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This Week @UN: The world still needs the UN; Iraq’s first feminist party; South Korea’s US-China dilemma; our tough UN quiz. Plus: Ukraine/Poland; Qatar; Nepal; Afghan women; Gaza. Please follow us on Blue Sky, Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. …
I have been absent from the United Nations scene since before the pandemic, in 2020, but my interest in the organization has not waned. I still try and keep up with the rapidly changing context in global affairs and the …
Every September for as long as anyone can remember, the United Nations General Assembly turns New York City into an epicenter of diplomacy, advocacy, deal-making, global partying and Midtown traffic jams. The 80th UNGA, as it’s known, opens its annual …
A special session related to the International Criminal Court opened with one minute of silence to honor victims of the crime of aggression and a proposal that could have expanded their legal protection. But after days of rigorous negotiations held …
This Week @UN: Budget cuts hit Human Rights Council; French-Saudi 2-state solution debate: dead or alive?; massive UN housing project failure in Kenya; strategizing UN reform. Plus: Nigeria; Gaza; Israel-Iran; sexual violence in wars; refugees’ big day. Please follow us …
Pending a United States Senate confirmation hearing that some Democrats have promised would be brutal, Mike Waltz, the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, is one leg toward New York City as the American ambassador to the United …
As Greece assumes the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council in May, its permanent representative to the UN, Evangelos Sekeris, told PassBlue that the country’s ambition this month is to be a “bridge builder” in a sharply divided …
When international norms collapse, people die. This isn’t academic theory — it’s the stark reality behind Finland, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia’s recent announcements to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines. “Military threats to NATO member states bordering …
This Week @UN: Gambians’ journey to justice; postwar Gaza with Gazans; France helms the UN Security Council amid global turmoil. Plus: Gaza killing fields; cholera in Haiti; Syria surviving; slashing UNOCHA workforce. Follow us on Blue Sky, Twitter (X), Facebook, …
France leads the United Nations Security Council in April as its relationship with its oldest ally, the United States, feels more fragile than ever. America’s tariffs, Russia’s continuing invasion in Ukraine and even the Gaza war have pitted France and …
Vorzel, a village of about 6,900 people in the city of Bucha, was once a refuge for Ukrainians fleeing Russian occupation in the east in 2014. Hidden by forests of thin-leaf trees and shrubs, Vorzel provided safety — until a …
Vuk Jeremic, a former Serbian foreign minister, is the most prominent public official involved in a new project, DOGE-UN, tackling the “bureaucratic bloat, waste and inefficiencies.” The founder is Hugh Dugan, who was a diplomat at the United States mission …
It may seem like a joke, but in the absurd diplomacy of dealing with President Donald Trump, South Africa’s best move could be to appoint a golf champion as its next ambassador to Washington. Last week, United States Secretary of …
One of the first things Latvian Minister of Justice Inese Libina-Egnere will tell you is that she is a lawyer and not a diplomat. For a journalist interviewing her, that is a sigh of relief. Indeed, in an interview at …
