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October 1, 2020 Issue
DISTANCED ASSEMBLY, DISTANCED U.N.?
CONCERNS ON THE PENSION FUND
DEDICATION TO THE DEDICATED
HAGIA SOPHIA: A VALUABLE HERITAGE
HOMEWORK
SHATTERED BEIRUT UNIFIED LEBANESE AGAINST CORRUPT SYSTEM
SIGNS OF THE TIME
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
TRUDEAU'S HAIR
July 15, 2019 Issue
NEW YORK BLACKOUT
KANDAKA
WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS
PROTECT CHILDREN IN CONFLICT
NEW DEPARTMENT HEADS
FRANCE CENTRAL POLITICAL ROLE
REJOIGNEZ L'AFNU
DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. GUEST WHO?
PROTECT REPORTERS GLOBALLY
February 1, 2019 Issue
HAS DAVOS OVERTAKEN U.N. MEETINGS?
KUWAITI WOMAN TO LEAD ESCWA
G-77: WILL STATUS HELP STATEHOOD?
SAVING THE BANK
FIRST ARAB WOMAN OSCAR NOMINEE
SECRETARY GENERAL GUTERRES RESPONDS TO PRESS QUESTIONS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEMAND REPRESENTATION
November 2018 Issue
"BRING YOUR ALIBIS"
UNITED IN DIVIDING SYRIA
REMEMBERING TWO INTERNATIONAL LEADERS
FORMER TOUR GUIDES: VALUABLE U.N. ASSETS
NEW FORMAT FOR OLD REFORM
IL FAUT SAVOIRE
September 15, 2018 Issue
KOFI ANNAN: HUMAN DIGNITY MATTERS
"CONTINUE THEIR MISSION:" SECRETARY-GENERAL GUTERRES ON U.N. BAGHDAD VICTIMS
THE BUILDER EXPOSES THE JUGGLER. COURAGE OF A BUILDER.
INVICTUS
U.N. UNPAID INTERNS
BRAZIL DESERVES BETTER
BEIRUT, BAGHDAD AWAITING WASHINGTON, TEHRAN
EXPENSIVE ENVIRONMENT
WAR OF DIVERSION? WHERE?
July 31 2018 Issue
HALOS OUT, SELFIES IN
April/May 2018 Issue
ANY U.N. ROLE IN KOREAN PEACE?
CREATIVE INITIATIVE: U.N. DELEGATES CONNECT WITH WEBSITE EXPERTS
PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2018: PROCLAMATION AND PRACTICE
WHEN DAG HAMMARSKJOLD INSPIRED ME
WHAT IS "NESTING"? REPETITIVE BUREAUCRACY
SIR MARRACK'S MARK
RWANDA MASSACRE ANNIVERSARY: LESSONS NOT LEARNED
MORE THAN 900 MILLION DOLLARS
IS PRESIDENT TRUMP AFTER THE NOBEL PRIZE?
WINNIE MADIKIZELA-MANDELA: PIONEER FIGHTER FOR WOMEN LIBERATION
EXTERNAL BRINKMANSHIP TO COVER INTERNAL CRISIS
"TURN! TURN! TURN! TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON"
March 1, 2018 Issue
SYRIANS FREEZE TO DEATH WHILE FAILED U.N. ENVOY WARMS UP FOR MORE MEETINGS. CONFLICT EXPANDS.
KUWAIT WATCH
HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCE "RESIGNATION" RAISES QUESTIONS
SECRETARY GENERAL GUTERRES: "UNITY IS THE PATH. REBUILD TRUST."
NEW UNICEF DIRECTOR FACING NEW CHALLENGES
A CLIQUE?
IF WINTER COME
December 10, 2017 Issue
A BETTER LUNCH FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL GUTERRES
PEACEKEEPING NEEDS EXPERIENCED POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, CREDIBLE FIELD PERFORMANCE
START AN AGENCY TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
UNACCOUNTABLE ON SREBRENICA
SECRETARY-GENERAL GUTERRES' MANAGEMENT REFORM PROPOSALS
WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
DOCTOR'S ORDERS: A SUNSHINE CALENDAR
LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
November 1, 2017 Issue
DISTANCE BETWEEN FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON AND U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL GUTERRES
UNESCO NEW DIRECTOR-GENERAL FACES MORE NEW CHALLENGES. WOULD THE U.S. RETURN?
OUR LADY OF FATIMA - WAITING FOR A MIRACLE...IN 2017?
OVERLOOKED DANGER IN MYANMAR. PERSECUTION OF ROHINGYA.
GULF'S GULF. ONLY CONTRACTORS PROFIT.
NO ONE CHEERED
NOWHERE MAN
Special General Assembly September 2017 Headlines:
U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY UPDATE: "WHAT KEEPS SECRETARY-GENERAL GUTERRES UP AT NIGHT?"
September 2017 Issue
SETTLING SYRIA, IRAQ CONFLICTS CLOSER WHILE GULF COUNTRIES FEUD
CYPRUS CRANS-MONTANA JUNKET
ALISON SMALE HEADS U.N. PUBLIC INFORMATION
WHITE "BLUE BOOK"
NEW BOOK: 'ACTING GLOBALLY' BY CELSO AMORIM
QUESTIONS RAISED ON PENSION FUND VIENNA MEETING
WILL BARACK OBAMA CONTRIBUTE TO SOUTH SUDAN REFUGEES?
19 AUGUST - IGNORED TRIBUTE TO SACRIFICE BY U.N. BAGHDAD TEAM / SERGIO DE MELLO. WHY?
LOS EJES DE MI CARRETA
BARCO
WHERE ARE THE CLOWNS?!
May 15, 2017 Issue
CURRENT U.N. OUTREACH FAILURE
WAXING CANDLE TEARS OVER RWANDA
U.N. BOOKSTORE VS. AMAZON
WHO'S AFRAID OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY?
REVIVE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE
PENSION FUND AT AFICS JUNE MEETING
December 15, 2016 Issue
"INSIDE THE UNITED NATIONS: IN A LEADERLESS WORLD"
September 15, 2016 Issue
HONORING FALLEN STAFF
THE PENSION FUND - CONTINUED SAGA...
UN CORRECTION FLUID
WHEN TURK LEFT PROMISING A RETURN...
