camera'
or on Camera
June 17 2000
Diamonds for Blood
The Advancement of Women : A Failing
Report Card
Namibian Presidency: A Missed
Opportunity at the United Nations
Season of Advice for Youth
Creeping Irrelevance
Not Working But Networking
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