United Nations

  • Sep 5, 2008
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Financial stability needs coordination

The UN Conference on Trade and Development yesterday released its 2008 Trade and Development...

International
  • Aug 26, 2008
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Sudan raises Security Council tensions

The request has opened a rift within the Council over both the appropriateness of actions to end...

International
  • Aug 26, 2008
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INTERNATIONAL: Drug trade still strong despite curbs

Recent expert reports on global drug markets have stressed that the markets for opiates and...

International
  • Aug 6, 2008
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INTERNATIONAL/SUDAN: ICC pursues calculated risk

The ICC's moves against President Omar Hassan al-Bashir represent the first time that the...

International
  • Jul 28, 2008
  • 7 min read

UN/KOSOVO: Russia is key to positive Kosovo outcome

On July 25, Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin accused Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of...

Kosovo
  • Jul 28, 2008
  • 5 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Drug control reform remains tenuous

Despite the numerous successes of multilateral drug control efforts over the last century,...

International
  • Jun 23, 2008
  • 6 min read

LATIN AMERICA: Andean coca acreages rise

The UN on June 17 published its latest annual estimates for coca and cocaine production. Although...

Latin America
  • Jun 13, 2008
  • 6 min read

RUSSIA/UN: Moscow tries to bend UN to its purposes

Russia is one of the five permanent veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council, a legacy of...

Russia