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    In Washington, a Seasoned Hand at the UN’s Development Office

    by  • May 4, 2012 • Development, GOINGS-ON, US-UN Relations • 0 Comments

    UNDP in Washington

    After six years as director of the United Nations Information Center in Washington, D.C., Will Davis is now leading the UN Development Program’s office in the capital, promoting the agency’s interests among constituents at Congress, the White House, nonprofit groups and the media. He joined the agency in January. Rodney Bent, a former senior adviser [...]

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    A Science Prize Complicates Life at Unesco and for the US

    by  • March 12, 2012 • Africa, US-UN Relations • 3 Comments

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    Unesco is keeping a $3 million science prize after debating for months whether to drop the controversial award, which is meant to help fight diseases and was donated by the government of Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, president of Equatorial Guinea. With 33 years in office, he is Africa’s longest-serving dictator. The vote to keep the [...]

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    Refugees Settling in the US Reaches 3 Million Mark

    by  • February 27, 2012 • Refugees, US-UN Relations • 1 Comment

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    Since 1975, three million refugees have settled in the United States, the world’s largest recipient of distressed or endangered people seeking permanent new homes. The US is also the largest financial contributor to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, say new figures from the State Department and the UN refugee agency. Canada and the US [...]

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    Proposed US Foreign Aid Shows Slight Increase

    by  • February 24, 2012 • GOINGS-ON, Humanitarian Aid, US-UN Relations • 3 Comments

    UN and guinea-bissau

    In his recently released 2013 budget proposal, President Obama has increased funds for foreign aid to the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development, but the 1.2 percent rise over 2012 figures is still less than 1 percent of the entire federal budget. The total amount proposed for foreign aid is $51.6 [...]

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