Posts Tagged: Kofi Annan
A Belated Obituary for the World’s Conscience
JNS.org - If personal dignity and good intentions are enough to justify a long career, then Kofi Annan deserves all of the plaudits that he’s...
Former UN Chief and Nobel Peace Laureate Kofi Annan Dies Aged 80
Former UN Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan died on Saturday at the age of 80, his foundation said, after decades of championing...
Richard Falk’s Gone, But Don’t Expect Change at the UN
For over a month, the U.N.'s top human rights body has been struggling with a major dilemma. How much prior Israel-bashing experience is necessary to...
Rwanda Demands a Muscular Morality
Kigale, Rwanda - Last week saw the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Rwandan genocide, which took the lives of nearly one million Tutsis...
Syrian Government and Rebels Agree to Short Ceasefire Over Muslim Holiday
A temporary ceasefire has been reached between the Syrian government and some rebel leaders during an upcoming four-day Muslim holiday, according to UN-Arab League envoy...
Syria and Decline of the UN
The crisis over Syria is the third major case of mass murder in the last 20 years in which the U.N. has...
Mystery Ship to Syria Raises Questions
The weekend report of a German-owned, Ukrainian-chartered ship carrying weapons to Syria should raise questions and alarm bells. Der Spiegel reported that the...
Obama’s ‘Space’ for Russia
The sound bite went viral -- the president of the United States asking the Russian president to carry a message to Putin for...
UN Calls for ‘Immediate’ Implementation of Ceasefire in Syria
International leaders are calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to waste no time in implementing a United Nations backed ceasefire that his government agreed to...
