-
Archives
- March 2006
- February 2006
- April 2005
- January 2005
- December 2004
- November 2004
- August 2004
- July 2004
- February 2004
- January 2004
- December 2003
- November 2003
- September 2003
- August 2003
- July 2003
- June 2003
- May 2003
- April 2003
- March 2003
- February 2003
- December 2002
- November 2002
- October 2002
- September 2002
- August 2002
- July 2002
- June 2002
- May 2002
- April 2002
- March 2002
- February 2002
- January 2002
- December 2001
- November 2001
- October 2001
- September 2001
- August 2001
- July 2001
- June 2001
- May 2001
- April 2001
- March 2001
- February 2001
- January 2001
- December 2000
- November 2000
- October 2000
- September 2000
- August 2000
- July 2000
- February 2000
- January 2000
- August 1999
- July 1999
- April 1999
- March 1999
- February 1999
- January 1999
- November 1998
- October 1998
- June 1998
- May 1998
- April 1998
- March 1998
- February 1998
- January 1998
- December 1997
- November 1997
- October 1997
- September 1997
- August 1997
- July 1997
-
Meta
Tag Archives: United Nations
Boutros Boutros Ghali Predicts Regional Water Wars
In an interview with the BBC, former United Nations Secretary Boutros Boutros Ghali predicted that conflicts would soon arise between countries in the Nile basin over rights to water that flows through the Nile. Egypt has long been the largest … Continue reading
Tagged Boutros Boutros Ghali, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, United Nations, Water
Leave a comment
UN Releases Report Recommending Ways to Achieve Millennium Development Goals
In 2000, most nations signed on to the Millennium Development Goals which committed those nations to cutting in half poverty and related problems by 2015. Of course the world is nowhere near achieving those goals. Enter former Harvard economist Jeffrey … Continue reading
Tagged United Nations
Leave a comment
You Mean Genocide and Corruption Aren’t Good for the Economy?
Speaking at a conference in Ethiopia, United Nations investment analyst stated the obvious — investors don’t want to put their money into Africa when they see genocide in Sudan, civil war in Ivory Coast, and the sort of endemic corruption … Continue reading
United Nations Pushes Schooling for Girls
The BBC reported in April that Kofi Annan and the United Nations were urging nations, especially in the developing world, to make more of an effort to educate girls. In the developed world, rates of schooling at primary and secondary … Continue reading
Tagged United Nations
Leave a comment
United Nations Conference on Water
Japan recently hosted the third World Water Forum that featured about 10,000 delegates from 150 countries. The United Nations has set a goal of reducing by half the number of people without access to safe water and sanitation by 2015. … Continue reading
Tagged United Nations, Water
Leave a comment
Forty Million in Danger of Starvation
The United Nations recently revised its estimate of the number of people facing food insecurity to 40 million as problems in Africa continue to mount. In the Horn of Africa alone, 14 million people face starvation unless the World Food … Continue reading
U.S. Under Fire for Withdrawing UNFPA Funds
In July the United States drew fire for its decision to withdraw $34 million in funds from the United Nations Population Fund. The $34 million would have been spent on family planning efforts in China, but the United States maintains … Continue reading
Tagged China, United Nations
Leave a comment
Cost of Johannesburg Summit
In an op-ed for Fox News, former United Nations Ambassador Kenneth Adelman highlights the bizarre way that the United Nations goes about solving poverty. At the same time that the World Food Program and other agencies are having difficulties obtaining … Continue reading
UN Warns Officials: No Extravagant Feasts at Environmental Summit
After being burned by reports of the large banquets served to those who attended the World Food Summit, the United Nations has issued a memo to staff members urging them not to repeat such ostentatious displays at the upcoming environmental … Continue reading
Tagged United Nations
Leave a comment
Aging World Population Presents New Opportunities, Problems
The basic debate over population is not one over facts but rather interpretation of facts. Nowhere is this more obvious than when the United Nations hold a conference on aging. According to UN statistics, by 2050, there will be more … Continue reading