Mona Ali Khalil
Mona Ali Khalil is an internationally recognized public international lawyer with 25 years of UN and other experience, including as a former senior legal officer in the UN and in the IAEA, with expertise in peacekeeping, peace enforcement, disarmament and counterterrorism. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. in international relations from Harvard University and a master's in foreign service and a J.D. from Georgetown University. She is an affiliate of the Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict. She is the founder and director of MAK LAW INTERNATIONAL, an advisory and strategic consulting service assisting governments and intergovernmental organizations in the service of "We the Peoples."
- Opinion by Mona Ali Khalil
- • March 7, 2024
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasts that he single-handedly blocked a Palestinian State from becoming a reality even though it is recognized by more than 130 countries and enjoys the status of an Observer State in the United Nations. In his 16 years …
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- Opinion by Mona Ali Khalil
- • February 15, 2024
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The catastrophe in Rafah has begun. In the 131 terrible days since the horrible Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, we have watched 1.8 million Palestinian civilians pushed from the north of Gaza to the south and even further south …
- Categories: Israeli-Palestinian conflict, OPINIONS
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- Opinion by Mona Ali Khalil
- • January 27, 2024
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In a speech on Dec. 4, 1997, commemorating the International Day of Solidarity With the Palestinian People, Nelson Mandela celebrated the end of apartheid in South Africa and assured his audience that he and his fellow South Africans “know too …
- Categories: International Justice, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East, OPINIONS
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- Opinion by Mona Ali Khalil
- • March 13, 2023
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China launched its 12-point position paper to end the war in Ukraine on the first anniversary of Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine. Some, including the United States, the European Union and NATO have dismissed what they call China’s peace plan …
- Categories: OPINIONS, Peace and Security, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Opinion by Mona Ali Khalil
- • May 29, 2022
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- Categories: General Assembly, OPINIONS, Peace and Security, Security Council
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- Mona Ali Khalil
- • January 14, 2021
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The world watched on Jan. 6, 2021, as thousands of the most extreme supporters of President Donald Trump marched on the United States Capitol after hearing his rallying cry to “fight” and “take back” the country. Inside the Capitol, Vice …
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- Opinion by Mona Ali Khalil
- • December 21, 2020
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President Trump’s attacks on the rule of law in his four years in office have ranged from blatant disregard to outright breach of everything from well-established ethical values to universally accepted international norms, from United States laws and regulations to …
- Categories: OPINIONS, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Opinion by Mona Ali Khalil
- • October 22, 2020
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By all accounts, 2020 has been a terrible year so far — but is it worse than 1920? In 1920, World War I, which killed 16 million people, had just ended. The two-year influenza pandemic that followed killed 50 million …
- Categories: General Assembly, Health and Population, OPINIONS, Secretary-General, Security Council
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- Mona Ali Khalil
- • June 9, 2020
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As the world knows, George Floyd, a black man suspected of passing a counterfeit $20 bill at a store in Minneapolis, Minn., was killed on May 25 by Derek Chauvin, a white police officer. Chauvin had pressed his knee into …
- Categories: Covid-19, Human Rights, Secretary-General
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- Mona Ali Khalil and Fred Carver
- • April 21, 2020
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The United Nations is turning 75 this year. While the UN has so far successfully averted a third world war, the aggressions in Iraq, Ukraine and Syria remind us that interstate conflicts remain a real and present danger. The Security …
- Categories: Covid-19, Secretary-General, Security Council, UN75
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- Mona Ali Khalil
- • April 9, 2020
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VIENNA — Since moving to Austria in 2018, I have enjoyed the comparably high standard of living and relatively low cost of living that the city offers. As a foreigner, I feel at home in this beautiful city, which is …
- Categories: Covid-19, General Assembly, Health and Population, Security Council
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- Mona Ali Khalil
- • March 24, 2020
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Although much of the world is closing temporarily due to the rapid spread of Covid-19, the United Nations Security Council must stay open — meeting physically if possible and virtually if not — in order to fulfill its Charter responsibilities …
- Categories: Covid-19, Health and Population, Security Council
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- Opinion by Mona Ali Khalil
- • October 15, 2019
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Niemat Ahmadi, the founder and director of the Darfur Women Action Group, has a plan for the new Sudan. The Strategic Framework for Sustainable Change was presented to the country’s prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, during his participation in the opening …
- Categories: Africa, OPINIONS, Peace and Security
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- Opinion by Mona Ali Khalil
- • June 9, 2019
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The people of Sudan finally ousted President Omar al-Bashir from power, on April 11, 2019. The people of Sudan must now transfer al-Bashir to The Hague to stand trial in the International Criminal Court, which, more than 10 years ago, …
- Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, OPINIONS
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- Opinion by Mona Ali Khalil
- • November 30, 2018
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The recent attack by a militia on the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in which seven peacekeepers were killed, highlighted a question that the Security Council has hesitated to confront for years. What are the consequences when UN peacekeeping missions become …
- Categories: Africa, OPINIONS, UN Peacekeeping
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