Ben Donaldson
Ben Donaldson is Head of Campaigns at the United Nations Association-UK, where he coordinates the charity's UN reform efforts. In 2013, he co-launched the 1 for 7 Billion campaign, an international initiative widely credited with revolutionizing how the UN selects its secretary-general. Twitter: @benaldson
- Ben Donaldson and Enyseh Teimory
- • July 19, 2022
LONDON — A new United Nations high commissioner for human rights needs to be found, appointed by the General Assembly and be ready to begin work on Sept. 1. Anyone who meets the criteria set out in the UN’s…
- Categories: General Assembly, Human Rights, Secretary-General, WORLDVIEWS
- Ben Donaldson
- • April 26, 2022
A major effort to reform the use of the veto in the United Nations Security Council came to fruition in a rare move on April 26, when the General Assembly adopted a resolution by consensus to raise the political…
- Categories: General Assembly, WORLDVIEWS
- Ben Donaldson
- • November 29, 2020
LONDON — This time five years ago, Mogens Lykketoft, the president of the United Nations General Assembly, was working with members of the Security Council to create the first open process to appoint the next secretary-general, after the adoption…
- Categories: General Assembly, Secretary-General, WORLDVIEWS
- Ben Donaldson
- • May 25, 2018
If United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo follows through with his threat to impose “the strongest sanctions in history” on Iran, the United States should be prepared for Iran to retaliate by withdrawing from the Treaty on the…
- Categories: Nuclear Disarmament, US Foreign Relations, WORLDVIEWS