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Volume XLIV
Number 4 2006

About This Issue:
Promises are for the keeping

Ban Ki-moon takes the oath of office as Secretary-General, administered by General Assembly President Haya Rashed Al Khalifa, at United Nations Headquarters in New York, on 14 December 2006. UN photo/Eskinder Debebe

 In This Issue...
Leading "our common enterprise in upholding humanity's deepest values and highest aspirations..."

The Eighth Secretary-General of the UN
A Top Administrator and Disarmament Expert Takes the Helm

Mission Statement
Promises Should Be Made for the Keeping

Kofi Annan: Looking Back on a 'Remarkable Decade'

The Sixty-First General Assembly
Transcending Rifts on Development and Beyond
Melissa Gorelick

Essay
Confronting the 'Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations'
Ramesh Thakur

UNconventional: A Point of View
One Life is Worth Another
Patrice Barrat

Developing a People-centred Approach to Urbanization in Africa
Carole Rakodi

'Don't Desert Drylands'
Paritosh Kasotia

Governing Water Wisely
Anita Inder Singh

Conversation with Anwarul K. Chowdhury on the Least Developed Countries
Melissa Gorelick and George Simpson

Irregular Migration Flow
Letizia Lupini

High Value Migrants
Talent Mobility and International Development
Andrés Solimano

Migrants and Refugees
Why Draw a Distinction?
José Riera

Migrant Children's Rights
Francesca Musiani

Children and Armed Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Julia Freedson and Simar Singh

Prison Is Not for Kids
Francesca Musiani

FIFA and the United Nations
Educating the Most Underprivileged Through Sport
Andrea Sadecky


FYI - Film Your Issue
A Dialogue for a New Generation
Jennifer B. Faubert

HealthWatch
Can The 'Electronic Revolution' Affect Children's Health?
Tarek el Ackad

Tender Care for Leprosy Patients
Mikel Flamm and Windy Xie

A New Breed of Arts Activism Takes on AIDS
Melissa Gorelick

Joining Forces to Combat Sexual Violence
The Brussels Call to Action

Civil Society Watch
'It Is Enough for Us to Survive, for Now'
Mikel Flamm

Proactively Embracing Volunteerism
Ad de Raad

The Gateway: Volunteerism and the United Nations System
Donna Keher

The Chronicle Interview
Lester M. Salamon speaks about the non-profit sector and volunteering.

First Person
Dennis Mairena and Sy Koumbo Singa Gali talk about their experience as UN Volunteer.

Remembrance and Beyond
The Roma and Sinti during the Holocaust and Today
Romani Rose

Conversation with Mohammad Khatami on the Dialogue Among Civilizations
Kaveh Afrasiabi

Unlearning Intolerance
The Ethical Responsibility of Political Cartooning
Avy Mallik

Millennium Development Watch
The Dominican Republic as a Pilot Project
John R. Gagain Jr.

Thinking Aloud: Answers Are Never Clear-Cut
Freedom-Kai Phillips

Waiting for a Breakthrough
George Simpson

Opinion: Everybody's Talking and Nobody's Listening
A Personal Reflection on the United Nations
Gregory Levey




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