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This year, the United Nations decides who will succeed Secretary-General António Guterres. As of Jan. 1, 2027, a new person will occupy the 38th floor of the UN Secretariat building — the political and symbolic center of the UN system. …
This Week @UN: US/Israel avoid condemnation; Taliban’s gender apartheid; Melania Trump mum on killed Iranian children; counterterrorism mystery money; Swedish-Epstein pen pals. Plus: Mideast; peacekeepers attacked; Afghanistan/Pakistan; “killing with impunity”; 2 new UN secretary-general candidates Stay abreast of UN & …
This Week @UN: NYC backs Turtle Bay; prosecuting Russia’s war; US abstains on Ukraine. Plus: No peace in Ukraine; Gaza amputees; US 1st Lady gavels; World Food Program boss leaving; Palestinian pulls candidacy; Pakistan’s fresh fighting with Taliban. • Stay …
This Week @UN: Fixing e-waste economies; US cuts counterextremism funding; UN Security Council’s doubts about Trump’s Board of Peace. Plus: Gaza/West Bank miseries; Jesse Jackson @UN; Board of Peace debut; defending Francesca Albanese; more Epstein “atrocities”; AI dignity; 1 country/4 …
This Week @UN: Nuke treaty to the rescue; UN candidate’s 3 Latin backers; deadbeat donors; call DT!! Plus: Rafah crossing opens; Norwegian diplos & Epstein; Israeli threats in Lebanon; no oil for Cuba; Nigeria massacre. Stay abreast in real time: …
In an interview with Politico last Sunday morning, President Trump discussed the United Nations and expressed some sympathetic thoughts about the organization — after he nearly decimated it last year with his savage cutbacks in American dues and voluntary contributions …
The United States sits atop a list of countries involved in prolonged wars and humanitarian crises that have also not paid their assessed dues on time or at all in the last few years to the United Nations regular operating …
Chilean President Gabriel Boric has officially submitted the nomination of former President Michelle Bachelet to be a candidate in the race for the next secretary-general of the United Nations, succeeding António Guterres, a Portuguese politician who has led the organization …
This Week @UN: Trump to UN: Drop Dead; a female/feminist SecGen; a UN-merger risk. Plus: Gaza/West Bank/Israel; Holocaust remembrance; UN-Haiti updates; Guterres’s priorities in 2026; UN death spiral. Follow us in real time on Blue Sky, Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram …
Countries are treading carefully about the possible merger of two major United Nations agencies focusing solely on women’s rights and reproductive health as experts warn about the vast perceived risks of diluting the two entities’ distinct roles into one. Diplomats …
The United Nations General Assembly has officially opened the selection process for its next secretary-general, noting “with regret” that no woman has ever held the role and urging member states to “strongly consider” nominating women. After 80 years of male …
The United Nations on Tuesday condemned Israel’s demolition of the headquarters compound of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in East Jerusalem, describing the move as an attack on the world body itself. Farhan Haq, the …
This Week @UN: Fighting for postwar justice; European backlash on human rights; the case against military growth; where are the SecGen candidates? Plus: Rage in Iran; Myanmar clashes; Guterres’s final priorities; Trumpland v Greenland; US Board of Peace; UK hoopla. …
Annalena Baerbock, the president of the United Nations General Assembly, is appealing for more candidates to enter the race to become the next secretary-general. She said that a contest with only one contender — so far — would undercut the …
This Week @UN: SecGen’s lukewarm US condemnation; Israel complicates Somalia’s Security Council presidency; US ditches UN entities. Plus: Come to Venezuela; hands off Greenland; Syrian strife; Minnesota killing; Ukraine burns. Follow us on Blue Sky, Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and …
