Dulcie L Leimbach
- Dulcie L Leimbach
- • June 16, 2012
Edward Luck, who has been the special adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the responsibility to protect doctrine within the prevention of genocide office since 2008, will become the dean of the Joan B. Kroc School…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON
- Dulcie L Leimbach
- • May 28, 2012
Three diplomats, from the United Nations missions of Jamaica, Pakistan and Uganda, were interviewed this spring by CUNY Graduate School of Journalism students. The diplomats focused on topics relevant to their countries and regions and spoke unscripted. The Ugandan…
- Categories: UN Diplomats
- Dulcie L Leimbach
- • May 5, 2012
[singlepic id=1 w=200 h=150 ] Mosque of Sankoré in Timbuktu, Mali. Preview of photo essay on Unesco sites and other treasures in Timbuktu Unesco Photo by Franscesco Bandarin…
- Categories: Uncategorized
- Dulcie L Leimbach
- • May 1, 2012
Richard A. Grenell, who was hired just last month as national security and foreign policy spokesman for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign staff, caused a big stir in political and journalism arenas for his harsh views. Now he is causing…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON
- Dulcie L Leimbach
- • April 30, 2012
Jeffrey Feltman, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs at the US State Department, is said to be replacing B. Lynn Pascoe, the United Nations’ under secretary-general for political affairs, who has served for five years. The announcement…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON
- Dulcie L Leimbach
- • April 23, 2012
The appointment last week of Richard A. Grenell to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign staff as national security and foreign policy spokesman has already caused a stir in political and journalism arenas, suggesting that Romney’s foreign policy will be hawkish…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON
- Dulcie L Leimbach
- • March 24, 2012
With only hours to spare before the deadline on Friday for nominating the next president of the World Bank, President Obama announced a surprise choice: Jim Yong Kim, the 52-year-old president of Dartmouth College and a global expert on HIV-AIDS….
- Categories: GOINGS-ON
- Dulcie L Leimbach
- • March 12, 2012
Three new UN under secretaries-general have been chosen by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his reshuffling of top posts for his second five-year term: Maged Abdelaziz, Egypt’s UN ambassador since 2005, as special adviser on Africa; Angela Kane of Germany…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON
- Dulcie L Leimbach
- • March 4, 2012
In India, a title to land can literally be a passport to security. Everything from bank credit to legal proof of caste, income, residence, eligibility for government housing, admission to schools and colleges – and even bail for a…
- Categories: Asia, Development, Women
- Dulcie L Leimbach
- • February 29, 2012
The International Criminal Court is ready to announce its first-ever verdict, in the trial of Thomas Lubanga, a Congolese warlord accused of committing war crimes for recruiting child soldiers under age 15. The verdict will be read on March…
- Categories: Africa, Child Soldiers, ICC
- Dulcie L Leimbach
- • February 24, 2012
In his recently released 2013 budget proposal, President Obama has increased funds for foreign aid to the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development, but the 1.2 percent rise over 2012 figures is still less than…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON, Humanitarian Aid, US-UN Relations
- Dulcie L Leimbach
- • February 16, 2012
The General Assembly overwhelmingly supported a resolution condemning the relentless “widespread and systematic” human-rights violations committed by Syrian officials and demanded that the government stop all violence and protect its people. The resolution, though not enforceable, also called on…
- Categories: General Assembly, Middle East, Peace and Security
- Dulcie L Leimbach
- • February 7, 2012
Of the many eloquent, impassioned speeches voiced by ambassadors in the Security Council right after Russia and China’s veto of the resolution aimed at ending the violence in Syria, Pakistan’s stood out for its professorial panache. Abdullah Hussain Haroon,…
- Categories: Security Council
- Dulcie L Leimbach
- • January 27, 2012
The United Nations World Food Program has named Ertharin Cousin of the United States to replace Josette Sheeran, also American, when Sheeran’s five-year term as executive director ends in April. And Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON
- Dulcie L Leimbach
- • January 22, 2012
Milos Koterec, permanent representative of Slovakia to the United Nations, was elected president of the Economic and Social Council earlier this month in its first organizational meeting this year. Koterec, 39, succeeds Lazarous Kampambwe of Zambia, after serving as…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON
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