Jeffrey Sachs

Jeffrey D. Sachs is the Director of The Earth Institute, Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. He is Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Millennium Development Goals.

Hillary Clinton And The Syrian Bloodbath

Clinton’s role in Syria has been to help instigate and prolong the Syrian bloodbath, not to bring it to a close.

Jeffrey Sachs
By Jeffrey Sachs
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, welcomes Nabil Elaraby, left, Head of the Arab League as she hosts a gathering of Friends of Syria group on Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/David Karp))

In the Milwaukee debate, Hillary Clinton took pride in her role in a recent UN Security Council resolution on a Syrian ceasefire: But I would add this. You know, the Security Council finally got around to adopting a resolution. At the core of that resolution is an agreement I negotiated in June of 2012 in Geneva, which set forth a cease-fire and

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