IAEA Contest Follows Amano’s Sudden Passing
The announced retirement in July of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Yukiya Amano for unspecified medical reasons, followed shortly by the revelation of his
Chan gets early boost in 2011-12 WHO Director-General race
The World Health Organization’s incumbent Director-General got an early boost toward re-election this week at
DSK Arrested
Many IMF watchers were anticipating a search for a new IMF chief this summer, but
Welcomed, if hollow, victory for human rights
Last year, Western governments carried out intensive and ultimately successful campaigns to prevent Iran’s election
India, Egypt warn Syria
From today’s Turtle Bay: Indeed, India has made it clear that its support for Syria’s
Why competitive elections matter
From Ted Piccone, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director at the Brookings Institution, in an article about
Brazil: Let Us In
This is a old post, published this past March by Brazil’s former foreign minister Celso
Kuwait for HRC?
In yesterday’s post, I noted that Syria is being pressured by some Arab governments to
Campaign against Syria
The UN General Assembly will elect 15 members to the Human Rights Council on 20
Development groups call for open IMF chief selection
Several major development and humanitarian organizations issued a call last week for discontinuing the “gentlemen’s
I miss Kofi
This week, the ambassador of South Korea to the UN told the leading news agency