The Failings of the Green revolution puts Hunger back on the Priority Agenda. It was born and developed to boost agricultural production and feed the world’s growing population. Four decades later as hunger, particularly in the Asia- Pacific region climbs,... (Continue reading)
The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The First Amendment prohibits making any law impeding the free exercise of religion, infringing on the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom... (Continue reading)
Photos are from Istanbul, Turkey, showing the funeral of the Turkish activists killed by Israel on 31 May 2010 in international waters aboard the aid flotilla Liberty that was set to deliver food, medicine and emergency supplies to Gaza. We... (Continue reading)
This morning, Israel armed forces attacked the unarmed humanitarian convoy at sea, the flotilla consisting of 6 peaceful ships, in route to deliver food aid and emergency supplies to Gaza. More than 16 civilians of different nationalities were killed by... (Continue reading)
How could the UN and governments worldwide do more to fight Somalia piracy? My 3-year-old son has a fixation with pirates. The perpetual excitement running around the house waving a sword in the air dressed as a pirate makes him... (Continue reading)
“Let the ruler be a ruler, the subject a subject, the father a father, the son a son.” “Truly if the ruler be not a ruler, the subject not a subject, the father not a father, the son not a... (Continue reading)
Le bâtiment abritant le service a été vandalisé pendant le conflit ; la toiture coule, les portes et fenêtres sont parties y compris les installations électriques. Les lignes budgétaires allouées à mon service tardent à venir eu égard aux difficultés... (Continue reading)
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... (Continue reading)
Since the January 12, 2010 earthquake, the Haitian Group for Studies in Karposi’s Sarcoma & Opportunistic Infections (GHESKIO) ... (Continue reading)
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... (Continue reading)
Calling for UN Immediate Relief and Recovery for Haiti. What is there to say about this tragedy? What to do? How to get there? As a Caribbean national having grown up in New York, I have always been around Haitians;... (Continue reading)
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... (Continue reading)
An example of the United Nations successes; is the project for Integrated Social Policies in Western Asia and its flagship report “Towards Integrated Social Policies in Arab Countries; Framework and Comparative Analysis”. This report was prepared with the primary aim... (Continue reading)