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Signs Point Toward Controversial Renewal of MINUSTAH’s Mandate in Haiti

1251 "Photo Credit: Haiti Libre"According to a report released on August 31 by Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon regarding t





The UN and Human Rights: Condemning the U.S. Embargo of Cuba
Michael Fox
Wednesday October 26 2011

On Tuesday, the UN General Assembly again voted overwhelming to condemn the U.S. embargo of Cuba. As international relations scholar Arturo López-Levy points out in the latest NACLA Report, the embargo itself violates basic principles of the human rights model established by the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

A Crime or a Cure?

Most of the time when you hear judgment being leveled on the success, or failure, of the so-called “war on drugs” the focus tends to be related to the illicit drug market and the impact on people a



Commercial Power and Drug Control: Chewing on Coca

A collision of world views has been on display this year in relation to the parameters of drug control as overseen by the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND).



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