Elisa Burchett, Author at The Baltic Review

Elisa Burchett, the Baltic Review Guest Author, is a freelance writer covering UN events, a content creator, and communications specialist. She is also a co-producer of Audio Spandrel, a musical project exploring cross-cultural collaborations in electronic music, lives in New York.

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Rigoberta Menchu Foresees New Context of Self-Identity and Action for Indigenous Peoples

Rigoberta Menchu, spoke about prospect of unstoppable death and extinction on earth. Not just physical death but death of ourselves as human beings.

By Elisa BurchettOctober 1, 20140

Upper Nile State, South Sudan: UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos has ended her three day visit to strife-torn South Sudan by highlighting the dire humanitarian situation affecting hundreds of thousands of people across the country. UNMISS

South Sudan in dire straits – Food crucial necessity

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, ended her three-day visit to Malakal, South Sudan where whole areas of the ...

By Elisa BurchettFebruary 4, 20140

Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, speaks during a press conference at the Geneva II Conference on Syria. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Syrian peace talks continue despite difficulties

Syrian Peace Talks in Geneva have not been easy Six days into negotiations and still no breakthrough, Joint Special Representative for Syria, Lakhdar ...

By Elisa BurchettJanuary 31, 20140

United States Secretary of State John Kerry (right) speaks during the opening of the high-level segment of the Geneva II Conference on Syria, taking place in Montreux, Switzerland. Also convening the international conference that has brought together both the Syrian Government and the opposition in an attempt to end the nearly-three-year civil war in Syria are (from left) Sergey V. Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria; Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; and Michael Møller, Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) | © UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.

Syrian Peace Talks Wrap up in Montreux

PHOTO: United States Secretary of State John Kerry (right) speaks during the opening of the high-level segment of the Geneva II Conference on ...

By Elisa BurchettJanuary 28, 20140

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