High Cost of Youth Risky Behavior
Many Caribbean youth are doing reasonably well. They live in loving and caring families, attend school and are involved in various social activities in their communities. The health and well-being of children and youth in the Caribbean is, and has...
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Bravo! Judge Adams
New sunshine exposing the muck around… Can this be cleared sooner than later? Ref: UNDT Judgment UNDT/2010/001/R, 6 January 2010, and UNDT Judgment UNDT/2010/030, 22 February 2010. Abboud vs Secretary-General of the United Nations. To say in one sentence: the twenty-five...
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Making UN Justice Edifice Work in Dharma
“No problem can be solved by the same level of consciousness that created it.” Albert Einstein. Social scientists used to say: “India is not a poor country, but it is a poorly managed country”. As I think of the UN,...
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Human Resources Key to Economic Progress
The quality of human resources has a strong influence on the ability of societies, enterprises and governments to properly identify and analyse problems, to realistically and imaginatively envisage the future and to craft plans for achieving goals and objectives. The ingredients...
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Case of Common Sense and Prudence
“The actions of a great man are inspiration to others; Whatever he does, becomes a standard for others to follow.” Bhagavad Gita, Chapter III Verse 21....
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UN Whistle-Blower Protection
This is a quick review of a UN Whistle-Blower Protection case through the Prism of Law of Dharma. Order number 19 (NY/2010) of the UN Disputes Tribunal, 3 Feb 2010, Wasserstrom vs UN Secretary-General. “You have a right to action/work; but...
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Leveraging CSR to Achieve MDGs
Trans-national businesses (TNs) have the opportunity to contribute directly to specific national development goals, in the short term and achieving targets under the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in the medium to long terms. In such an investment negotiating environment, opportunities...
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UN Retirees Common Cause Appeal Hearing
Common Cause Appeal by UN Retirees Submitted in August/September 2009, Case # UNAT 2009-001. Revisited in February 2010. Case due for hearing 15 March – 1 April 2010 in Geneva. Introduction: Since the submission of our Common Cause Appeal (plus...
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Dynamics of Life with Justice
A Great Show Ever – Dynamics of Life with Justice. Life as lived is as good as the values that are supported by the four elements of Purusasthas, Sanskrit term for life’s purpose – Upanishad statement. One may not know whether Albert...
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Haiti’s Tortuous Development
Long before the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the country had been plagued with problems. Haiti, with some eight million people, is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, and has been so for quite some time. It is...
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Holistic Approach to HIV/AIDS Vulnerable Groups
The scale of the HIV and AIDS epidemic exceeded expectations since it was identified 20 years ago. Globally, an estimated 36 million people are currently living with HIV, and some 20 million people have already died, with the worst of...
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Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild with Trust
Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild with Trust; a new world order. “Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man , and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him.” Mahatma Gandhi. Whether we like...
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Rule of Law – Rule of Dharma
“Towards a just, secure and peaceful world governed by the rule of law” is the theme of a new UN website: UN Rule of Law. The theme of the World Economic Forum, Davos 27-31 January 2010, is “Improve the State of...
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Alchemy of Change and Courage
“Become yourself the change that you want to see in others and in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi. Having reviewed the judgements/decisions of the newly established UN Disputes Tribunal (July-Dec 2009) and having analysed the fundamentals of UN reform in three broad...
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UN Doctors Abandon Haiti Victims
CNN reported yesterday that the United Nations ordered all its doctors, nurses and all other UN staff to leave their emergency care duty stations in Port au Prince, one of the hardest hit areas by Haiti’s earthquake, that UN decision...
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UN Reform, Women – Grassroots
Shift UN Resources and Access to Women & Grassroots. Searching for proof or agreement to my belief, by suggested answers on the Internet, I posed the question: “is there a need for UN Reform where the UN supports individual and grassroots...
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UN Common Cause Appeal
Here is another case of internal injustice in the United Nations. This case is about the United Nations Pension Fund incoherent and unjust practices in dealing with a large segment of the UN retirees. “COMMON CAUSE APPEAL FILED BY S.P. SUNDARAM...
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UN Regional Integration
The United Nations has five regional commissions that perform the critical function of bridging the gap between the UN headquarters in New York and the UN program delivery at the country level. The UN regional commissions perform the missing-link regional...
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UN Middle East Peace
This is the first of a series of posts addressing Peace in the Middle East and the role of the United Nations in establishing and maintaining a lasting Peace in that region. The basic premise of this series of posts...
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UN Reform Initiatives
The UN Reform became a key issue after Boutros Ghali assumed office as the 6th UN Secretary General, 1992-96. In 1992, Boutros Ghali restructured the UN Secretariat, consolidated many programs into the Department for Economic and Social Development and issued...
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UN Messengers of Peace
The United Nations started its Messengers of Peace program more than 10 years ago. Now, there are 10 UN Messengers of Peace: Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, Daniel Barenboim, George Clooney, Paulo Coelho, Midori Goto, Michael Douglas, Jane Goodall, Yo-Yo...
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UN Internal Injustice
Here is the second round of the case we reported under UN Broken Justice. This case demonstrates the institutionalization of abuse of authority in the United Nations. Before we get into the case, these definitions are useful in understanding the...
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UN Abortion Policies
At the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) that was held in Cairo in 1994, the international community agreed in paragraph 8.25 of the ICPD Programme of Action on a common position regarding abortion: “In no case should abortion...
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UN Broken Justice
Here is a real life case of the outrageous abuse of authority that goes on in some organizations of the United Nations. Before we get into this case, these definitions are useful in understanding the legal terms: Appellant is the...
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