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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 …
This Week @UN: Palantir’s creepy reach; Nigerian wows UN peacekeeping; can the UN Charter survive a review? Plus: Pita in Gaza; Congo ceasefire tool; more UN80 reform details; World Food Day letdowns; adiós, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation; Venezuela-US escalations. We encourage …
This Week @UN: The struggling women, peace & security agenda; Russia, echoing US, damns the EU; breaking the SecGen glass ceiling, big peacekeeping cuts. Plus: Marking Oct. 7; Houthis kidnap more UN staff; Hamas-Israeli peace; Venezuela-US, World Food Program boss …
Welcome back to our weekly summary after a pause in August. We’ve made changes to our headline and produced a more streamlined format for faster reading, though this issue is on the longish side. Let us know what you think. …
Famine has officially been declared in parts of Gaza by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification. Amid the fact that half a million Gazans are facing famine, pressure is mounting from various parties to dissolve the controversial aid distribution site, …
As international calls intensify for Israel to stop its deadly military operations in Gaza, the Israeli government has heightened its efforts to control the global narrative through a surge in paid and coordinated messaging on X to reinforce its own …
This Week @UN: French-Saudi peace push for Palestine; Israel threatens Palestinian “economic warfare”; US sanctions UN human rights expert; UN must attract young people. Plus: Gaza; Guatemala; Sudan; Myanmar; UN reform. Stay with us all week on Blue Sky, Twitter …
Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has ordered the country’s top accountant to cancel a waiver that has allowed Israeli banks for years to cooperate with Palestinian banks without facing charges of financing terrorism or money laundering. The announcement in …
World leaders and diplomats gathered at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Monday to try to advance the long-stalled two-state solution in what could be the final chance for a convincing step toward the creation of a …
This Week @UN: IOM’s controversial hire; Gaza aid profiteer wants a UN meet-up; Trump’s Human Rights Council problem. Plus: Gaza’s deepening death spiral; US drops UNESCO; water & peace in W. Africa; Pacific Islanders’ victory; malaria-free Timor-Leste; France’s breakthrough on …
The United Nations has confirmed that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has asked to meet with its top humanitarian official at headquarters in New York City, as the controversial, privatized aid group pushes hard on the UN to collaborate with …
Mike Waltz, the former United States national security adviser and now the nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, pledged to lead a review of Washington’s financial contributions to the UN to ensure they align with America’s national interests, carrying …
This Week @UN: Delaying gaps in crime of aggression; a UN project the US didn’t defund; humanitarians want crisis planning. Plus: South Sudan airdrops; Afghanistan apartheid; fuel for Gaza; US sanctions; 2-state solution session; Russia-UN MoU dies. Thanks for sharing …
With the humanitarian sector grappling with the existential threat of drastic funding cuts, spending money in a smarter, more effective way has never been more important. Our sector must deploy resources before disasters occur to mitigate their worst impacts. The …
Nearly 21 months into Israel’s war on the Hamas militia in Gaza, the densely populated strip remains under siege. Since Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas launched its unprecedented attack on southern Israel, triggering a devastating retaliation, Gaza’s landscape and society …