LOOKING AFTER #1
May 15, 2016 Issue
SECRETARY-GENERAL SELECTION BY SEPTEMBER?
PENSION FUND ISSUES-PROPOSED AT AFICS MEETING
REMEMBERING ZAHA HADID, A CREATIVE WOMAN FROM IRAQ
BAN KI-MOON CREDITED FOR CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRESS
LEBANESE PRESIDENT FOR BRAZIL, BUT NO PRESIDENT IN LEBANON
HUMMUS SWIRLED WITH HARISSA: A POEM
CONFUSED FIGHT FOR UNESCO
EASTERN EUROPE'S CLAIMS FOR U.N. CHIEF QUESTIONED
March 15, 2016 Issue
WHAT HAPPENS IN DAVOS?
BAN AT CAMBRIDGE: UNIVERSALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS KEY TO PREVENTING CRISES
WHERE IS UN WOMEN???
PENSION FUND SAGA CONTINUES
AFICS POSITION
A TRIBUTE TO DR BOUTROS BOUTROS GHALI
LOOKING FOR TROUBLE
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH CLOSES
DO NOT CELEBRATE...YET
MAKING THE DIFFERENCE
WHAT HAPPENED TO UNICEF?
MAULANA RUMI
ASH WEDNESDAY
LOOKING FOR TROUBLE
ALPHABET SOUP: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
December 15, 2015 Issue
PAY CUTS WILL LARGELY UNDERMINE WOMEN. U.N. STAFF PROTEST.
CARING FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN
THE UN'S 70th ANNIVERSARY: A LOST OPPORTUNITY
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY. THE FOUR FREEDOMS
PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRESS. NEXT CHALLENGE: WHERE'S THE MONEY?
NEW YORK - BUENOS AIRES - NEW YORK?
MERCENARY ENVOY LEON ERODED UN REPUTATION
VIVE LA FRANCE: LIBERTÉ, EGALITÉ, FRATERNITÉ
STEVE JOBS, THE MOVIE
LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
HAPPY NEW YEAR
October 15, 2015 Issue
GENEVA, DENMARK
U.N. AT "70": AN EVALUATION BY FORMER SENIOR U.N. OFFICIAL
A WAKE-UP CALL
GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENTS VARIED WITH CHANGING ROLE. CONSENSUS LEADERS VS. PROBLEMATIC "MILLENNIALS"
WHEN A FORMER GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT...
NOBEL PRIZE TRIBUTE TO TUNISIAN PEOPLE
WHILE HARD-WORKING STAFF JOBS ARE CUT, WHAT DOES VIJAY NAMBIAR REALLY DO?!
NOT TOO LATE
September 15, 2015 Issue
WHAT ACTION TO CUT POVERTY BY 2015? FLIP IT TO 2030!
U.N. "UMOJA" PROSPECTS: FROM NOWHERE TO NOWHERE AT ALL
MUCH ADO ABOUT A SCARF (AND BLOND HAIR)!
SO...YALLA, BYE
(A brilliant note by Tom Fletcher, U.K. Ambassador, on leaving Lebanon in July)
"LAUDATO SI." POPE FRANCIS, WORLD LEADER
"THE BEST LACK ALL CONVICTION"
BAN KI-MOON'S UNPRECEDENTED SACKING OF ENVOY [by Thalif Deen, Inter Press Service]
SEND IN THE CLOWNS
July 15, 2015 Issue
ENJOY YOUR SUMMER SEASON LIKE A JULIUS OR AUGUSTUS CAESAR.
Former Headlines and Insider can be accessed by clicking on Site Map
June 15, 2015 Issue
U.N. 70 IN BLUE
NEXT TROUBLE SPOT: TURKEY?
TARIQ AZIZ/MICHAEL YUHANNA
HOW MUCH DID TONY BLAIR COST THE U.N.? HOW MUCH DID HE MAKE?
MASS ABDUCTION OF CHILDREN INCREASINGLY PREVALENT
TESTING AFICS: BOARD CALLING FOR SPECIAL MEETING ON PENSION FUND
AI SE EU TE PEGO
HOW BAN KI-MOON'S SECRET VISIT TO NORTH KOREA WAS BLOCKED
May 1, 2015 Issue
AFICS ROLE IN PENSION FUND ISSUE
ANNUAL SUMMIT OF WOMEN IN THE WORLD -- NOT AT THE U.N.
HOLD CULTURE DIALOGUES IN CONFLICT ZONES NOT IN NEW YORK OR BALI
INVESTIGATE HAMMARSKJOLD'S DEATH...SERIOUSLY
REPLACING MS. KANE. WHY DIDN'T MR. KIM REPLACE MS. O'BRIEN?
WIDENING CONCERNS ON UN PENSION TRUST FUND
ABU ABDU
March 15, 2015 Issue
DESTRUCTION OF HUMAN CULTURAL HERITAGE IS A WAR CRIME. ANY SERIOUS EFFECTIVE RESPONSE?
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY? THREE SENIOR WOMEN LEAVING; THREE ARE REPLACED BY MEN.
WHILE HARD-WORKING STAFF JOBS ARE CUT, WHAT DOES VIJAY NAMBIAR REALLY DO?!
"DRASTIC DECLINE" SEEN IN WORLD PRESS FREEDOM
NEW COMMISSION ON GLOBAL SECURITY, JUSTICE & GOVERNANCE
AN ASSURANCE ON INSURANCE SECURITY
February 1, 2015 Issue
KING SALMAN
WHERE WAS THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR DIALOGUE AMONG CULTURES?
UNDOF BREAKDOWN: A PRELUDE TO WIDER CONFLICT
THE PENCIL CONFRONTS THE GUN
SENIOR U.N. "REFUGEES" IN DAVOS; NEITHER HERE NOR THERE
NOWHERE MAN
WILL SRI LANKA REGAIN ITS HARMONY? WILL BAN KI-MOON RELIEVE HIS CONTROVERSIAL ENVOY?
IF YOU GO AWAY
WORKING FOR THE UNITED NATIONS BECAME MORE HAZARDOUS IN 2014:
61 KILLED IN DELIBERATE ATTACKS
FROM THE RECORD. WHEN SECRETARY-GENERAL U THANT GRACIOUSLY SERVED MEALS.
