Feb 17, 2014 | Global Public Health, North-South, Passage au crible (English), UN
By Michaël Cousin
Translation: Lawrence Myers
Passage au crible n°105
Since 1988, World AIDS Day is observed every year on December 1st. Upon the occasion of this event, public and private stakeholders publish, inform and mediatize the latest…
Jan 27, 2014 | Global Public Health, North-South, Passage au crible (English), Poverty, UN
By Clément Paule
Translation: Lawrence Myers
Passage au crible n°104
On January 12, 2014, the Republic of Haiti commemorated the fourth anniversary of the destructive earthquake that devastated the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince and the immediate surrounding region…
Dec 18, 2013 | Global Public Health, Passage au crible (English), UN
By: Michaël Cousin
Translation: Lawrence Myers
Passage au crible n°101
On November 13, 2013, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) published its latest report and gave an alarming analysis concerning Afghanistan…
Dec 9, 2013 | Africa, Passage au crible (English), Security, UN
By Philippe Hugon
Translation: Lawrence Myers
Passage au crible n°99
On December 5, 2013, under Chapter VII of the charter, the United Nations Security Council unanimously voted for a resolution authorizing French intervention in the Central African Republic…
Dec 9, 2012 | European Union, Passage au crible (English), Peace, UN
By Josepha Laroche
Translation: Pierre Chabal
Passage au crible n°79
On 29 November 2012, Palestine became a non-State member of the UN, thus benefiting from the same status as the Vatican. 138 states voted in favor of its candidacy, allowing it to move from the status of “entity” …
Sep 15, 2012 | Culture en, Global Public Goods, Passage au crible (English), UN
By Alexandre Bohas Translation: Pierre Chabal
The looting of Muslim shrines perpetrated in Mali in 2012 by religious extremists has raised consternation of global proportions. However, after this unanimity without effect, it is important to examine the specificity of the common…