MORE THAN 20 UN PERSONNEL KILLED IN 2006, SAYS STAFF UNION AS IT CALLS FOR...
Fatal attacks against United Nations personnel last year claimed the lives of at least 22 peacekeepers and civilian staff, mostly in southern Lebanon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Haiti,...
View ArticleMorning Briefing, 26th January
Dia Duit ar an maidin fuar! An nuacht ar an lá seo. A conference is taking place in Spain on the EU Constitution (BBC). Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy,...
View ArticleMorning Briefing, 16th February
Dia Duit An nuacht ar an maidin seo. The row over the cost of the Mahon Tribunal continues today (Breakingnews) with Judge Mahon saying the tribunal will only cost €300m, maybe less. Also Labour are...
View ArticleMorning Briefing, 26th February
Well I’m back in Cork after USI LGBT Standing Conference, where I was re-elected to Working Group on the 3rd count! Also congrats to Ms. Sonya Donneally who was elected unanimously as the new LGBTRO!...
View ArticleKosovo declares itself independent as an EU Colony
Today the Kosovar Assembly voted unamimously for Independence from Serbia. What does this actually mean for the province is something else entirely. Independence here is entirely symbolic as the EU...
View ArticleKosovo: Who recognises the new state?
Its been over 24hrs since Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia. The following countries have recognised an Independent Kosovo: Afghanistan, 18 February 2008 Albania, 18 February 2008...
View ArticleUN Convention on the rights of Persons with Disabilities
I should have picked up on this alot earlier. But anyway 20 coutries have ratified the Convention meaning it can enter into force so who are these twenty enlightened countries? Bangladesh – 30 November...
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Universal Periodic Review – UN Human Rights Council
Via UN News Centre. Under General Assembly Resolution 60/251 (Which also established the Human Rights Counicl), the General Assembly mandated the Council to undertake a universal periodic review, based...
View ArticleHuman Rights Day – Dignity and justice for all of us
Today is the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The theme for the past year in the lead up to the 60th anniversary has been “Dignity and justice for...
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Putting in Persepective: Aid vs Bailouts
This is from the UN Millennium Campaign and certainly puts things in perspective. Lets hope they do something about it at the UN General Assembly’s high-level summit on the economic crisis, which is...
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