December 15, 2014 Issue
IMRAN IQBAL RIZA APPOINTED D-2 UNIFIL; IQBAL RIZA REMAINS ADVISOR TO
SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON SINCE 2007 AND TEN YEARS WITH KOFI ANNAN
GOOD FOR FRANCOPHONIE. GOOD FOR CANADA.
BUDGET COMMITTEE REVIEWS STAFF PENSION FUND, "STRESSING NEED TO ADDRESS WEAKNESSES
IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT;" DIVERSIFYING INVESTMENTS;" "ENCOURAGES SECRETARY-GENERAL TO KEEP EXPLORING INVESTMENT PROSPECTS"
WILL HUMANITARIAN CHIEF VALERIE AMOS BE REPLACED BY POLITICALLY EXPEDIENT MAN?!
CRISTINA GALLACH APPOINTED UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS/PUBLIC INFORMATION
EVERY DAY IS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
November 15, 2014 Issue
"BARBARIAN AT THE GATE"
WORLD'S BIGGEST ART COLLECTOR
KOALA TIME
NOELEEN HEYZER FOR CHEF DE CABINET; SUSANA MALCORRA TO
MOVE TO U.N. IN GENEVA
ANOTHER HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON PEACE OPERATIONS
NEW U.N. BUDGET CONTROLLER APPOINTED. ANY LINK TO U.N. STAFF
PENSION FUND?
FAYZA ABOULNAGA -- FIRST FEMALE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TO EGYPT'S PRESIDENT
October 15, 2014 Issue
THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD...
"PROCEDURE OF THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL" - UPDATED BOOK
ATTACKS ON U.N. PERSONNEL IN MALI CONDEMNED
IS NEWLY-RENOVATED U.N. READYING FOR BALKANISATION OF WORLD?
TO OUR COUNTRIES: A TOUCHING MUSICAL PRESENTATION
MORE HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS, LESS STAFF TO SERVICE THEM
GROWING PROTEST TO DEFEND U.N. PENSION FUND
September 15, 2014 Issue
LEAVING ORR NOT LEAVING
WHAT ARE BAN KI-MOON'S INTENTIONS ON U.N. STAFF PENSION FUND?
"BEFORE FIRST SHOTS ARE FIRED" - GENERAL ZINNI'S NEW BOOK
JOHN MROZ: THE FIRST SECRET ATTEMPTS AT A U.S./PLO DIALOGUE
KIM'S "NEW CULTURE" -- U.N. TO PAY FOR TRAVEL TO VISIT WIFE
UNDOF TROUBLE - CATAPANG OR SINGH SINGHA?
NEW SECRETARIAT OFFICES: SARDINES AND PENGUINS
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
"PADAM"
July 1, 2014 Issue
REPLACING BRAHIMI: FOR WHAT? BY WHOM?
PRINCE ZEID, U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS HIGH COMMISSIONER
BAN KI-MOON ANALYSIS OF SYRIAN CRISIS: CIVIL WAR, GLOBAL THREAT
RWANDA U.N. EXHIBIT: COMMEMORATION OR COVER UP?
"HOLINESS THROUGH ACTION"
THE WASTE LAND
PENSION FUND: MAIN CONCERN OF GENERAL MEETING OF FORMER U.N. STAFF
May 15, 2014 Issue
BAN KI-MOON'S UNTIMELY MEXICAN VISIT AN AWKWARD FAILURE
GABO by Samir Sanbar
MAHATAMA
REMEMBER THE 50 U.N. PERSONNEL KILLED IN RWANDA
OCTAVIO PAZ: "AS ONE LISTENS TO THE RAIN"
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TUNIS INFORMATION CENTRE?
HOY POR TI, MANANA POR MI
GEORGE CLOONEY/AMAL ALAMUDDIN: A POTENTIAL POLITICAL COUPLE
April 1, 2014 Issue
QUAI D'ORSAY: THE MOVIE
BRAHIMI PROXY RESIGNATION
GUERNICA RETURNED
60 U.N. CIVILIANS ABDUCTED, DETAINED
NEW U.N. SPOKESMAN TEAM: DUJARRIC/HAQ
EL ARCO IRIS
ASH WEDNESDAY
"PRIME FISH" STINKS!
February 1, 2014 Issue
SNOWSTORMS, CONSTRUCTION IN A SLOW SEASON
KUWAIT TOPS HUMANITARIAN AID TO SYRIA
INCREASED DEADLY ATTACKS AGAINST UNITED NATIONS STAFF. AT LEAST 58 KILLED IN 2013.
NEW YEAR SURPRISE: ROBERT GATES MOST POPULAR AMERICAN
71 JOURNALISTS KILLED IN 2013. INTERNATIONAL MEASURES NEEDED TO COMBAT
IMPUNITY.
GARDENERS
REMEMBERING MICHAEL LITTLEJOHNS: WHEN "UNCA" WAS UNCA
MELANGE DE TOUT
GENEVA 2
SEND IN JAN EGELAND...ON A RING TONE!
December 15, 2013 Issue
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
JORDAN WINS SECURITY COUNCIL "SAUDI" SEAT
MANDELA, LEADER AND TEACHER
WHO ARE THEY?! WHERE ARE THEY?!
IT'S A SUITCASE
SELFIE
LEBANON AT SEVENTY: AN UNPRECEDENTED OPEN REVIEW BY BRITISH AMBASSADOR
OAU ASSESSES JOINT U.N. MISSIONS
TRIBUTE TO AMBASSADOR JOSEPH V. REED
REMEMBERING WAGAYE ASSEBE
INVICTUS: MANDELA'S FAVOURITE POEM
"NOSAFAR"
November 1, 2013 Issue
LISTEN, PERHAPS
"KHODA HAFEZ" DIPLOMACY
NAWAF SALAM, WHO POSED AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT
BOKOVA RE-ELECTED AT UNESCO
ANCIENT MARINER
WELCOME LANA NUSSEIBEH FIRST FEMALE UAE ENVOY TO U.N.
THAI...MAI THAI
URGENT SESSION
"WELCOME TO 430 BC," FROM JOHN CLEESE
September 1, 2013 Issue
IN MEMORIAM
"WE MISS EVERY ONE OF YOU." ANNAN IN A MOVING 2003 TRIBUTE.
MR. KIM RETURNS
WHO RUNS OMAN MISSION TO THE U.N.?
