Father Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann was a man who spoke truth to power and expected others to do the same.
Remembering a Priest, a Diplomat, and a Voice for Palestine
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UN General Assembly
The Odds Are Stacked Against Mahmoud Abbas
Amid rising violence and a dead-end peace process, could the Palestinian leader actually make good on his threat to pull out of the Oslo Accords?
Want a More Democratic UN? Give It a Parliament
Every democracy in the world has an elected legislature. Why not the United Nations?
Waiting for the Iranian Godot
The U.S. and its allies keep waiting on Iran to make more concessions on its nuclear enrichment program. But they’re missing the bigger picture.
At the UN, a Latin American Rebellion
Without a doubt, the 68th UN General Assembly will be remembered as a watershed. Nations reached an agreement on control of chemical weapons that could avoid a global war in Syria. The volatile stalemate on the Iran nuclear program came a step closer to diplomacy....
Latin American Leaders Bring Drug Policy Debate to the UN
At the annual UN General Assembly meeting held in New York, presidents from around the world have the chance to state their views on the key international issues of the day. Not surprisingly, the crisis in Syria, Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and the Millennium...