Diplomacy
Cameron Pushes for Reform of European Court of Human Rights
January 31, 2012
British Prime Minister declares: "once-in-a-generation chance" of improving the way Europeans advance the cause of human rights.German Socialist Elected President of European Parliament
January 30, 2012
Last week in Strasbourg, MEPs elected Martin Schulz to be the next President of the European Parliament to serve until July 2014.Obama Administration Tries to "Fix" United Nations
January 25, 2012
In a recent speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, Ambassador Joseph Torsella, the Obama administration's point man for UN management reform, explained what the United States is doing to fix the UN, which President Obama believes is both "flawed" and "indispensable."Croatia's Citizens Vote to Join European Union
January 25, 2012
On January 22, Croatian citizens voted in favor of EU membership and, before Croatia can join the EU on July 1, 2013, the Croatian Parliament and the Parliaments of all 27 Member States must complete the ratification process.U.N. Secretariat Faces "Crisis of Confidence"
January 11, 2012
Facing scores of criticism about the lack of transparency and accountability of his 43,700-member Secretariat, the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is considering a series of new proposals to effect change in those areas.ECR Chief Defends Cameron's Veto of EU Financial Oversight Agreement
January 11, 2012
Jan Zahradil, the Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists group at the European Parliament, supported British Prime Minister David Cameron's veto of a financial oversight agreement that would give more power to the EU over an area which is of great national interest to Britain.UNESCO Petitions U.S. Congress for Funding Restoration
January 11, 2012
Last week, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova met with members of Congress to request that U.S. funding to UNESCO, which was cut in response to UNESCO's admission of Palestine as a Member, be restored.UN Remembers North Korean Dictator
December 28, 2011
In honor of Kim Jong-il, North Korea's former leader who died on December 17, 2011, the United Nations General Assembly granted a request from North Korea to hold a moment of silence at the UN.PM Cameron Vetoes Change to Lisbon Treaty
December 19, 2011
UK Prime Minister David Cameron says that he vetoed a change to the Lisbon Treaty that would have set out tougher budget rules and oversight from Brussels last week because the proposed treaty changes were not in the national interest of his country.Possible EU Governance of National Budgets Puts Pressure on Cameron
December 7, 2011
According to the editors of The Daily Telegraph, the proposal of French President Sarkozy and Germany's Chancellor Merkel to require EU member states to amend the EU Treaty to provide for EU oversight of national budgets places UK Prime Minister David Cameron in a difficult position.A JOINT PROGRAM OF
