Oh s***, we forgot UN Day!

by Richard Gowan | Oct 24, 2010

24 October was UN Day. We totally forgot. Despite being multilateralists and all.

How could we?

We are so sorry.

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Richard Gowan

Richard Gowan coordinates the International Security Institutions program at the Center on International Cooperation, New York University. He is also the UN Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and an associate of the Foreign Policy Center (London).
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