SULTAN ERDOGAN
MOMENT OF SILENCE
MORSI OR MORESISI?! WHAT ABOUT A THIRD OPTION?
GET SERIOUS ON IRAQ
JAN ELIASSON TOILET LEADERSHIP
THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD...
SEND IN THE CLOWNS
U.N. RELIANCE ON PRIVATE SECURITY FIRMS GROWS
U.S.-RUSSIAN RIFT MAY PLAY OUT AT U.N.
CLIMATE CHANGE DEBATE
July 1, 2013 Issue
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: 30% OF WOMEN WORLDWIDE ASSAULTED BY PARTNERS
LOOTING SYRIA IN ORDER TO SAVE IT!
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2013 -- A DISAPPOINTMENT
"OFFICIER" ANNAN
APPEAL BY EASTERN PATRIARCHS: "ARAB/CHRISTIANS AND MOSLEMS WALK
TOGETHER IN PAIN AND JOYFUL RESURRECTION"
UNPRECEDENTED THREATS FOR CHILDREN IN CONFLICTS
DOVER BEACH
N.Y. SMILES
ARE OCEANS A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL?
TWO TURBANS -- ONE REVOLUTION
WELCOME SAMANTHA POWER
MARCELA TEMPLE PEREZ DE CUELLAR
15 May 2013 Issue
REMEMBERING DAG HAMMARSKJOLD
IMPRINT
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY. SECRETARY GENERAL CALLS FOR SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL
MEDIA.
GOOGLE HELPS U.N. ORGANIZE REGIONAL DIGITAL JOURNALISM TRAINING
HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER THREAT
UN JUSTICE - A NEW WEBSITE
15 April 2013 Issue
AGAIN, WHAT HAPPENED TO U.N. WOMEN? ONE SONG IS NOT ENOUGH.
BRAHIMI PREPARES RESIGNATION
WILL POPE FRANCIS FOLLOW SAINT FRANCIS' FOOTSTEPS ON MID-EAST
RECONCILIATION?
VERY CAREFUL "TIMES"
43 UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL ARE CURRENTLY UNDER ARREST OR DETENTION
"OPRESSISTAN:" A FORBIDDEN POEM
EGYPT GOING BACKWARDS
RED CARPET
WHAT IS HAPPENING AT UNICEF COMMUNICATIONS?
AHMED ABOUL GHEIT: WITNESS TO EGYPTIAN DIPLOMACY
YELLOW MAN
SUNRISE SUNSET
POETRY MONTH: A TRIBUTE TO FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA
FAREWELL BEAUTIFUL HELEN
1 February 2013 Issue
TIME TO MEET?
DAVOS, THE MAN
LOOKING FOR DR. FEELGOOD. FROM THE $100 COMPUTER TO THE $50 CHIP.
PENSION FUND WORKING WELL. KEEP IT AWAY FROM POLITICAL POWER PLAY.
BAZAAR FOR "U.N. WOMEN" POST. INDIA PLACED $1 MILLION. WILL QATAR RAISE?
THE POORER NATIONS
ANNAN HOMECOMING
MILES TO GO (LYUTHA TO FOLLOW?!)
THALIF DEEN COVERAGE ON ENVIRONMENT AWARD -- U.N. CORRESPONDENTS GOLD MEDAL
ATTACKS AGAINST UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL: AT LEAST 26 LIVES IN 2012
15 December 2012 Issue
UNFORUM PREDICTED JORDAN SPRING SINCE FEBRUARY
"SOTTO SOLDATO" -- NEW OLD BOOK BY MARCO VIANELLO-CHIODO
THE GREAT RAVI SHANKAR
CLIMATE CHANGE MEETING IN MOST CONVENIENT CLIMATE
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MESSAGE: YOUR VOTE COUNTS
WHAT IS YOUR COMMUNICATIONS' POLICY?!
SUPPORT GOOGLE PETITION FOR OPEN AND FREE INTERNET
SPECIAL ENVOY TO ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC!
TOUR GUIDES: U.N FACE TO PUBLIC
RING IN THE NEW
15 November 2012 Issue
WHERE WAS BAN KI-MOON DURING THE NEW YORK STORM?
ADVERTISING U.N. ASG USG POSTS: IS IT SERIOUS?
KING'S COUNSEL: JACK O'CONNELL'S MEMOIR OF ESPIONAGE AND DIPLOMACY IN THE
MIDDLE EAST
KOFI ANNAN, OU LA MEMOIRE COURTE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
15 October 2012 Issue
A REMINDER: "WHEN U.N. NEEDS PUBLIC SUPPORT, IT IS AN ILLUSION TO THINK THAT
BRUSSELS COULD REPLACE PARIS, LISBON, COPENHAGEN, MADRID OR ATHENS," FORMER SECRETARY GENERAL PEREZ DE CEULLAR
REMINDER: TIME TO REVIEW DYSFUNCTIONAL U.N. EUROPEAN INFORMATION
REMINDER: HOW TO REDRESS THE EUROPEAN BLUNDER? NATIONAL OFFICERS
SUPPORTING PROFESSIONAL REGIONAL HUBS.
NEW GENERATION OF ARAB LEADERS ADDRESS WORLD BODY
DUPLICATION ON RULE OF LAW. GUIDE FOR POLITICIANS.
"DEATH OF NEWSPAPERS:" A PREMATURE PREDICTION BUT A USEFUL DISCUSSION
END GIRL CHILD MARRIAGES
THE BEST AND WORST OF HUMANITY -- IN ONE DAY
60 YEARS OF U.N. GUIDED TOURS
15 September 2012 Issue
"HIGH LEVEL" DUPLICATION. RULE OF LAW JOBS EVERYWHERE EXCEPT AT LEGAL
DEPARTMENT!
U.N. MEETING. EXPECT DELAYS.
SEND IN THE CLOWNS
RE-OPENING THE CASE OF UNIC PARIS
POUR UN CENTRE DE L'ONU A PARIS
THE DEAD OR THE DEADLINE?!
BACKCHANNELS ON SYRIA
WHAT HAPPENED TO U.N. WOMEN II? IS MS. BACHELET RETURNING TO CHILE?!
GAMBARI CONCLUDES HIS DARFOUR MISSION
HONOURING STAFF KILLED IN BAGHDAD 2003
15 August 2012 Issue
ENJOY YOUR SUMMER HOLIDAY!
