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This Week @UN: IOM’s controversial hire; Gaza aid profiteer wants a UN meet-up; Trump’s Human Rights Council problem. Plus: Gaza’s deepening death spiral; US drops UNESCO; water & peace in W. Africa; Pacific Islanders’ victory; malaria-free Timor-Leste; France’s breakthrough on …
For the past 75 years, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees has been “the custodian of Palestine refugee rights,” a protector of their lives and a source of their livelihoods. It is now facing possible demise. …
As the United States threatens to end its financial contributions to the United Nations amid a major liquidity crisis at the organization generated by US arrears and late-dues payments by other major countries, Secretary-General António Guterres and his team are …
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, …
The good news: Memorial Day weekend is here, the advent of summer (and muggy NYC)! The UN is closed on Monday. We welcome your news tips: info@passblue.com This Week @UN: UN reform survey; UN’s (English) relief chief; Argentina targets Indigenous …
In September, world leaders will gather in New York for the United Nations’ Summit of the Future, an event intended to revive a multilateral system built for a different era. While similar efforts are taking place in other international forums, …
The zero draft of the Pact for the Future — the agreement to seal September’s much-anticipated Summit of the Future — was introduced recently by the co-facilitators, Namibia and Germany, to fellow members at the United Nations. The draft is …
Parachuting into the frenzy of Manhattan’s East Side last week exposed the usual traffic snarls and not-so diplomatic cacophony about the United Nations. The noise included hackneyed pleas to alter the Security Council, often mixed with calls to draft a …
This week, the UN secretary-general castigates Russia for its murderous attacks on children in Ukraine; and countries move to save marine biodiversity in a new treaty. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. …
It is a cliché, but true, to say the United Nations is needed more — and under more duress — than ever. Overstretched and constrained, it has struggled to keep up with the scale and challenges facing humanity, from the …
This week, we focus on the rising humanitarian crises in the world as the situation in Türkiye and Syria deepens. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN …
The one fact that all countries at the United Nations agree on is that Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States cherish their veto right in the Security Council. Yet recent debates to shake up the calcified status quo …
Everyone talks about reforming the United Nations Security Council but change remains elusive after decades of debates. This past year, the voices for expanding the Council became louder, yet few can agree on how to do it. And they were …
