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This Week @UN: Ending Israel’s occupation; Syria’s new leader @UN; battle over next UN boss; UN can last without the US. Plus: Childbirth in Gaza streets; Guterres on UNGA80; Colombia peace deal in action; UN envoy for Syria quits; Jimmy …
- Arthur Bassas
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Two midlevel United States officials visited Bamako in July to explore cooperation in fighting Mali’s 13-year jihadist insurgency in return for access to the Sahel country’s gold and lithium. The officials — Rudy Atallah, deputy senior director for counterterrorism at …
- Anton Ferreira
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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 …
- Arthur Bassas
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Amid the drastic, sweeping cuts to United States foreign aid under the Trump administration, the UN Mine Action Service operation in Nigeria appears to be an anomaly — no stop-work order was issued and it even had its funding renewed …
- Anton Ferreira
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Advocates for gender equality and global financial reforms from around the world were disappointed with the Financing for Development pronouncement even before the United Nations international forum started this week in Seville, Spain. Fueled by a feeling that they were …
This Week @UN: US bombs Iran; Guterres promotes fellow Portuguese; reformed multilateralism; US travel ban effects @UN; progressive global drug policy. Plus: Haiti’s staggering rape numbers; Israeli-Iranian ceasefire; Gaza killing fields; UN Charter Day with Stephen Schlesinger. Follow us daily …
- Arthur Bassas
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As the United States reintroduces travel restrictions under President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, ordinary people from the list of countries will be most affected, but their diplomats who need to be in the New York City for United Nations’ …
- Damilola Banjo
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has quietly promoted a fellow Portuguese staffer to the rank of assistant secretary-general as other UN personnel, especially junior and midlevel workers with weak contracts, face uncertainty about their jobs and future in the organization. …
- Damilola Banjo
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On June 21, the United States joined Israel’s unprovoked war against Iran by attacking at least three of its nuclear sites –Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan. The Israeli and US attacks are presumptively unlawful and constitute war crimes. Less than two …
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres restated his commitment to the two-state solution, a much-debated path toward the peaceful co-existence of Israel and Palestine as two sovereign nations. A UN conference led by France and Saudi Arabia and mandated by a …
- Damilola Banjo
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This Week @UN: Merge the UN refugee and migration agencies?; Israeli “accountability” in Gaza; Sebastião Salgado tribute. Plus: Gaza flotilla; High Seas Treaty; Pope Leo XIV; Israel pounds Iran; 2-state solution conference delayed; Mike Waltz nomination. Follow us on Blue …
- Arthur Bassas
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The United Nations General Assembly will vote soon on a draft resolution that calls on countries to take steps to force Israel to comply with international law and the UN Charter in its war on Hamas. The text also calls …
- Damilola Banjo
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Send us your tips: passblue1@gmail.com This Week @UN: Popular/unpopular UN reform ideas; Guyana loves this Afro-Caribbean alliance; remodeling UN development; Saudi-French push for 2-state solution (video). Plus: Yemen; Sudan; Gaza; killed UN staff; US bans. Stay abreast on Blue Sky, …
- Arthur Bassas
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Recent assaults by the Trump administration and other United Nations member states on multilateralism in general and development assistance in particular have attracted attention, but fault lines were apparent from the start. Sir John Boyd Orr, the Nobel laureate elected …
Some good news: The winners of the 2025 UN Nelson Mandela Prize are Brenda Reynolds, a social worker of Saulteaux heritage supporting the Indigenous communities in Canada; and Kennedy Odede, founder of Shining Hope for Communities, a Kenyan group working …
- Arthur Bassas
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