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9 posts
Les week-ends de Lady Ashton NEW
Coulisses de Bruxelles (Libération) 3 Days, 15 Hours, 15 Minutes ago
C’est la dernière histoire qui fait rigoler à New York. Le Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU (les ambassadeurs) prépare une tournée en Afrique. Pour des raisons logistiques, il fera une escale à Bruxelles le 18 avril prochain. Pris d’un bon..
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Milestone role for the EU regarding the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities NEW
Le Taurillon 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 3 Days, 20 Hours, 14 Minutes ago
The possible EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights has widely attracted media attention: another important instrument of international law, however, is already on the way and might entail important consequences for the protection of...
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Margot Wallström passe à l'ONU comme Représentant Spécial NEW
Bruxelles2 (Europe de la Défense) 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 4 Days, 1 Hour, 32 Minutes ago
Ban Ki Moon l'a annoncé dimanche au sommet de l'Union africaine et doit le confirmer, demain (mardi) au Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU. Il a proposé à Margot Wallstrom, l'actuelle commissaire européenne à la Communication, de devenir son représ...
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EU: Trilateral relationship between UN-AU-EU in making NEW
CTA Brussels Weblog 1 Month, 3 Weeks, 13 Hours, 14 Minutes ago
The European Union reaffirmed its strong engagement with the United Nations, particularly in Africa where a trilateral relationship between the UN, African Union (AU) and EU is already in the making to enhance regional cooperation. The statement came...
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Turkish Cypriot election looms over Cyprus settlement talks NEW
Brussels Blog (Financial Times) 1 Month, 3 Weeks, 13 Hours, 28 Minutes ago
A potentially decisive moment is approaching in the Cyprus settlement talks that started in September 2008.  Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary-general, is to visit the divided island on Sunday and stay there until Tuesday.  He does not, of...
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The right to refuse to kill NEW
Le Taurillon 1 Month, 3 Weeks, 20 Hours, 14 Minutes ago
According to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (art. 18) and the United Nations Human Rights Committee (General Comment 22, Para. 11) a Conscientious Objector (CO) is an “individual [who has] claimed the right to refuse to pe...
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UN-EC Partnership Report 2009 NEW
Regards citoyens 3 Months, 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 15 Hours, 4 Minutes ago
ELEMENTS THAT SHAPE THE UN-COMMISSION PARTNERSHIP 1. Value of the partnershipIn 2008, an independent evaluation4 on the value to the European Commission of channeling development cooperation funds through the United Nations provided an extern...
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The Enduring Illogic of ‘Traditional’ UN Peacekeeping NEW
The WSI Brussels Blog 1 Year, 7 Months, 3 Weeks, 6 Days, 20 Hours, 58 Minutes ago
Harvey Morris has an interesting article on the limitations of UN peacekeeping in today’s FT. In it he interviews outgoing DPKO head Jean-Marie Guehenno, who talks of the crisis in UN peacekeeping. According to Morris, Guehenno:  [H]as urged the S...
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Mediation or pressure? NEW
David Miliband 1 Year, 8 Months, 1 Week, 2 Days, 8 Hours, 55 Minutes ago
The vote at the UN yesterday on Zimbabwe was not a North/South split - after all Burkino Faso voted for the resolution. But it did reveal, in the use of the veto by Russia and China, two different ways of thinking about the exercise of responsibility...
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