LaSER (previously Dispatch) is a newsletter for all members in the Region and is published three times a year.

Current Issue: Issue 8, 2009

Read a report of the Region's participation in the UNA-UK Annual Conference (July 2009) and join the discussion of the future format of UNA-UK Annual Conference. Roger Hallam reviewed Michael Newman’s Humanitarian Intervention.

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Next Issue: February 2010. Copy date: 20 January 2010.

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Previous Issues

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UN Publications

UNDP Arab Human Development Report 2009
21 July - Threats to human security in Arab countries include, but go well beyond, the violence and armed conflicts that imperil the lives and liberties of millions. Download the report

New Partnership Agenda: Charting a New Horizon for UN Peacekeeping
17 July - Internal “non-paper” with analysis and recommendations for the future of peace- keeping operations. Download the paper

Millennium Development Goals Report 2009
6 July - Overall progress towards the MDGs, despite many successes, remains too slow for most of the targets to be met by 2015. Download the report

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