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Comment RSSAs a previous post noted World Food Day was October 16. This past week, the United Nations held a ceremony to commemorate World Food Day and draw public attention to the urgency of global hunger. Under the UN umbrella, three specialized agency of the United Nations system, the World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the …
Article Archive for October 2009
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October 31, 2009 # 11:40 am # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Organizations # No CommentVideo: The EU and climate change
October 30, 2009 # 9:26 pm # International Law, International Organizations # No CommentVIDEO: “Reimagining Tradition: The Spirit of Teaching and Learning at Georgetown”
October 29, 2009 # 8:18 pm # Human Rights # No CommentThis video was created by the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS) at Georgetown University. It was shown at the Faculty Convocation last night. Much thanks to Professor Randy Bass, Executive Director of CNDLS and Assistant Provost for Teaching and Learning Initiatives, for producing the video.
Video & Text: Obama names Chuck Hagel and David Boren co-chairs of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board
October 29, 2009 # 7:32 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Intelligence # No CommentBelow is the text from the White House website.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Today I am proud to announce the newest members of my national security team. I just met with them in the Oval Office, and I’m very pleased to have two extraordinary Americans — Senators Chuck Hagel and David Boren have agreed to serve as co-chairmen of my …
Al-Marri Sentenced to eight years for supporting terrorist organizations
October 29, 2009 # 7:05 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, Supreme Court # No CommentA number of previous posts have discussed the case of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri. Today, he was sentenced to eight years in a federal prison. The New York Times reports:
A man who confessed to aiding Al Qaeda in the United States was sentenced by a federal judge Thursday to more than eight years in prison.
Under a plea bargain with federal …
Video and Transcript: Interview with UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions Philip Alston on the legality of US Predator drone attacks
October 29, 2009 # 3:03 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentTRANSCRIPT from Democracy Now:
AMY GOODMAN: In Pakistan, at least eighty people have been killed, scores hurt, by a large car bomb in a crowded market in Peshawar. Similar attacks have killed more than 200 people in recent weeks, as the Pakistani army carries out an operation against Taliban militants in South Waziristan.
The blast came as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton …
VIDEO: “Pins of Diplomacy” Madeleine Albright on Craig Ferguson
October 29, 2009 # 11:47 am # Foreign Policy, International Organizations # No CommentOur Georgetown University colleague, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, has just written a new book entitled, Read My Pins: Stories from A Diplomat’s Jewel Box. In this book, she discusses her now-famous dress pins that she began wearing as US Ambassador to the United Nations and continued to don during her time as Secretary of State. Last night, Albright …
US Ambassador for War Crimes: Stephen Rapp
October 28, 2009 # 2:22 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentFrom today’s Christian Science Monitor:
Madrid – New US ambassador for war crimes Stephen Rapp knows firsthand what it takes to prosecute man’s inhumanity to man. The former Iowa district attorney has already prosecuted participants in the Rwanda genocide and former Liberian strongman Charles Taylor.
The United States is much criticized abroad for its attitude toward international justice and world courts. The …
