All posts tagged United Nations (UN)

Wednesday Night #1470
May 5, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1470

The evening opened with a brief video of the presentation of the Lieutenant Governor’s Seniors Medal (Médaille po ...

The UN and governance
March 4, 2010, Comments Off on The UN and governance

The decline of the international civil servant (Foreign Policy) The U.N. practice of hiring political appointees has ens ...

Payam Akhavan: The West must stand by Iranian protesters
June 30, 2009, Comments Off on Payam Akhavan: The West must stand by Iranian protesters

The West must stand by Iranian protesters The Ottawa Citizen June 30, 2009 June 15, 2009, will be remembered as a turnin ...

Wednesday Night #1361
April 2, 2008, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1361

Wednesday Night Goes Global – or at least partially! On Wednesday April 2, a select group of Wednesday Nighters wi ...

Wednesday Night #1356
February 27, 2008, 4 Comments

We welcome two new faces this week, guest experts, who bring knowledge of at least three extremely pertinent topics to t ...

Wednesday Night #1324 – Postscript: Arctic claims
July 18, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1324 – Postscript: Arctic claims

  More on Canada, Russia and the Arctic Whose Pole? National Post Editorial   July 28, 2007 Moscow cannot unil ...

Wednesday Night #1281
September 20, 2006, 3 Comments

Last week’s Wednesday Night discussion was overtaken by events and thus focused mostly on local issues, with the e ...

Michael Oliver, O.C. 1925-2004 R.I.P.
September 30, 2004, Comments Off on Michael Oliver, O.C. 1925-2004 R.I.P.

By Alan Hustak Dr. Michael Oliver O.C. 1925-2004 Dr. Michael Oliver O.C., the Montreal academic who was the founding pre ...

Michael Oliver R.I.P.
September 30, 2004, Comments Off on Michael Oliver R.I.P.

Dr. Michael Oliver O.C. 1925-2004 by Alan Hustak Dr. Michael Oliver O.C., the Montreal academic who was the founding pre ...

Wednesday Night #949 with Dr. Mihailo Crnobrnja
May 10, 2000, 1 Comment

It has been quite a week! For those of us privileged to hear Kimon on the subject of Global Governance last Wednesday, i ...