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Herve Couturier (hkcouturier@yahoo.com) has 38 years of reporting, editing and bureau management experience with Agence France-Presse (AFP), a major international news agency. He has been a a correspondent at the United Nations in New York for six years, covering major international diplomatic events as well as the UN's role in various transnational issues; a deputy regional director for Europe and Africa for five years; and a bureau chief in Ankara for four and a half years covering Turkey and Northern Cyprus. In addition, he has worked in Bangkok, Paris, Tokyo and Washington.

Couturier speaks French and English and has a bachelor's degree in economic sciences from the University of Bordeaux. He lives in New York.

Diplomatic Help for Parties Not Invited Into the Room

By Herve Couturier | Sep 16, 2011

A new mediation service, the Independent Diplomat, appeared on the international scene in 2004, providing advice to governments and political groups who adhere to democratic principles. One of its most recent projects, for example, was helping South Sudan to establish itself as a new country.

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Mainstream Media Rely More on Aid Groups for Information

By Herve Couturier | Jul 14, 2011

A combination of rapid technological changes and economic hard times is causing the media to rely more and more on nongovernmental organizations and aid workers, especially those involved in human rights, to gather information on some of the hottest spots in the world, journalists and other officials say.

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Security Concerns Delay Completion of Capital Master Plan

By Herve Couturier | Jun 15, 2011

Security concerns, stemming from recent terrorist attacks against United Nations compounds around the world, will mean at least six months’ delay in the renovation of New York headquarters, says the head of the project.

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What's in a Name? A Lot, Say the Pacific Isles

By Herve Couturier | May 09, 2011

The Pacific Island nations succeeded in their big push for better recognition within the United Nations system through a name change from the Asian Group, to which they all belong, to the Asia-Pacific Group. It is only the third time since the creation of the UN in 1945 that such a "change of Group nomenclature,” as it is called, has occurred.

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