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The Security Council adopts Resolution 2799

From Gaza to Syria, US Makes New Moves in the UN Security Council

The United States draft text on delisting Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Interior Minister Anas Hasan Khattab from the United Nations’ ISIL (Daesh)/Al Qaeda sanctions list was adopted by the Security Council with 14 votes in favor and one abstention. …

President Ahmed al-Sharaa of Syria in the Peoples Palace Damascus

US Pushes to Lift UN Sanctions Against Syria’s Leader ASAP

The United States is working overtime to ensure the approval of a proposed United Nations Security Council resolution to delist Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and another Syrian national from the UN’s counterterrorism sanctions against the ISIL-Al Qaeda roster before al-Sharaa’s …

How US-UAE Ties Weaken Washington’s Voice on Sudan

United States President Trump may want to see a ceasefire in Sudan, but Washington’s close ties with the United Arab Emirates are keeping the administration from being more assertive in trying to stop the fighting between the Rapid Support Forces …

US Wants UN Salaries Cut, but D.C. Is Singing to the Wrong Choir

United States President Trump has made it abundantly clear that the United Nations needs to shrink and to spend less. Washington is now suggesting that cuts in salaries of personnel be made across the international organization. American diplomats at the …

UN Security Council Approves a Military Force to Fight Gangs in Haiti

  A Gang Suppression Force to be installed in Haiti was approved by the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday through a resolution that transitions the Multinational Security Support (MSS) police mission into an offensive militarized force for an initial …

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Asks the UN Relief Chief to Meet About Collaborating

The United Nations has confirmed that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has asked to meet with its top humanitarian official at headquarters in New York City, as the controversial, privatized aid group pushes hard on the UN to collaborate with …

Michele Sison, US ambassador to Haiti

IOM Makes a High-Level Hire as Thousands in the Agency Lose Jobs

In February, amid an anxious mood at the International Organization for Migration headquarters in Geneva, staff members received two major announcements in their emails: one, about 3,000 employees were about to get laid off in agencywide job cuts; and two, …

Mike Waltz in a Senate committee hearing on July 15 2025

Mike Waltz Wants US Aid Tied to Voting Loyalty in UN

Mike Waltz, the former United States national security adviser and now the nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, pledged to lead a review of Washington’s financial contributions to the UN to ensure they align with America’s national interests, carrying …

A Nigerian police officer demonstrating a manual search drill to locate explosive ordnance

The UN Program That the US Likes

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 …

How US Travel Bans Will Undermine UN Diplomacy: An Explainer

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’ …

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