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NewsU.N. General Assembly votes to create powerful new women’s agency
The United Nations General Assembly has voted to create a new women's agency. Supporters say it is a breakthrough for women's equality...
NewsFed Chairman Ben Bernanke discussed Global recession
Today at the Brookings Institute Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke about the past year's economic collapse. He spoke about the events...
NewsU.S. Circulates Non-Proliferation Treaty for the U.N. Security Council
Following statements calling for nuclear non-proliferation by President Obama and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, the Obama administration seems...
News12th Session of the Human Rights Council Opens
This morning the 12th session of the Human Rights Council opened in Geneva, Switzerland. It began with statements from three high-level dignitaries....
NewsIranian offer for nuclear talks receives poor reception in Washington
In responding to Iran's recent offer for talks concerning international nuclear non-proliferation, the State Department has said that the offer fails to...
NewsHuman Rights Abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Two reports were released by the United Nations on September 7, 2009 regarding human rights abuses, and possible war crimes in the...
NewsBush Administration sought to soften treaty on ‘forced disappearances’
According to documents recently declassified by the U.S. State Department, the Bush administration had tried to soften the draft language of an...
NewsExecutive Office of the President signals interest in ratifying Law of the Sea Treaty
This weekend, the Executive Office of the President sent its first signal of support for US ratification of the Law of the...
NewsICC’s President Song Comes to Washington
It was a pleasure today to meet Sang-Hyun Song, the new President of the International Criminal Court who was on his first...
Obama to chair disarmament meeting at United Nations Security Council
To aid the cause of nuclear disarmament, U.S. President Barack Obama will chair a United Nations Security Council meeting on September 24th....
NewsThe Third World Climate Conference Opens
Today was the start of the Third World Climate Conference (WCC-3) in Geneva. The main theme of this conference is climate change...