Unless the international community is able to bring the Syrian National Council and the regime to a negotiating table, I don't see how this conflict gets resolved. I hope that this happens, because I don't know how many more videos such as the one below we can tolerate before we decide that, as a global community, we are unable to protect our most vulnerable, that we are powerless in the face of injustice and oppression.
December 13, 2011
This post was originally published on UN Dispatch on December 12, 2011. One year after the presidential election that caused the country to descend into chaos, Côte d’Ivoire held its first parliamentary election since 2000 yesterday, Sunday December 11. Media reports concur on a few points: voter turn-out was low and the election was generally peaceful, in spite of the boycott by pro-Gbagbo supporters.
July 27, 2011
This post was originally published on UN Dispatch. Many people shared comments and thoughts via Twitter and Google +, thank you very much for engaging. The title of this post has a question mark because I really think of this as a question – can inequality fuel revolutions? Let me know what you think in… [Read more…]
June 28, 2010
From the AP: Among the millions who traveled by bicycle, foot and wheelchair to vote Sunday was Ouma Kankou Diallo, a 39-year-old teacher. “A lot of people said this would never happen,” she said after slipping her ballot into a clear plastic urn at a seaside primary school within sight of the military barracks where… [Read more…]
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February 24, 2012
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