Covid-19
- Stéphanie Fillion  and Kacie Candela
- • May 18, 2020
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Dr. Jillann Farmer managed her share of crises as the United Nations medical director since 2012, including the Ebola outbreak in 2014 in West Africa and the Syrian chemical attacks that occurred soon after that epidemic. In February, Dr….
- Categories: Covid-19, Health and Population
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- Irwin Arieff
- • May 15, 2020
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A year ago, Kelly Craft was serving as Washington’s frequently absent ambassador to Canada, soon to be en route to the United Nations. Her spouse, the coal baron Joseph Craft III, was knee-deep in a Trump administration assault on…
- Categories: Covid-19, Security Council, US-UN Relations
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- Maurizio Guerrero
- • May 14, 2020
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Long before Covid-19, Latin American women suffered from a pandemic of violence. Now, amid lockdowns, domestic abuse is rising. As the region battles both the virus and domestic abuse, women’s advocates see a glimmer of hope in innovative protective…
- Categories: Covid-19, Gender Violence
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- Jaime Sapag Muñoz de la Peña
- • May 13, 2020
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SANTIAGO, Chile — I live here in the capital, in the south of the world, with the Pacific Ocean on the west and the Andes due east. Chile is a country that is recognized for its wonderful, diverse nature…
- Categories: Covid-19, Latin America
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • May 12, 2020
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“Are you a senior medical executive with expertise in healthcare management with oversight of clinical services and occupational health at a facility, state, national or international level? The United Nations Secretariat is seeking a Medical Director at the D-2…
- Categories: Covid-19, Secretary-General
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- Barbara Crossette
- • May 11, 2020
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Far from United Nations headquarters in New York and its offices in other cities around the world, many thousands of UN staff members are adjusting to new, more disturbing and dangerous realities in the era of Covid-19. Daily life…
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- Dali ten Hove
- • May 10, 2020
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After six weeks of negotiations, the United States shot down hopes for a resolution to be approved in the United Nations Security Council on May 8, refusing to back worldwide cease-fires as the US continues to castigate China and…
- Categories: Covid-19, Security Council, US-UN Relations
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- Juliana Nnoko-Mewanu
- • May 8, 2020
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For households around the world, soon it will be the time of the month to start thinking about next month’s rent, mortgage or housing loan payments. Billions of people have been directly or indirectly affected by Covid-19. This unprecedented…
- Categories: Covid-19
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- Peter McCarey
- • May 7, 2020
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GENEVA —Â If your idea of normal is Glasgow or New York City, you might think, Geneva is in lockdown? How can they tell? In our building, a row of nine townhouses, it’s been sweet. Here’s an odd stat: three…
- Categories: Covid-19
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- Stephen Schlesinger
- • May 6, 2020
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This fall, the United Nations will celebrate its 75th anniversary. This is a notable occasion. Most global security bodies have had short shelf lives. But the UN has shown an extraordinary durability — a tribute to how this body…
- Categories: Child Soldiers, Covid-19, Secretary-General, Security Council, US-UN Relations
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- Susan Manuel
- • May 5, 2020
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Covid-19 has forced educators from preschools to universities to create digital classrooms overnight. But at least one global community has been using e-learning for more than a decade. Tens of thousands of United Nations peacekeepers from Chile to Bangladesh…
- Categories: Covid-19, UN Peacekeeping
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • May 4, 2020
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CHICOUTIMI, Canada — The Canadian ambassador to the United Nations, Marc-André Blanchard, told a Canadian newspaper in March “now is not the time to campaign for a Security Council seat,” as world diplomacy is being disrupted by the coronavirus…
- Categories: Covid-19, General Assembly, Security Council
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- Sam Mattar
- • May 2, 2020
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BEIRUT — In these dire times of the Covid-19 crisis, I am quarantined at home in the hills overlooking Beirut and the Mediterranean. I take comfort in the prospects of clear, clean skies, no longer tainted by the brown…
- Categories: Covid-19, Health and Population
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- Irwin Arieff
- • May 1, 2020
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Just how crazy is Donald Trump’s campaign to punish the World Health Organization over its apparent “China-centric” bias in the midst of a deadly pandemic? Let us count the ways. At the top of the list: It may contribute…
- Categories: Covid-19, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- George G. Irving and Sugiyama Iutaka
- • April 28, 2020
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In the middle of the coronavirus epidemic, the United Nations spokesperson announced that Sudhir Rajkumar resigned from his job as representative of the secretary-general for investment of the assets of the UN Joint Staff Pension Fund, effective March 31, 2020….
- Categories: Covid-19, UN Pension Fund
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