Dulcie Leimbach
Dulcie Leimbach is a co-founder, with Barbara Crossette, of PassBlue. For PassBlue and other publications, Leimbach has reported from New York and overseas from West Africa (Burkina Faso and Mali) and from Europe (Scotland, Sicily, Vienna, Budapest, Kyiv, Armenia, Iceland, The Hague and Cyprus). She has provided commentary on the UN for BBC World Radio, ARD German TV and Radio, NHK's English channel, Background Briefing with Ian Masters/KPFK Radio in Los Angeles and the Foreign Press Association.
Previously, she was an editor for the Coalition for the UN Convention Against Corruption; from 2008 to 2011, she was the publications director of the United Nations Association of the USA. Before UNA, Leimbach was an editor at The New York Times for more than 20 years. She began her reporting career in small-town papers in San Diego, Calif., and graduating to the Rocky Mountain News in Denver. Leimbach has been a fellow at the CUNY Graduate Center's Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies as well as at Yaddo, the artists' colony in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; taught news reporting at Hofstra University; and guest-lectured at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the CUNY Journalism School. She graduated from the University of Colorado and has an M.F.A. in writing from Warren Wilson College in North Carolina. She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
The United Nations Security Council approved an American-led resolution endorsing and providing an international legal structure for the Trump administration’s 21-point peace plan announced in late September that has entailed an initial phase of a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel …
- Categories: Israeli-Palestinian conflict, US-UN Tracker
- Categories: Spotlight
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- Categories: Development, SDGs
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- Categories: Humanitarian Aid, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, US-UN Tracker
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- Categories: Africa, Refugees, US Foreign Relations
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- Categories: General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council, US-UN Relations
One of the first things Latvian Minister of Justice Inese Libina-Egnere will tell you is that she is a lawyer and not a diplomat. For a journalist interviewing her, that is a sigh of relief. Indeed, in an interview at …
- Categories: Human Rights, International Justice, Ukraine-Russia War, Women
As the American nominee for United Nations envoy remains glued to her Congressional seat, United States diplomats are carrying out Trump administration agendas at the UN. These range from exonerating Russia for its war in Ukraine and cutting language on …
- Categories: General Assembly, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War, US-UN Relations
Andrii Melnyk has been nominated as Ukraine’s new envoy to the United Nations. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the news on Dec. 20 without fanfare, as he named other candidates for ambassadorships. The same day, Melnyk, 49, responded to fresh missile …
- Categories: General Assembly, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War, UN Diplomats
- Categories: UN Diplomats, Young Diplomats
A farewell party for Argentina’s ambassador to the United Nations last week may have been bittersweet for Ricardo Lagorio, the country’s envoy since March 2024. He was saying goodbye to his colleagues and fellow diplomats as he returns to South …
Throughout the world, sports for women and girls offer main avenues for their overall well-being as well as routes out of poverty, among numerous important benefits. Yet, the “safety, equality and dignity” for female participants in sports can be starkly …
- Categories: Human Rights, Women
CARRIACOU, Grenada — On July 1, Beryl smacked into Carriacou, a tiny island of Grenada, as a high-end Category 4 storm. It jumped to Category 5 — the top tier for a hurricane — when it intensified rapidly back in …
- Categories: Caribbean, Climate Change, Small States
They may sound at first like a couple of thoughtful guys settled into comfy chairs, talking about the war in Gaza. But in a rare instance of candid public conversation, two former United Nations officials who know the territory well …
- Categories: Africa, Geopolitics, Humanitarian Aid, Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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