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Mass Rapes in Tigray; Burma Sinks Further; Climate, Climate, Climate

The Joe Biden climate-fest; rape as a weapon of war in Tigray; Burma slides further downhill. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting …

Lebanon’s Crisis on Top of a Crisis: Our Latest Podcast Episode

The devastating series of explosions that rocked Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, on Aug. 4, killed nearly 200 people, injured thousands of others, destroyed most of the city’s port, flattened surrounding neighborhoods, damaged six hospitals and more than 20 health …

Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, in the Security Council chamber, Oct. 18, 2018.

Now That She’s Gone: Nikki Haley’s Legacy at the UN

After two years as the American ambassador at the United Nations, Nikki Haley left the job in December 2018 as much an enigma as the day she arrived. Haley, a career politician, came to the UN with little foreign policy …

As Moon Meets Kim, Who Will Eventually Claim Credit for a Korean Peace Deal?

Two important global events that are about to happen may sound alluring to some Americans: first, the United States government may jettison or significantly alter the nuclear deal with Iran; and Chairman Kim Jong Un of North Korea will begin …

António Guterres, the UN secretary-general

Guterres’s Grand Plan to Remake the UN’s Peace and Security ‘Pillar’

Considerable restructuring of the peacekeeping, political affairs and peace-building departments of the United Nations is being proposed by Secretary-General António Guterres as he continues to embark on reforming the world body, which contends with increasingly complex crises and conflicts each …

The UN Formalizes Its Partnership With Sant’Egidio, the Rome-Based Mediator

The United Nations has formalized its relationship with the Community of Sant’Egidio, the highly regarded Catholic membership organization based in Rome that has been focusing on conflict prevention and resolution, primarily in Africa, for 30 years. A community of 60,000 …

Russia and US Clash on Syria in the UN Security Council, Once Again

Russia called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Friday, a day after the United States launched a missile attack in Syria. But Russia’s deputy ambassador to the UN, Vladimir Safronkov, faced a tough response from …

A UN Resolution Is Being Readied for Boko Haram Fight

Chad is not only leading the regional military assault on the Boko Haram terrorist group but it is also said to be leading the drafting of a United Nations Security Council resolution to authorize the multinational task force in West …

Gerard Araud of the Security Council

As UN Monitoring Mission Dies in Syria, a New Envoy Is Named

The United Nations Security Council will not renew the mandate for the monitoring mission it set up in Syria this spring to supervise a peace plan that never materialized. The mandate for the UN Supervision Mission, called Unsmis, expires Aug. …

Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, new head of public information at the UN

Ban Ki-moon’s New Team Earning Positive Reviews

When leaders of the world start descending on the United Nations in September for the opening of a new General Assembly session, there will two new internationally well-known figures in prominent positions at the top of the organization. In July, …

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A Possible Replacement for UN Political Affairs Chief

Jeffrey Feltman, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs at the US State Department, is said to be replacing B. Lynn Pascoe, the United Nations’ under secretary-general for political affairs, who has served for five years. The announcement has …

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