Anna Bianca Roach
Anna Bianca Roach is a Simon and June Li Center for Global Journalism Fellow who focuses on climate reporting. She has worked in Canada, Armenia and the United States and is a native speaker of English, French and Italian. She has an M.S. in investigating reporting from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a B.A. in conflict studies from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. She has written for OpenDemocracy, The Washington Post and Deutsche Welle.
Russia’s war on Ukraine escalates as at least one million people have fled. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting and other sources. …
- Categories: Peace and Security, This Week @UN
This week, alas, a heavy spotlight on Ukraine. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting and other sources. This week, read how the …
- Categories: Peace and Security, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
Artillery shelling blasts eastern Ukraine; what’s the Collective Security Treaty Organization?; the UN boss jets to Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from …
- Categories: Human Rights, Peace and Security, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
An assassination attempt on Libya’s interim prime minister; investigating the UN’s climate finance apparatus; the Guernica tapestry returns to the Security Council. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered …
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Secretary-General, This Week @UN
The United Nations Development Program is still facing calls for accountability regarding the reported mismanagement of a project that aimed to mitigate climate change and was funded by a primary entity in the UN system. The project ran from 2010 …
- Categories: Climate Change, Development
Tensions mount over Ukraine; Congo issues a verdict on the murder of two UN experts; the UN secretary-general attends the Winter Olympics. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered …
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
A coup in West Africa; a recap of Biden’s first year at the UN; a US-Russia showdown coming to the Security Council. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered …
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN
A volcano erupts in Tonga; Ukraine-Russia-US on edge; UN rights experts say Afghan women are being erased from public life. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN …
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Kazakh military dons UN “blue helmets”; US warns Russia at the UN of consequences from any military aggression in Ukraine; nationalism rises in Serbia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues …
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Violence erupts in Kazakhstan; Sudan’s prime minister resigns; Norway takes the presidency of the Security Council. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting …
- Categories: This Week @UN
The Security Council vetoes a resolution linking conflict to climate change; Afghan girls return to middle school; the Wagner paramilitary group may deploy in Mali. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The …
- Categories: Africa, Asia, This Week @UN
UN human rights chief reiterates calls to end arbitrary detentions in Myanmar; seven peacekeepers killed in Mali; how is reform of the UN development system going? You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. …
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Man wields shotgun in front of the UN headquarters; Omicron variant leads to ostracizing southern Africa; French forces shoot protesters in Niger. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered …
- Categories: This Week @UN
- Categories: US Foreign Relations, Women
UN envoy for Libya resigns; older women’s rights forgotten by the General Assembly; UN staff’s dependents to leave Ethiopia. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered from UN press …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Libya, This Week @UN, UN Special Envoys
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