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• The Next UNICEF Chief: Is US Nominee a Shoo-in?

  Posted by Ivy Mungcal on 19 February 2010

    If tradition is to be followed, Anthony Lake may be on his way to leading UNICEF. He is the U.S. nominee for executive director at the United Nations agency, a post consistently held by Americans since UNICEF was created in 1946.   The U.S. government’s nomination, however, doesn’t automatically make him an official candidate. It is U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s call to endorse an official candidate for approval by the UNICEF board. ...

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  • Tags: UNICEF, UN, Anthony Lake, US, Ban Ki-moon, high-level appointments
  • Posted:02/19/2010 02:11:35 AM | Email | Permalink
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• NGOs Ask USAID: What About Non-Haiti Programs?

  Posted by Eliza Villarino on 13 February 2010

    The parallel between the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the 2004 Asian tsunami continues.   Nearly a month after a tsunami struck several nations in South Asia, the United Nations expressed concern that the donor community has forgotten other crises because of the Dec. 24 catastrophe. Now, some non-governmental organizations fear that the Feb. 12 disaster has done the same, and the focus is on one particular donor: the United States.   ...

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  • Tags: Haiti, USAID, disaster assistance, State Department, InterAction, Catholic Relief Services, Somalia, Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Samuel A. Worthington, Todd Shelton, Lisa Kuennen-Asfaw, Congo, 2010 budget, Susan Reichle, Sudan
  • Posted:02/13/2010 11:00:03 PM | Email | Permalink
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• Donors Meet in London This Week to Discuss Afghanistan

  Posted by Eliza Villarino on 26 January 2010

   Haiti has everyone's attention nowadays. This week, another country will share the spotlight: Afghanistan. London is hosting the next donor summit on the war-torn Asian country Jan. 28. The conference, according to its Web site, aims to help Afghan President Hamid Karzai meet the ambitions he outlined during his inauguration speech. Afghanistan hogged the headlines in late 2009 following allegations of fraud in its August presidential election and the p...

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  • Tags: Afghanistan, UK, Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, Bob Ainsworth, David Miliband, Douglas Alexander, Ivan Lewis
  • Posted:01/26/2010 01:25:09 AM | Email | Permalink
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• Haiti Relief: Who’s in Charge?

  Posted by Ivy Mungcal on 22 January 2010

  This was bound to happen. With all the aid flowing into Haiti, many are wondering: Who is in charge of coordinating the relief efforts? The United Nations says it holds that role. Does it? "The Americans have said to us from the start that they accept our central coordinating role and that they want to work with us very closely," said John Holmes, U.N. under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator. Holmes was speaking during a ...

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  • Tags: Haiti, John Holmes, United Nations, Buck Elden, Doctors Without Borders, humanitarian relief, earthquake, first responders
  • Posted:01/22/2010 10:47:48 PM | Email | Permalink
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• Haiti Earthquake Relief: An Update

  Posted by Ma. Rizza Leonzon on 18 January 2010

    As aid pledges and relief supplies continue to pour into Haiti, top development leaders have also flown in the earthquake-ravaged nation over the weekend to strengthen the support for Haitian victims. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, for one, said Jan. 16 that the American government is ready to work closely with Haiti to restore the Caribbean nation's electricity, transportation and communications systems. "As President Obama has said, we will be h...

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  • Tags: Haiti, earthquake, UN, aid, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Ban Ki-moon, Rene Preval, Michele Montas, World Food Program, Leonel Fernández, Inter-American Development Bank, Jean-Max Bellerive, Nicolas Sarkozy, Canada, Lawrence Cannon, Catherine Ashton, Lutz Gullner, Turkey, Joe Biden, John Holmes, Abbott Laboratories, Microsoft, Hedi Annabi
  • Posted:01/18/2010 06:26:21 AM | Email | Permalink
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