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Welcome back to This Week @ UN! Beryl wrecks Grenada; Slovenia’s Security Council rescue; peace in Israel and Palestine? Plus: polio vaccinations in Gaza; global unemployment; femicide; West Bank. Follow us on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. • Our …
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CARRIACOU, Grenada — On July 1, Beryl smacked into Carriacou, a tiny island of Grenada, as a high-end Category 4 storm. It jumped to Category 5 — the top tier for a hurricane — when it intensified rapidly back in …
- Categories: Caribbean, Climate Change, Small States
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The number of internally displaced children in Haiti has increased by an estimated 60 per cent since March – the equivalent of one child every minute – as a result of ongoing violence caused by armed groups. Carlencia, 15 years …
- Categories: Caribbean, Child Soldiers, Migration, Security Council, Terrorism
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Happy July 5th! Welcome to This Week @UN: WFP corruption?; Russia on Gaza and DPRK. Plus: More Gaza, Hurricane Beryl. Follow us on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn Our #1 story this week: World Food Program’s Boss in Southern …
- Categories: Caribbean, Climate Change, Humanitarian Aid, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, This Week @UN
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Welcome to This Week @UN: Palestine’s triumph; UN’s political lapse in Gaza; Summit of the Future; more genocide in Gaza? Plus: The Caribbean; Guatemala; Sudan; UNRWA. • Today, the General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to enhance the status of Palestine in …
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It’s no secret that gang violence and political instability are threatening the last vestiges of normalcy in many parts of Haiti and feeding a security and humanitarian crisis. Now, Finance Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert, sworn in on April 25 as …
- Categories: Caribbean, Gender Violence, Governance, Human Rights
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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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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 …
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Welcome to This Week @UN: Unrwa allegations; the new Pact for the Future. Plus: Senegal; Haiti; Gaza; FGM. Follow us on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Our thanks to everyone who has donated to PassBlue, a nonprofit media site, …
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In September 2023, as global warming and the concerns of small states increasingly populate debates at the United Nations, Dennis Francis became the third president of the General Assembly from the Caribbean. We talked to Francis in December, a quarter …
- Categories: Caribbean, Climate Change, General Assembly, Small States
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A high court in Kenya has temporarily blocked the United Nations Security Council-backed Multinational Security Support mission from going to Haiti. “That a conservatory order is hereby issued restraining the respondents from deploying police officers to Haiti or any other …
- Categories: Africa, Caribbean, Gender Violence, Human Rights, Secretary-General, Security Council, US-UN Relations
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Welcome to This Week @UN, where we summarize the most important news coming out of the organization. This week, world leaders descended on New York City for the opening debate of the 78th session of the General Assembly. It attracted …
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Caribbean, General Assembly, Latin America, SDGs, Ukraine-Russia War, UNGA78
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This week, we focus on Britain’s assuming the presidency of the Security Council in July, while taking a closer look at the UN’s reaction to the increasingly alarming situation in Haiti. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most …
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After weeks of negotiations and delayed voting, the United Nations Security Council overwhelmingly agreed to sanction Jimmy Cherizier and other gang leaders accused of raping and terrorizing Haitian people. The sanctions were approved on Oct. 21 in a resolution led …
- Categories: Caribbean, Gender Violence, Secretary-General, Security Council
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- Categories: Caribbean, Gender Violence, Latin America, Migration, Women
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