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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 …
When the Norwegian Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Nov. 25, 1936, to Carlos Saavedra Lamas, then minister of foreign affairs of Argentina, the era of multilateralism of Argentine foreign policy was inaugurated. Lamas assumed the compass of a …
Sierra Leone came to the United Nations Security Council ready to change the system. Instead, it found itself learning just how resistant the system is to change. The small West African country took its seat as an elected member of …
The UN80 initiative proposed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has sparked concerns over the effect it could have on the core work of the organization, including its gender equality ambitions, according to about a half-dozen UN insiders and experts …
The essay explores how artificial intelligence is based on logic but fails to “communicate logically.” It can be used, for example, to deliver aid efficiently in a natural disaster, but that doesn’t mean it uses the values of the UN …
After President Bashar al-Assad of Syria fled the country on Dec. 8, 2024, a surprisingly brisk military offensive was carried out by various Syrian opposition groups, aided by numerous outside patrons, marching from their bases in Idlib in northwest Syria …
Denmark says that the European members of NATO must increase their defense spending to fortify themselves against aggression toward the continent. “We need to step up not because we want war,” Christina Markus Lassen, Denmark’s permanent representative to the United …
GENEVA — A year since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that triggered the war in Gaza and as the focus turns to the escalating crisis in Lebanon, the dire needs of the besieged enclave risk being neglected, warns the head …
The military forces in three West African countries — Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger — booted the democratically elected governments in their respective states, but before the coups happened, Russian flags were hoisted as symbols of resistance in each place. …
September is the most intense month for the United Nations as world leaders gather to discuss global burning issues and recommit to the organization’s founding principles. Slovenia, a country of approximately two million people in Central Europe, is presiding over …
The United Nations is often criticized as a bureaucratic organization overly focused on process rather than on making substantive decisions and ensuring that member states follow through on them. As former UN system staff members, we acknowledge that this dynamic …
There is near-universal consensus to reform the United Nations Security Council, but there is no agreement on what changes should be made or how they can be accomplished. Sierra Leone, the West African country elected to the Council for a …
As we approach the Summit of the Future in September, it is time to measure the distance between the United Nations’ vision and today’s reality. The UN is not on track to implement the Paris Agreement on climate change or …
Some 90 countries, mostly from NATO and its allies as well as the global South, participated in the peace summit hosted by the Swiss government in an alpine resort recently. The gathering was based on President Volodymyr Zelensky’s 10-point peace …
The Iraqi government is taking another step toward reducing international influence in its political affairs by requesting that the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (Unami) leave by the end of 2025. The UN peace operation was installed in 2003, …
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