15 July 2012 Issue
WHERE DID "U.N. WOMEN" DISAPPEAR? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR FORMIDABLE MICHELLE BACHELET?
RIO "REAFFIRMS" RIO
ANNAN'S MISSION
SUMMER READING
SUNSHINE
15 June 2012 Issue
DUAL OR DUEL U.N. ROLE ON SYRIA
1ST TIME IN 21 YEARS GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTES ON ITS PRESIDENT
A FIX AT AFICS
TAKE A BIKE
DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS GATHERING AT U.N. WHERE WAS DPI?
THE RAVEN BY EDGAR ALLAN POE
15 May 2012 Issue
WOMEN, MOSTLY VICTIMS
RATHER OUTSPOKEN
APPOINTMENT OF YOKIO TAKASU, A VALUABLE ASSET
CONVICTION OF CHARLES TAYLOR. SUCCESS FOR INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE.
ETHIOPIA, SUDAN HARRASS U.N. STAFF IN VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
PRESS FREEDOM DAY
15 April 2012 Issue
"UN-FORESEEN EXPENDITURE"
ANNAN'S MISSION BY SAMIR SANBAR
DID BAN KI-MOON DESIGNATE HIS SUCCESSOR?
"THE ANATOMY OF DECAY": ACABQ CHAIRMAN MSELLE MAKING HIS POINT
WHO WILL GET ILO?
IS THE U.N. READY FOR RIO +20 SUMMIT?
SOLIDARITY WITH DETAINED AND MISSING STAFF
BAN: YOUTH EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND EMPOWERMENT KEY TO GLOBAL PROGRESS
BRIEFING BY AHMAD FAWZI, SPOKESPERSON FOR UNITED NATIONS AND ARAB LEAGUE JOINT
SPECIAL ENVOY
15 February 2012 Issue
TOP MIDEAST REPORTER ANTHONY SHADID DIES
DAVOS: GIMMICKS OR RELEVANCE?
THE SECOND COMING. THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD.
IS DARFUR OVER AND OUT?!
HOW SAFE IS SAIF?!
JORDANIAN SPRING?
WHO BUNGLED BAN KI-MOON'S GAZA VISIT?
85 YEAR OLD SENEGALESE 12 YEARS PRESIDENT SEEKING 6 MORE?
SUPREME LEADER
BAN STRESSES "PEOPLE POWER" AND PARTNERSHIPS AT START OF SECOND TERM
REMEMBERING THIRTY-FIVE U.N. PERSONNEL KILLED IN 2011
GRAZIANO DA SILVA: TAKES OVER FAO PROMISE TO UPGRADE SUPPORT FOR
POOREST COUNTRIES
15 January 2012 Issue
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
15 December 2011 Issue
"WAKE UP SOMALIS." SECRETARY GENERAL BAN LED BY COURAGEOUS EXAMPLE, WOULD
OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS FOLLOW?
GUESSING GAME AS SECRETARY GENERAL CLEARS DECK FOR SECOND TERM
YASSOU!
ATTACK ON UNIFIL DENOUNCED
KNOCK, KNOCK, WHO'S THERE? IT'S THE MERCEDES MAN (FINALLY) LEAVING
SECRETARY GENERAL YEAR END PRESS CONFERENCE:"U.N.NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER"
PROTECT CHILDREN IN CONFLICTS
RECORD NUMBER OF IMPRISONED JOURNALISTS
IF...
ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS
15 November 2011 Issue
WHAT'S GOING ON?
U.N. STAFF UNION DEPLORES SECURITY LAPSES
SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE
ANXIOUS DUCKS
15 October 2011 Issue
"INSANELY" MISSED
CHRISTIAN ARABS SUSPECT BIG POWER DEALS AT THEIR EXPENSE
HANDLING THE PATRIARCH
WEIRD QADDAFI TALES
REMEMBERING OUR BAGHDAD VICTIMS. NADIA YOUNES WEBSITE LAUNCHED.
MOE'S WOES
NOBEL PRIZE TAWAKKUL KARMAN: BREAKING THE SHACKLES
LEARNING FROM HAMMARSKJOLD
WANGARI MAATHAI: A 'MIGHTY WOMAN'
15 September 2011 Issue
PEACEKEEPERS' HEALTHY ALPHABET SOUP
HEY, KIM WON-SOO (KIM TOO SOON!): DAG HAMMARSKJOLD DIED FOR "U.N. CULTURE"
ABDUL ILAH EL-KHATIB: A NOWHERE ENVOY
HEROES OF NEW BOOK ON U.N. CULTURE
COURAGE OF A BUILDER
INJUSTICES FACED BY MILLIONS OF WOMEN WORLDWIDE
INDEPENDENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR WORK
15 July 2011 Issue
POETRY
15 June 2011 Issue
BAN WOULD BE "DEEPLY HONOURED" TO SERVE SECOND TERM AS U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL
WHAT DOES THE "COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR" DO? WOULD BAN KI-MOON
INSPIRE "U.N. SPRING" BY STREAMLINING SECRETARIAT CRUCIAL OUTREACH?
WHAT ABOUT THE IMF?
LIBERTY
15 May 2011 Issue
"FACILITATOR" FOR AFGHANISTAN EXIT. DECLARE VICTORY AND "REDEPLOY".
"NOBLE ARAB," NEW ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL
UNESCO'S IRINA BOKOVA INVIGORATES 2011 FREE PRESS DAY WORLDWIDE
FREE PRESS DAY: SECRETARY GENERAL, UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL LEAD NEW YORK
COMMEMORATION
JOINT MESSAGE FROM BAN KI-MOON, NAVI PILLAY, AND IRINA BOKOVA
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM PRIZE 2011
ALARMED BY GROWING NUMBER OF UN PERSONNEL KILLED,
UN STAFF COUNCIL CALLS FOR A CEASE OF DEPLOYMENTS UNTIL EFFECTIVE MEASURES ARE TAKEN
15 April 2011 Issue
BAN KI-MOON: THE DIFFERENCE LEADERSHIP MAKES
COMMEMORATION OF RWANDA GENOCIDE
SOLIDARITY WITH DETAINED, MISSING AND CONSTANTLY THREATENED U.N. PERSONNEL
NEXT ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY-GENERAL: AL-ATIYYAH OF QATAR?
