Arthur Bassas

Arthur Bassas

Arthur Bassas is a researcher and writer who graduated from St. Andrews in Scotland, majoring in international relations and terrorism. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., and speaks English and French.

[UN: Feb. 6] The Winter Games Begin, Bachelet of Chile Joins SecGen Race & Lots More

This Week @UN: Nuke treaty to the rescue; UN candidate’s 3 Latin backers; deadbeat donors; call DT!! Plus: Rafah crossing opens; Norwegian diplos & Epstein; Israeli threats in Lebanon; no oil for Cuba; Nigeria massacre. Stay abreast in real time: …

 

[UN: Jan. 30] Spain Calls for a Woman to Lead UN, Guterres’s Stark Warning & Lots More

This Week @UN: Trump to UN: Drop Dead; a female/feminist SecGen; a UN-merger risk. Plus: Gaza/West Bank/Israel; Holocaust remembrance; UN-Haiti updates; Guterres’s priorities in 2026; UN death spiral. Follow us in real time on Blue Sky, Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram …

 

[UN: Jan. 23] Israel Crushes UN Compound, the $108 Billion Pension Fund & Lots More

This Week @UN: A crimes against humanity treaty; Latvia finds its voice; Israel’s UN attack; UN pension review; Gazans adapt to South Africa. Plus: Trump & Gaza; UNDP relos; Greenland/Denmark; Microsoft’s AI push; Syria’s Al Hol camp. Stay current (& …

 

[UN: Jan. 16] US Board of Peace Members, Big Job Opening & Lots More

This Week @UN: Fighting for postwar justice; European backlash on human rights; the case against military growth; where are the SecGen candidates? Plus: Rage in Iran; Myanmar clashes; Guterres’s final priorities; Trumpland v Greenland; US Board of Peace; UK hoopla. …

 

The Enduring Fight for Justice for Victims in War: Our Q/A With an Expert

Twenty years into his career in transitional justice, human rights and the rule of law, Fernando Travesí-Sanz says the best chance to achieve justice in post-conflict zones is to reject a formula. “When countries face these massive challenges, they all …

 

[UN: Jan. 9] Venezuela Demands Help From the UN, US Swears Off UN Entities & Lots More

This Week @UN: SecGen’s lukewarm US condemnation; Israel complicates Somalia’s Security Council presidency; US ditches UN entities. Plus: Come to Venezuela; hands off Greenland; Syrian strife; Minnesota killing; Ukraine burns. Follow us on Blue Sky, Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and …

 

[UN: Dec. 19] Peacekeepers Killed in Sudan & So. Sudan, Congo Mission Renewed & Lots More

This Week @UN: UN person/envoy of the year; Slovenia is exhausted; UN’s AI use. Plus: Sudan; Congo; US/Venezuela; US/ICC; Houthis/UN; Gaza. Follow us daily on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Blue Sky • Our #1 story: An Eastern European …

 

[UN: Dec. 12] Refugee-Boss Pick, No Peace in Congo & Lots More

This Week @UN: The dirt on soil; UN SecGen race; questions on UN’s Nairobi hub; WC austerities. Plus: Israel seizes UN compound; UN detainees in Yemen; Israel fires at peacekeepers; US “peace” deal in Congo; fatal flooding in Gaza. Follow …

 

[UN: Dec. 5] Security Council Visits Lebanon & Syria, Unpaid UN Dues Piling Up & Lots More

This Week @UN: UN crossword, anyone?; Trump targets the Refugee Convention; Slovenia softens on SG race; Russia must return Ukrainian children. Plus: Billions of unpaid UN dues; separate Israeli airstrikes hit Syria and Lebanon; Myanmar #1 in opium; Sudan death …

 

[UN: Nov. 28] UN Secretary-General Race Begins, Female Trafficking & Lots More

This Week @UN: Argentina ditches multilateralism; exiled Belarusian opposition woos Australia; Israel keeps breaching international laws. Plus: An African & European Unions “partnership”; COP30 gains & losses; mayhem against women. • Three cheers for Thanksgiving! PassBlue is grateful to everyone …

 

[UN: Nov. 21] Ukraine’s Red Lines on US ‘Peace’ Plan, Mystery Planeload in South Africa & Lots More

This Week @UN: Can Gaza ever be stable?; Security Council OK’s Trump’s Gaza scheme; UN secretary-general race; restoring Africa’s famed Virunga forest; a woman UN Refugees boss? Plus: Mysterious planeload in South Africa; US-led Board of Peace; Syria’s sovereignty; Haiti’s …

 

[UN: Nov. 14] Pushback Against US ‘Bullying,’ Rival Resolutions on Gaza & Lots More

This Week @UN: No climate $ for women; Sierra Leone toughens up; UN internal courts elections; a peace op spared from US guillotine. Plus: Russia pummels Ukraine; Rohingyas’ drowning; Houthis try UN staff; West Bank mosque attack; Israel’s wall-building in …

 

[UN: Nov. 7] It’s Climate-Talks Time; US Moves on Syria and Gaza & Much More

This Week @UN: The next secretary-general?; Sierra Leone toughens up; Syrian leader’s relief; feminist foreign policies suffering; US shakes up the Security Council. Plus: Gaza improvements; trapped & burned in Sudan; Hurricane Melissa; Brazil’s COP30; killing children in the West …

 

[UN: Oct. 31] Mass Murder in Sudan, Western Sahara’s ‘Autonomy’ & Much More

This Week @UN: UN security guards’ sick-out; big questions for Israel’s government; US-UAE ties leave Sudan cold. Plus: Sudan bloodbath; Cameroonian protests; Hurricane Melissa; US nukes testing; Gaza looting drops; US strikes in Caribbean region; Western Sahara vote. • Stay …

 

[UN: Oct. 24] UN Pay Cuts?, More Peace Ops Closing? & Much More

This Week @UN: Next UN SecGen poll; GenZ Moroccans; UN pay cuts?; Russia/China manipulate human rights funding; reviving the UN Charter. Plus: West Bank olives; Sudan overlooked; new UNDP boss; ICJ ruling; Gaza goods; UN the Octogenarian. • Spread the …

 
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