North Korea and US commit to Nuclear free Peninsula

It’s all over the newswires today so pick your source… the crux is that there has been a “breakthrough” in 6 party talks with North Korea which has resulted in an agreement for NK to give up its’ nuclear arms ambitions permanently and rejoin the NPT. The US has in turn agreed that it will …

If you’re not too fed-up, check out the UN Webcasts

Even though I’ve been feeling even more cynical than usual, especially towards the UN… I still found myself at the UN website this afternoon. They actually have a lot of information about the 60th General Assembly. They also have live webcasts throughout the Assembly. They start a 9AM EST and go all day. You can …

Political Inertia is killing the UN.. and a Hockey Analogy

If you frequent my site you may have been somewhat surprised at the lack of coverage of the UN Super-Summit this past week. I have talked a little about it here but that was before the Summit began. The reason I have not is because there isn’t much to report. And frankly, I’m disappointed about …