Asia
- Kourosh Ziabari
- • March 23, 2023
Billed as the first of its kind in a generation, the United Nations is holding a heavily attended water conference in New York City this week, drawing attention to countries’ needs for sustainable water resources and sanitation facilities, especially…
- Categories: Asia, Climate Change, Secretary-General
- Damilola Banjo
- • March 17, 2023
This week, we focus on countries with enduring humanitarian disasters, plus big news from the International Criminal Court on Russia. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from…
- Categories: Asia, Gender Violence, General Assembly, ICC, Myanmar, Secretary-General, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
- Michelle Langrand
- • March 14, 2023
Iran’s crackdown on women’s rights protests that erupted in September, and the Taliban recently banning women from working in nongovernmental organizations or from attending university have served as a reminder of how fast women’s rights are sliding back in…
- Categories: Asia, Human Rights, Women
- Habiba Sarabi
- • March 7, 2023
Today is International Women’s Day, a celebration of the achievements of women. It is also another day of Afghan women and girls living under Taliban rule, fearful of which freedoms will be stripped from them next. For decades, women’s…
- Categories: Asia, Gender Violence, Human Rights, WORLDVIEWS
- Dawn Clancy
- • February 21, 2023
A grass-roots coalition of Syrian families and advocacy groups has been lobbying United Nations member states and Secretary-General António Guterres to create an international system to help families across Syria learn the status of their missing relatives who have…
- Categories: Asia, General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council, US-UN Relations
- Damilola Banjo
- • January 27, 2023
This week, we focus on the worsening violence in Haiti and a major firing of a UN official for corruption. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from…
- Damilola Banjo  and Kelechukwu Ogu
- • January 24, 2023
Ambassador Kimihiro Ishikane of Japan says his country’s new defense strategy of increasing its military might reflects the need to change the security architecture based on the current environment in East Asia. Yet Ishikane, who spoke to PassBlue on…
- Categories: Asia, Disarmament, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War, US-UN Relations
- Damilola Banjo
- • January 13, 2023
First, happy new year to all our readers! This is the first summary for 2023, and we are excited to bring you all the bits and intrigues from inside the United Nations. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing…
- Damilola Banjo
- • January 11, 2023
Kimihiro Ishikane, Japan’s permanent representative to the United Nations, expressed frustration with the Security Council’s lack of consensus on North Korea’s unabating missile tests. Ishikane is the monthly rotating president of the Council in January, and he conveyed his…
- Categories: Asia, Security Council Presidency, Ukraine-Russia War
- Damilola Banjo
- • January 10, 2023
LAGOS — The International Crisis Group has listed the jihadist violence in the Sahel region in West Africa as one of the 10 violent flash points to watch in 2023. The conflict area covers Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War
- Damilola Banjo
- • December 9, 2022
This week, the Taliban carried out their first execution, letting a man shoot the person who allegedly murdered his son. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Secretary-General, Security Council, Terrorism, This Week @UN, US Foreign Relations
- Damilola Banjo
- • December 6, 2022
Ruchira Kamboj, India’s ambassador to the United Nations, said the Security Council could no longer afford to delay being more reflective of the diversity of the UN “wider membership” if it wants to remain relevant. The South Asian country…
- Categories: Asia, Climate Change, Peace and Security, Security Council Presidency, Terrorism
- Kourosh Ziabari
- • December 1, 2022
The United States wants Iran kicked off the United Nations body mandated since 1946 to empower women and promote gender equality. Through a request to hold a vote in the UN’s Economic and Social Council on Dec. 14, the…
- Categories: Asia, Gender Violence, Human Rights, US-UN Relations, Women
- Kourosh Ziabari
- • November 22, 2022
Leaders of major democracies are intensifying their denunciations of the Iranian government for its continued brutal crackdown on the protests in the country, which are moving into their third month as Iran has issued four death sentences so far…
- Categories: Asia, General Assembly, Human Rights, Middle East, Security Council
- Damilola Banjo
- • November 11, 2022
This week, world leaders are gathering in Egypt to renew their commitments to sustainable climate conditions. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Climate Change, Gender Violence, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
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