WHAT'S A "MOP" FORM?
KAZAKHSTAN'S TOKAYEV APPOINTED DIRECTOR GENERAL U.N. GENEVA, A WELCOME PRECEDENT
SWISS ARGUMENT IN AN AUSTRIAN FESTIVAL
15 March 2011 Issue
QADDAFI'S INVESTMENT IN "FINANCIAL TIMES." DID IT PAY OFF?
BAN KI-MOON ASSERTS LEADERSHIP ROLE ON LIBYA
LA MARLY VERSUS ELYSEES
LIBYA
NABIL
U.N. CELEBRATES NEW AGENCY FOR WOMEN
SECRETARY GENERAL CALLS FOR REFORM, NOT REPRESSION. BAN KI-MOON: "LISTEN TO
THE PEOPLE."
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF CAIRO, TAHRIR SQUARE
A HAWK ON MY NEW YORK BALCONY
15 February 2011 Issue
EGYPT DAZZLES THE WORLD. ARAB WALL OF FEAR CRUMBLES.
PROTESTERS' HUMOUR
WHY IS QADDAFI RAMBLING?
STEVE JOBS' FATHER
"TWANSAH"
TO TYRANTS OF THE WORLD
THE INTERDEPENDENT - A REFRESHED SITE
15 January 2011 Issue
2010 ANNUS HORRIBILIS IN FALLEN U.N. STAFF
FALLEN COLLEAGUES REMEMBERED. BAN KI-MOON: "LET US PLEDGE TO REALIZE THEIR
DREAM OF A BETTER HAITI"
TUNIS: THE SHACKLES SHALL BE BROKEN
SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY?! THIRTY MORE YEARS FOR ALI ABDULLAH SALEH!
JAVIER PEREZ DE CUELLAR ON THE SELECTION OF SECRETARIES-GENERAL
LARSEN'S AMBITIONS OF 2006. REVIVED FOR 2011?
LOYALTY AS A PRIORITY
HOW MANY AFRICAN LEADERS DOES IT TAKE TO SOLVE ONE AFRICAN PROBLEM?
15 December 2010 Issue
THREE NEW DPI DIRECTORS DESIGNATED
CANCUN SEES "REDD"
FRANCE'S FIRST FEMALE FOREIGN MINISTER. SUBSTANTIAL EXPERIENCE AND
WINNING CHARM.
WIKILEAKS/U.N.: PLAYGROUND FOR ALL STRIPES by Thalif Deen (IPS NEWS)
WHEN WINTER COMES
UN HUMAN RIGHTS DAY. UN SALUTES COURAGE OF PEOPLE WHO STAND UP, SPEAK OUT.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
15 November 2010 Issue
BAN KI-MOON HOPES HARMONY EMBODIED BY KOREAN BROADCASTING SYSTEM SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA INSPIRES U.N. WORK
PETRIE RESIGNS TO PURSUE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR RWANDA MASSACRE SUSPECT
MASTER PLAN MYSTERY: BEDBUGS, DEAD OR ALIVE?!
FIXING "AFICS"
AMIR EMERITUS
WHO DEFENDS THE U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL?
KIM TOO-SOON
SHEIKHA MOZAH
15 October 2010 Issue
RWANDA MASSACRE SUSPECT ARRESTED AFTER 16 YEARS. QUESTION REMAINS: WHO AT THE U.N.
HELPED HIM GET OTHER U.N. JOBS?!
DIARY OF A DISAPPOINTED NEGOTIATOR: "THERE WILL BE NO PALESTINIAN STATE"
MDG SUMMIT: HOT AIR IN SEPTEMBER!
NO RETIREES ALLOWED!
FORMER U.N. ENVOY GALBRAITH AWARDED "BETWEEN $55 - $75 MILLION"
15 September 2010 Issue
19 AUGUST
A DOWN TO EARTH ANGEL. WHEN MOTHER TERESA VISITED THE U.N.
CARRY ON WILLIAMS!
FRANCOPHONEY REFRESHED. MORE FRENCH OFFICIALS GETTING MORE U.N. JOBS.
U.N. STAFF UNION CONTESTS U.N. CREDIT UNION CONTROL
DR. BACHELET TO HEAD NEW U.N. WOMEN AGENCY
15 July 2010 Issue
CONGRATULATING SOMALIA? GABON LEADING THE WAY ON DEVELOPMENT? EASY ON THE HOT
AIR.
SECRETARY GENERAL CREATES ADVOCACY GROUP -- FOR SEPTEMBER "MDG" SUMMIT.
G-20, G-7, G-8, G-2. U.N. TAKES BACKSEAT, GRINNING!
EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN TOPS AGENDA (BUT NO PRACTICAL ACTION)
WHO DISMISSES COMMANDING OFFICERS OF U.N. MISSIONS? BYPASSING THE U.N.
SECRETARY GENERAL.
EFFECTIVE TEAMWORK BEATS INDIVIDUAL POSTURING. VIVA ESPANA!
KOREAN DEMILITARIZED ZONE EXHIBIT IN SEARCH OF PEACE, LIFE AND HOPE
REMEMBER THOSE WHO WERE IN CHARGE OF U.N. PEACEKEEPING DURING SREBRENICA AND
RWANDA MASSACRES
THANKS, SAMANTHA
YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND
15 June 2010 Issue
MANDELA SPIRIT CHEERED AT WORLD CUP
AL-JAZEERA WOMEN RESIGN, PROTESTING HARASSMENT
FINALLY, OULD ABDALLAH OUT OF SOMALIA.
INTERPOL'S NOBLE SEEKS CLOSER U.N. LINK
15 May 2010 Issue
DON'T BRING YOUR BOWS AND ARROWS TO WORK
"SOMALIS DISAGREE ON EVERYTHING AND AGREE ON A HATRED OF U.N. ENVOY"
ALIENS, EARTHQUAKES, CHICKEN -- AND OTHER FANTASIES
TAKASU TEA CEREMONY FOR PEACE
SAABAN SHAABAN FAVORITE FAVOURITE ENGLISH ENGLISH PROGRAM PROGRAMME
THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING NO ONE
BAN KI-MOON STRESSES NEED TO STAND UP FOR PRESS FREEDOM
GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER. COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS SPOTLIGHTS
WHERE JOURNALISTS ARE SLAIN AND KILLERS GO FREE.
