The United Nations Isn’t Working

September 19, 2022 at 4:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “If everyone who turns up to the United Nations General Assembly really cared about the things they say they care about, wouldn’t the world be a better place by now?”

“After decades of progress in reducing poverty and improving health outcomes, in recent years the world has started falling far behind in efforts to meet the 17 U.N. sustainable development goals (SDGs), agreed to by all governments in 2015. On some issues, including gender equality, the world is going backwards.”

“So what, then, is the point of 150 heads of state and government gathering in New York this week?”

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1866 — Memphis race riots began, as white mobs attacked Black residents and Union veterans in Tennessee.
1898 — The U.S. Navy under Commodore George Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay.
1958 — The first Law Day was observed in the United States after President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed it.
1960 — The Soviet Union shot down a U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers, creating a Cold War crisis.
2003 — President George W. Bush declared major combat operations in Iraq had ended in his “Mission Accomplished” speech.

Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.

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