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It is not clear whether the ceasefire agreed by Israel and Hamas and negotiated by the United States, Egypt, Qatar and Türkiye will survive its first phase. Since it began, Israeli forces have not stopped killing Palestinians in Gaza, and …
As the United Nations turns 80, its challenge is not a shortage of reform ideas but the loss of constitutional balance. The Charter’s core principles — sovereign equality, shared responsibility and the rule of law — need to be restored …
For several weeks, an unprecedented movement has been shaking Morocco: GenZ212. Driven by digitally connected, determined and fiercely independent youth, it has become one of the most significant social mobilizations since the February 20 Movement, which occurred in 2011, alongside …
The mood during the United Nations General Assembly high-level week in late September was more somber than celebratory. French President Emmanuel Macron captured it succinctly, saying: “This 80th anniversary isn’t a party.” There are plenty of reasons that few people …
Palantir Technologies, an American software company founded by Peter Thiel and Alex Karp with two others, is often referred to as “the AI arms dealer of the 21st century.” Palantir is involved in everything from government surveillance and predictive policing …
Many people around the United Nations are bracing for annual commemorations of the women, peace and security agenda this month as reflections on gains made on women’s rights in conflict will be clouded by worries about progress lost. Celebrating WPS …
Few people outside the orbit of practitioners and scholars of international human rights law have heard of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, or WGAD. Yet, this organ of the Human Rights Council, established in 1991, is the …
The world has entered one of its most perilous periods since 1945. Wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan are only the most visible flashpoints of a deeper trend: we have the highest number (over 100) of active state conflicts since …
One year ago, against the backdrop of deep geopolitical divides, the United Nations came together to adopt the Pact for the Future and its companion agreements, the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration on Future Generations. These landmark agreements were …
With illegal settlements rising and settler violence surging in the West Bank, and with famine and relentless bombing killing more than 64,000 Palestinians in Gaza so far, most of them women and children, the world is looking to see what, …
I have been absent from the United Nations scene since before the pandemic, in 2020, but my interest in the organization has not waned. I still try and keep up with the rapidly changing context in global affairs and the …
When the painstakingly negotiated Iran deal to limit the scope of the country’s nuclear program against sanctions relief was signed in Vienna on July 14, 2015, by Iran and the five permanent member of the United Nations Security Council as …
In August, the United Nations Secretariat welcomed civil society’s suggestions on how to create more agile, effective UN peace operations as part of its commitment under the Pact for the Future. Our answer, as experts on women, peace and security, …
FLAYOSC, France — Nothing I’ve seen or heard during 70 years of reporting terrifies me more than watching an ignorant, deranged King Midas spew grotesque horseshit in the White House, unchallenged by free-world leaders or a pathetic “press corps.” The …
Over stock footage of an African city and people smiling, an American man’s calm voice says, “A stronger future begins with stronger families.” Posted to Instagram in June by the Mormon Church in West Africa, the video features images of …
