 Dulcie Leimbach was until recently the director of publications for UNA-USA, where she migrated the print version of The InterDependent to the World Wide Web, turning the magazine into a modern, well-read entity in the UN and world affairs community. Under her tenure, the online version of the ID featured such writers as Barbara Crossette, Irwin Arieff, Herve Couturier, Evelyn Leopold, Stephen Schlesinger, Mark Turner, Thomas G. Weiss, Karen Freeman, Samir Sanbar, Mirva Lempiainen, Helmut Volger, Jeff Laurenti, Laura Seay, Laura Trevelyan and Warren Hoge. The range of topics was enormous, from ocean debris to vaccinations in Congo, from dining at the German mission to the UN to arrests by the International Criminal Court. Leimbach was responsible for assigning and editing the articles and working as the photo editor in addition to promoting the magazine and selling ads. She previously worked for more than two decades at The New York Times editing, among others, Pulitzer Prize winning columnists and the Nobel laureate Paul Krugman. Her articles appeared in the following sections: Op-Ed, Book Review, Sunday Magazine, Arts & Leisure, Weekend, Education Life, Real Estate and Business. She has also published fiction in literary journals and was a fellow at the Yaddo Corporation in 1987. Leimbach has a journalism degree from the University of Colorado and an M.F.A. from Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, N.C. She taught newswriting and reporting at Hofstra University and was a guest lecturer on op-ed writing at the Bronx High School of Science. She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., with her family. To reach her, e-mail penney@inch.com.
In an open meeting Dec. 9, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, chief prosecutor for the ICC, briefed the Security Council on the situation in Darfur and the second arrest warrant against Omar al-Bashir, president of Sudan, for three counts of genocide. (He is also accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes.) Read More >
As the ninth session of the ICC's Assembly of States Parties is under way at the UN from Dec. 6-10, some highlights of the event on cooperation included:
109 countries in the Rome Statute have not agreed to take prisoners from the Hague;
Richard Dicker, director of international justice at Human Rights Watch, stressed that without cooperation from members to the Rome Statuue, the court cannot fulfill its mandate.
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The treaty banning cluster bombs has reached ratification, the UN announced yesterday, with Burkina Faso and Moldova becoming the latest countries – totaling 30 -- to approve the pact, which becomes binding international law on Aug. 1.
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Survivors, Nechama Tec told the audience filling the hundreds of seats in the General Assembly Hall last Wednesday, succeed only through the help of others. No one, this woman of white hair and poise repeated several times, survives alone Read More >
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