One of the hallmark tactics from opponents of health insurance reform has been to grab onto any convenient piece of information and twist it into some misguided attack on reform, no matter how unrelated it may actually be. The hope appears to be that some media outlet will give them unchecked airtime under the banner […]
Since September 21st, hundreds of students across the country responded to the President’s call to take greater responsibility for their education by creating videos explaining why education is important. In less than two months, students submitted more than 600 video entries. In their entries, students talked about the goals they had for their future and […]
After a warm welcome in Beijing’s historic Great Hall of the People, President Obama and President Hu sat down to discuss the many overlapping issues facing both nations, including China’s growing economy and its effect on the US and the rest of the world and the exciting education reforms happening in each country: PRESIDENT OBAMA: As we […]
Click here to see the video. When dealing with official state visits, things come in pairs. The leaders hold joint press conferences. The limousines in the motorcades fly the flags of both nations on the hood. The staff sit in equal numbers at the table, each opposite his or her equivalent in the other country’s delegation. […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message to the Pre-COP Meeting, held in Copenhagen, 16 to 17 November, as delivered today, 16 November, by Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: In just three weeks, Governments will gather here in Copenhagen to chart a new path forward ‑‑ one that can protect […]
Drafts on Sustainable Development, Operational Activities also Passed The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) approved three draft resolutions today, including a text by which the General Assembly would reiterate its deep concern over the destruction by the Israeli Air Force of oil storage tanks near Lebanon?s El-Jiyeh electric power plant due to the adverse implications […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General deplores the Government of Israel?s decision today to expand Gilo settlement, built on Palestinian territory occupied by Israel in the 1967 war. The Secretary-General reiterates his position that settlements are illegal, and calls on Israel to respect its commitments […]
The following press statement on the Lord’s Resistance Army was issued today by Council President Thomas Mayr-Harting (Austria): The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the continued and recently increasing attacks carried out by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic and the Sudan, which […]
The last two years had been remarkable for the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) given its destruction of more than 41 million stockpiled anti-personnel mines and the termination of their production, transfer and sale in many parts of the world, Dmitry Titov, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions in the Department of […]
The big news from the retail sales report was that sales rose again and even more than expected–1.4%, which was a full half point more than the consensus forecast. The core retail spending–the stuff that tends to give a steadier picture and not fluctuate around a lot–rose for the third straight month. And if you […]
