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- Arthur Bassas
- • March 15, 2024
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Welcome to This Week @UN: Japan outs the Security Council; UN experts’ “false promises” on prostitution; UNRWA funding. Plus: Haiti; Sudan; Yemen; Mediterranean shipwreck. Follow us on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Our top story this week: UN Rights Experts …
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- Jessica Le Masurier and Fatma Khaled
- • March 1, 2024
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At dawn on Thursday morning in Gaza City, photographer Mohammed Hajjar got word that trucks carrying food had finally made it into the capital of the besieged Palestinian enclave. At 4 A.M., he went with his brother to the neighboring …
- Categories: Humanitarian Aid, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Security Council
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- Damilola Banjo
- • February 28, 2024
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Sigrid Kaag, a Dutch diplomat and former politician appointed in December by the United Nations as senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza, has been meeting leaders since she began her job in January. She has gone to various points …
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- Opinion by Ian Martin
- • February 26, 2024
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As the United Nations approaches its Summit of the Future in September, the anger of under-represented regions is compelling stronger statements of commitment to reforming the Security Council. Secretary-General António Guterres warns that “the alternative to reform is further fragmentation …
- Categories: OPINIONS, Security Council
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- Arthur Bassas
- • February 23, 2024
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Welcome to This Week @UN: Savoring the UN Charter; aid cuts harm women; prosecuting Putin. Plus: Russia-Ukraine war; US veto; Gaza; South Sudan; Houthis Follow us on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn Our top story this week: Aid Cuts Are …
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- Arthur Bassas
- • January 26, 2024
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Welcome to This Week @UN: Azerbaijan to lead COP29; Gaza’s garbage pileup; US envoy loves Liberia. Plus: UN Security Council meeting on ICJ ruling; Yemen, Haiti, Gaza. Follow us on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Our most-read story of …
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- Clair MacDougall
- • January 24, 2024
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MONROVIA, Liberia — Linda Thomas-Greenfield, ambassador to the United Nations, led the United States delegation to the inauguration of Joseph Nyumah Boakai, the newly elected president of Liberia. The West African nation remains one of the US’ few remaining democratic …
- Categories: Africa, General Assembly, Security Council
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- Opinion by Jusaima Moaid-azm Peregrina
- • January 22, 2024
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The Syrian conflict, now nearing its 13th year, has left the country in ruins. Despite waning international attention, it stands as the largest displacement crisis globally, with over 12 million Syrians that have been forcibly displaced throughout the region. The …
- Categories: Middle East, OPINIONS, Security Council
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- Arthur Bassas
- • January 12, 2024
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Welcome to This Week @UN: Remember Nikki Haley?; Summit of the Future; South Africa’s genocide case; interviewing the General Assembly president. Plus: Somalia, Cabo Verde, Yemen and Gaza. Follow us on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn • As a nonprofit media site, PassBlue relies on …
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- Arthur Bassas
- • January 5, 2024
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Happy New Year!! Welcome back to This Week @UN: Five newbies in the Security Council (good luck); France on Gaza; a woman global influencer; a debt-relief plan for burdened countries. Plus: Cyprus and Sudan. Follow us on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn • Thank you …
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- Damilola Banjo
- • January 2, 2024
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The two-state solution is inevitable to end the war between Israel and Palestine, France says. Nicolas de Rivière, France’s ambassador to the United Nations, told PassBlue that the last two decades should have been used to implement the peace process …
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- Arthur Bassas
- • December 22, 2023
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Welcome to This Week @UN: Afghan women are dying en route to the hospital or in it. Why invoke Article 99 of the UN Charter? The UN relief agency is not the problem in Gaza. Plus: The Congo and Sudan. Follow …
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- Anastasiia Carrier
- • December 19, 2023
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In the Taliban’s Afghanistan, it’s not uncommon for three women to share a hospital bed. Nor is it rare for premature babies to share incubators. This occurs in the most developed city, the capital of Kabul, and all over the …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Health and Population, Human Rights, Security Council, Women
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- Opinion by Moncef Khane
- • December 18, 2023
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On Day 60 of Israel’s offensive on Gaza, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres took a rare initiative — invoking Article 99 of the UN Charter “to bring to the attention of the Security Council a matter, which in my opinion, …
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- Arthur Bassas
- • December 15, 2023
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Welcome to This Week @UN: The endless hell in Gaza; the first woman specialist on torture; UN gossip; Ukraine seeks friends in the Mideast and Africa. Plus: Mali, Myanmar, Guyana/Venezuela and the word “genocide.” Follow us on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Please let us know …
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