JOURNÉE DE LA LIBERTÉ DE PRESSE : LE
PRÉSIDENT DU COMITÉ DE L'INFORMATION PLAIDE EN FAVEUR DU " DROIT DE SAVOIR " DES AFRICAINS
15 April 2010 Issue
WHAT IS THE "REVIEW OF CIVILIAN CAPACITIES?"
MORE TO THE POINT: WHO PROTECTED RWANDA MASSACRE SUSPECT?
INVICTUS. U.N. WAS A PARTICIPANT NOT JUST A SPECTATOR IN ANTI-APARTHEID STRUGGLE
BLUEY THE CAT
RWANDAN "DEVIL" WORE PRADA
UNESCO NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL APPOINTS HER SENIOR TEAM. UN/DPI ERIC FALT
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS.
15 March 2010 Issue
IN MEMORIAM
SECRETARY GENERAL'S U.N. TRIBUTE TO COLLEAGUES KILLED IN HAITIAN QUAKE
A BUREAUCRATIC WOMEN'S DAY
SHAKING THE SHEIKH
MULLAH BARADER, MEDIATOR?
THE RISK OF GOING HOLLYWOOD
"SEAL THE DEAL" WITH MYANMAR JUNTA. NOW DAW AUNG IS A "CONVICT"!
NADIA YOUNES MEMORIAL LECTURE. ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY
GENERAL MOUSSA ON U.N. ROLE.
STAFF STRATEGY UPDATE!
15 February 2010 Issue
HAITI REVIVAL NEEDS FULL-TIME LEADERSHIP
FRANCOPHONEY: FRENCH DIPLOMATS LOOKING FOR U.N. JOBS
ANDREW, WE HARDLY KNEW YE
INVICTUS
WHO'S UNDERCUTTING "WHO"?
LESSONS FROM THE ASIAN TSUNAMI
THE FARCE CONTINUES. UN DISCUSSES WITH KARZAI "THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
AND GOOD GOVERNANCE."
WHY TALIBAN/U.N. TALKS WERE LEAKED
HOW TO SUSPEND "SUSPEND"
15 January 2010 Issue
VERY SADLY, DEATHS OF ANNABI, DE COSTA AND COATES CONFIRMED; MAY
THEIR SOULS REST IN PEACE
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED; A COLLEAGUE'S REPORT FROM HAITI
FULL SUPPORT FOR HAITI
SHOULD "GEOGRAPHIC MOBILITY" BECOME THE ONLY PROMOTION REQUIREMENT?
AFTER "HOPENHAGEN." NEED TO OVERHAUL U.N. ENVIRONMENT MECHANISM.
DECISION TIME
LEBANESE CONTROVERSY OVER RESOLUTION 1559
UNESCO NEW YORK APPOINTMENT REVOKED
A DEMISTURA APPOINTMENT IN AFGHANISTAN WILL MAKE SECRETARY GENERAL BAN
MORE VULNERABLE. (DO BIG POWERS PREFER A VULNERABLE SECRETARY GENERAL?)
TRIBUTE TO OUTGOING UNRWA COMMISSIONER GENERAL KAREN ABU ZAYD
NEWS MEDIA AND NEW MEDIA
15 December 2009 Issue
SUPPORT SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON IN COPENHAGEN
IS KOREAN THE SECOND U.N. WORKING LANGUAGE?
QUESTIONS ON UNESCO NEW YORK APPOINTMENT
DID YOU SAY M-Y-A-N-M-A-R?
SPANISH GENERAL FOR UNIFIL
A WIDER ROLE FOR INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY
U.N. CORRESPONDENTS DISPERSED. "RIGHT OF RETURN" QUESTIONED.
THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD...
SECRETARY GENERAL BAN: DISCRIMINATION REMAINS WIDESPREAD
15 November 2009 Issue
CONFUSION ON UNIFIL COMMAND
WOULD $85 MILLION ADDED TO AN EARLIER $95
MILLION ENSURE U.N. STAFF SECURITY AND CREDIBILITY OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP?
COPENHAGEN IS READY FOR THE U.N. IS THE U.N READY
FOR COPENHAGEN?
FOR LULA'S SAKE
PSST. MEET YOUR ENVOY. UNITED NATIONS
UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL KIYO AKASAKA WAS TRIPPING BELLS WHEN HE NAMED TINKERBELL AN HONORARY AMBASSADOR OF
GREEN AT THE U.N.
15 October 2009 Issue
FEUDING AFGHANISTAN ENVOYS ERODE SECRETARY
GENERAL'S CREDIBILITY. WHY NOT FIRE BOTH AND APPOINT A HEAVYWEIGHT?
DID BAN KI-MOON'S TEAM DO THEIR HOMEWORK BEFORE
HIRING OR FIRING GALBRAITH?
HELICOPTERS FLY. CORRUPTION KILLS.
MULLAH OMAR RETURNS!
G7, G8, G20. IT ISN'T CRICKET.
NEW UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL. IRINA BOKOVA
STAMPED BULGARIA'S NAME ON THE U.N. LEADERS' MAP.
CLOSING OF U.N. CENTRES IN EUROPE A SERIOUS
HANDICAP by AMBASSADOR FEODOR STARCIVIC
BAN KI-MOON SPECIAL REP DOWNER MOCKS
OBAMA NOBEL PRIZE
15 September 2009 Issue
WHY DID MONA JUUL CRITICIZE THE SECRETARY
GENERAL WHILE HER HUSBAND IS HIS ENVOY?
HOW TO GET 167 MEMBER STATES VERY ANGRY
LET'S SEE REAL CHANGE. BY LUBNA
HUSSEIN (U.N. INFORMATION ASSISTANT IN SUDAN JAILED FOR WEARING TROUSERS)
NO PANTS IN KHARTOUM
THE UNESCO POST
LE MARECHAL
KING ABDULLAH'S PRAYER
BAGHDAD ANNIVERSARY. REMEMBERING OUR COLLEAGUES,
OUR FRIENDS.
WALTER CRONKITE. A REPORTER EVERYONE TRUSTED.
15 July 2009 Issue
THE REAL SHOWDOWN IN IRAN: BASSEEJ VS. BAZAAR.
