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- Arthur Bassas
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Welcome to This Week @UN: A top humanitarian’s goodbye to Gaza; Serbia’s hushing a genocide commemoration; the Pact for the Future. Plus: Sudan; Libya; Afghanistan; Iran; Palestine. Follow us on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. You are reading PassBlue …
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- Arthur Bassas
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This Week @UN: Pro-Gaza Egyptian activists; Congo’s “miracle doctor.” Plus: Saving Palestine’s statehood quest; Colombia; US-led Gaza pier; Ecuador/Mexico problemas. Follow us on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. • PassBlue’s top story of the week and month: “Which Woman …
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- Ilgin Yorulmaz
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For nearly 26 years, Dr. Denis Mukwege, a politically outspoken gynecologist from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been running a renowned hospital in a turbulent war zone over mineral resources in the country’s east to heal thousands of …
- Categories: Africa, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping, Women
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- Arthur Bassas
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Welcome to This Week @UN: A woman SG?; Rafah; Gambian victims; Malta’s ICC push on Palestine; more US bombs to Israel. Plus: World Central Kitchen; AI in warfare; Myanmar; earthquake!! Follow us on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn • …
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- Dawn Clancy
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RAFAH, Egypt — Like a little boy heading home from a carnival, a child with shaggy black hair, carrying a bobbing blue balloon, walked alone on Saturday through the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing into Gaza. Whether he …
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- Arthur Bassas
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Welcome to This Week @UN: Japan’s no-nukes effort; Palestine statehood; Haiti’s survival; UNRWA cash. Plus: Famine in Gaza; forced labor; AI; a “shitshow.” Follow us on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. We are pausing the weekly summary on March …
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- Damilola Banjo
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The United Nations Security Council endorsed an international police mission last fall to try to regain control of Haiti from the powerful armed gangs dominating parts of the country. Yet violence is now convulsing more regions of Haiti as the …
- Categories: Caribbean, Governance, Human Rights, Latin America, Security Council
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- Arthur Bassas
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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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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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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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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