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This Week @UN: Trump’s big Iran failures; dual citizenships in SecGen race; more “policy profiles” of SG candidates; IOM’s role in US deportations; keeping HQ’s lights on. Plus: Israel shrinks Gaza; progress ending the “inhumane”death penalty; AI warnings; Russia clobbers …
This Week @UN: UN office leaves Geneva’s Palais Wilson; SecGen-race backroom deals; Pact for the Future’s future. Plus: Shouting match; climate leadership; Costa Rica’s anti-hate steps; Venezuela’s quakes; sailor rescue in Strait of Hormuz paused; carry on, Keir Starmer. Did …
Soon, the United Nations Security Council will begin meeting with candidates vying to be the next UN secretary-general. The world will follow along as the 15-member Council starts holding private consultations in the coming days, releases occasional media statements and …
This Week @UN: Racing to bankruptcy; 2 SecGen hopefuls grilled; Armenia prefers Europe over Russia. Plus: US-Iran peace plan; Haiti solidarity trip; excluding women from peace talks; Sudan atrocity risk; no calm in Lebanon; happy Juneteenth. Did someone forward this …
Even as possible candidates vying for the position of United Nations secretary-general were given a notional deadline of April 1, 2026, to formally submit their nominations, the deadline was generally considered aspirational. On May 11, 2026, María Fernanda Espinosa of …
The United Nations’ financial crisis is progressively worsening as a possible doomsday — when the organization can no longer keep its lights on — inches closer with every unpaid or delayed dues payment from all 193 members. In the last …
This Week @UN: Restarting multilateralism; fact-checking a SecGgen debate; fighting child labor. Plus: Gaza crossings blocked; disability-rights progress; women’s-rights protests in Afghanistan; Oman tackles hate speech; this filthy-rich guy just got richer. Did someone forward this email to you? Subscribe, …
The word “negotiation” has barely appeared in the vision statements of the candidates running for United Nations secretary- general this year. Yet, 80 years after the UN’s founding, bringing back “win-win” negotiations — both as a mindset and a method …
This Week @UN: The “lies” of the Abraham Accords; Colombia spotlights the Mideast; 5 new Security Council members; reform without women won’t work. Plus: Cindy McCain retires; China’s peacekeeping dues; peacekeeper killed in Lebanon; Bangladesh wins General Assembly presidency; protesters …
Julie Bishop, a United Nations special envoy, gave a frightening assessment of Myanmar, the Southeast Asian country whose file she oversees, pointing out the worsening humanitarian problems and fighting between the warring parties. That was almost a year ago. The …
This Week @UN: The latest UN SecGen candidate; football/soccer diplomacy; anti-gang force lands in Haiti; US-China summit’s meaning for the UN. Plus: False ceasefire in Lebanon; Ebola outbreak in Congo & Uganda; Rubio calls Guterres; Israeli breaches of UN property; …
This Week @UN: Trump’s faltering Afrikaner program; women’s disability rights in Saudi Arabia; NPT-review marathon. Plus: US money for “lifesaving” aid; the UN grows in Nairobi; Guterres’s “great emotion” for Africa; a new woman UN Sec-Gen candidate; Somalia’s famine risk. …
When Fu Cong, China’s ambassador to the United Nations, was asked whether Beijing intended to fill the financial and other voids left by Washington in the multilateral system, he said that China was already the “de facto” No. 1 contributor …
This Week @UN: US warns South Sudan; SecGen candidates’ policies spelled out; post-Maduro Venezuela; today’s real heroes; listen up, Trump. Plus: Nukes treaty review; Strait of Hormuz dashboard; revolt in Mali; Lebanon “lessfire”; muzzling women journalists; Burma’s Aung San Suu …
This Week @UN: African Union snubs Macky Sall; Bachelet & Grossi open SecGen race dialogues, followed by Grynspan & Sall; Guterres’s Hormuz plan stalled. Plus: More peacekeepers killed in Lebanon; shifting, dangerous migration routes; IDF desecrate statue of Jesus; child …
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