THE REAL HEROES ARE WOMEN.
LESSON OF OMAR BONGO: FORTY-ONE YEARS OF ABSOLUTE
RULE, BUT FINAL WORD WAS FOR THE MEDIA: AN OBITUARY
WHY DOES BAN KI-MOON KEEP THOSE DINOSAURS?
QADDAFI'S TENT
DISASTROUS MYANMAR VISIT. LEGITIMATIZED MILITARY
DESPOT, RUBBER-STAMPED IN ADVANCE FORTHCOMING "ELECTIONS," SURRENDED ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI, AND NOT EVEN A FLOWER ON
U THANT'S GRAVE
CLOSER RECENT BUSINESS BETWEEN (SOUTH) KOREA
AND MYANMAR INCLUDING GAS, OIL AND ENERGY. $100 MILLION TO KORIEA ADVANTAGE IN 2008. DOES IT EXPLAIN ANYTHING?
"C" WITH AN "S"
FRANCOIS GIULIANI, CREDIBLE U.N. SPOKESMAN
15 June 2009 Issue
JOSEPH E. CONNOR MANAGED THE U.N. FOR EIGHT
YEARS
NEIL MACFARQUHAR'S NEW BOOK: HIZBULLAH WISHES YOU A
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
SUPPORTING BENITA FERRARO-WALDNER FOR UNESCO
DIRECTOR GENERAL
DON'T PLAY WITH OIL IN SOMALIA FIRE
KOUCHNER REPLACING RIPERT IN NEW YORK
ODETTE
15 May 2009 Issue
WHILE MOGADISHU BURNS, U.N. ENVOY IS
FRONTING FOR OIL EXPLORATION IN SOMALIA.
REPORT BY SECRETARY GENERAL BAN WAS NOT ACTUALLY
HIS. AN OPEN REBUKE BY ASSEMBLY BUDGETARY COMMITTEE TO SECRETARY GENERAL. OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS CHARGED $1.8 MILLION
ON REJECTED REPORT.
REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY
WILL U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA ADDRESS WORLD MUSLIMS
FROM CAIRO'S AL AZHAR?
15 April 2009 Issue
"WAKE UP." U.N. FAVOURED SOMALI PRESIDENT IS
NOW IN PIRATES PUNTLAND.
SEPTEMBER CONTRACTS: DEPUTY SECRETARY
GENERAL, CHEF DE CABINET, ETC...
RESPONSE TO WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS REQUIRES
A HUMAN FACE. NEED FOR U.N. LEADERSHIP ROLE.
WHAT HAPPENED TO SUDAN?
TIME TO REVIEW DYSFUNCTIONAL U.N.
EUROPEAN INFORMATION
COMMEMORATING 15 YEARS OF RWANDA
MASSACRES. IRONICALLY VERY FEW LESSONS LEARNED.
SECRETARY-GENERAL REMARKS AT FIFTEENTH
COMMEMORATION OF RWANDA GENOCIDE
CAPTAIN MBAYE: A FORGOTTEN U.N. HERO IN
RWANDA. WHY IS HIS COMPENSATION NOT YET FULLY PAID?!
15 March 2009 Issue
WOULD SECRETARY CLINTON MOBILIZE WORLD WOMEN?
TIPTOE TO DAMASCUS
HAITI PING PONG
BREAKING THE SILENCE. REMEMBRANCE OF VICTIMS OF
SLAVERY.
15 February 2009 Issue
WOULD PRESIDENT OBAMA'S "CHANGE" MEAN A
NEW U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL?
POSTS IN CLOSED CIRCUIT: UNDP ADMINISTRATOR,
CHEF DE CABINET
ERDOGAN DAVOS WALKOUT. NOT AN ARMENIAN PLOT; JUST AN
INCOMPETENT MODERATOR.
EGYPT ALMOST BROKERED GAZA CEASEFIRE
FOUR YEARS ON HARIRI MURDER. STILL SEEKING JUSTICE.
FEELING COLD AT U.N. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK?
CONSIDER THE ALTERNATIVE AT GENEVA, THE EUROPEAN U.N. HEADQUARTERS!
15 January 2009 Issue
HAPPY 2009
THE CURIOUS CASE OF ROBERT FOWLER
REMEMBERING COLLEAGUES KILLED BY TERRORISTS IN ALGIERS
SAUDI BACK CHANNEL
WRONG MAN WITH ZERO TOLERANCE TO REAL WORLD
ENDANGERED IRAQ MINORITIES. A CALL FOR A MONITORING GROUP.
APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA
A CHERISHED MOMENT
BAN KI-MOON CRUCIAL MID-EAST MISSION DESERVES
FULL SUPPORT
AGAIN, WHERE ARE THE TSUNAMI BILLIONS?
U.N.R.W.A. HEROES
15 November 2008 Issue
YES. DEMOCRACY WORKS.
ANONYMOUS LETTER
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
CHOICE OF HIS U.N. REPRESENTATIVE WOULD REFLECT HIS REAL VIEW OF THE WORLD
APPOINT MORE WOMEN AS PEACEKEEPING ENVOYS
OUR SENIOR ECONOMISTS ARE MISSING!
15 October 2008 Issue
OUTGOING G.A. PRESIDENT DOUBLE
CHARGED $40,000 (HAD TO RETURN TO U.K. MISSION)!
WHERE IS MR. BAN'S "RIGHT ARM ON GEORGIA?"
ZACKLIN REPORT POINTS BASIC SECURITY FAULT LINES. CONFUSION BETWEEN ROLES OF OVERALL SECURITY
CHIEF AND COUNTRY CO-ORDINATOR. A ONE-U.N. HOUSE POLICY IN COMBAT ZONES COULD BECOME A SECURITY RISK. RESPONSIBILITY
WITHOUT AUTHORITY VS. AUTHORITY WITH LESS RESPONSIBILITY.
JAPAN TRIES HARDER
CONTRIUTE TO MARTTI AHTISAARI'S CRISIS
MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE
SOMALI PIRATES TO U.N. LEADERSHIP: WAKE UP, IT'S
SIESTA TIME
A WELCOME COMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVE PARTNERSHIP
WITH ADVERTISERS
WAS U.N.STAFF FUND AFFECTED? BY BERNARD
COCHEME, CEO, UNJSPF
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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