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October 24, 2009 # 11:05 am # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, International Organizations # No CommentUnited Nations Day– October 24, 2009
October 23, 2009 # 11:31 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentOn October 24, 1945, the United Nations Charter entered into force, formally bringing the organization into being. Below is Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s United Nations Day message.
President Barack Obama issued this proclamation:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release October 19, 2009
UNITED NATIONS DAY, 2009
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF …
Video: Obama on National Cybersecurity Awarness Month
October 23, 2009 # 8:06 pm # Foreign Policy, International Law # No CommentThis video was uploaded today by the White House. I wonder when the Administration will announce the long-awaited cybersecurity czar?
Video: CNN’s Rick Sanchez discusses law suit by Ecuadorians against Chevron for environmental damage
October 23, 2009 # 7:24 pm # Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law # No CommentEmbedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a>
Specter on Dawn Johnsen’s nomination for the Office of Legal Counsel
October 23, 2009 # 3:06 pm # Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, Supreme Court # No CommentSeveral previous posts have noted with consternation, the inability of the Senate to move forward with the confirmation of Professor Dawn Johnsen to be Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel. With a Hat Tip to Neal Sonnett, I am happy to see that there is now evidence that Senator Arlen Specter may be moving to support her …
The US and EU to sign new extradition treaty
October 22, 2009 # 11:22 pm # Foreign Policy, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentEuropeanVoice.com reports:
The EU and the US will next week (28 October) sign a treaty intended to simplify and accelerate the extradition of those suspected of serious crimes.
Human-rights defenders have expressed concerns, though, that clauses in the treaty could allow the US to execute extraditees and continue the practice of extraordinary rendition, the transfer of suspected terrorists without the usual legal …
Nine former assistant secretaries of state urge Senate vote on nominees
October 22, 2009 # 2:44 pm # Foreign Policy # No CommentThe Washington Post is reporting today:
Nine former U.S. assistant secretaries of state have written to Senate leaders warning that U.S. relations with the Western hemisphere “are being damaged” because of a dispute that has blocked the confirmation of two key diplomatic appointees to the region [Arturo Valenzuela as Assistant Secretary and Thomas Shannon as Ambassador to Brazil].
The nine signatories served …
Increased incidents of piracy in 2009
October 22, 2009 # 1:48 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, International Law # No CommentSeveral previous posts have discussed acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia. Today, the Voice of America is reporting that there has been a dramatic increase in piratical acts this year. Alan Boswell, reporting for the VOA from Nairobi, explains:
The rise in piracy off the Somali coast has resulted in more global piracy cases in 2009 than in all …
