General Assembly

Robbed of Their Island in the Indian Ocean, Chagossians Linger in a Pandemic-Shadowed Limbo

May 21, 2020

Exactly one year ago, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution calling on Britain to return the Chagos Archipelago, a cluster of islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, an island-nation off the southeast coast of Africa. The resolution endorsed an International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion that had been …

Africa, Covid-19, General Assembly, US Foreign Relations

António Guterres, British Indian Ocean Territory, Chagos Archipelago, Chagos Refugee Group, Covid_19, David Vine, Diego Garcia military base, International Court of Justice, Jagdish Dharamchand Koonjul, Karen Pierce, Mauritius, UN General Assembly, UN Security Council

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COVID-19

Canada, Ireland and Norway Wrap Up Their Campaigns for Security Council Seats as New Voting Methods Are Proposed

May 4, 2020

by Stéphanie Fillion

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 and the United Nations headquarters remains physically closed for now. But the reality is there …

Covid-19, General Assembly, Security Council

Canada mission to the UN, Covid_19, Erna Solberg, Geraldine Byrne Nason, Ireland mission to the UN, Justin Trudeau, Marc-André Blanchard, Meena Syed, Mona Juul, Norway mission to the UN, Security Council elections, Tijjani Muhammad Bande, UN General Assembly, UN Security Council

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COVID-19

Living Through the Pandemic in the World’s Most Livable City

April 9, 2020

by Mona Ali Khalil

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 also home to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the International Atomic …

Covid-19, General Assembly, Health and Population, Security Council

Austria and Covid_19, Covid_19, IAEA, OPEC, OSCE, UN General Assembly, UN Security Council, UNODC, Vienna and Covid_19

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COVID-19

The Security Council Goes Silent as the Secretary-General Opens Up

March 27, 2020

by Stéphanie Fillion and Kacie Candela

For the coronavirus outbreak, UN-Scripted, our podcast series, is ramping up its coverage by offering a bonus episode this week. This time, we look at how the United Nations Security Council is slowly restarting its program of work but offering few details on its operations to the media and all the countries that don’t …

Covid-19, General Assembly, Health and Population, Secretary-General, Security Council

António Guterres, Coronavirus, Covid_19, Donald Trump, Mari Skare, Tijjani Muhammad Bande, UN General Assembly, UN Security Council

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COVID-19

The UN’s War Plan Against the Coronavirus as It Attacks the Globe

March 26, 2020

by Dulcie Leimbach and Stéphanie Fillion

The coronavirus officially hit the United Nations at its New York City headquarters on March 12, when the first reported case was announced by the Philippines mission to the UN that one of its diplomats had Covid-19 and was recovering. Twenty-four hours later, the UN announced that its personnel in New York — with …

Covid-19, General Assembly, Humanitarian Aid, Secretary-General, Security Council

António Guterres, Covid-19 and UN, Russian mission to the UN, SDGs, UN General Assembly, UN Security Council, US mission to the UN, US-UN relations

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COVID-19

A UN Diplomat From the Philippines Has the Coronavirus as It Hits New York

March 12, 2020

by Dulcie Leimbach

As the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus keeps rising in New York City this week, the United Nations remains open for business for diplomats and for staff members who are not telecommuting, while tourists were banned as of March 10. Yet as of early evening on March 12, it was revealed by …

Covid-19, General Assembly, Health and Population

Coronavirus, Covid-19 and UN, Donald Trump, Mayor de Blasio, Tijjani Muhammad Bande, UN General Assembly, UN Peacekeeping, UN Security Council

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The Cold War Returns as Russia and Iran Disrupt UN Work to Protest Visa Denials by the US

October 18, 2019

by Stéphanie Fillion

Russia and Iran are disrupting the new cycle of United Nations committees’ work to pressure the United States to stop denying visas to their diplomats from attending the meetings in New York. While Russia often brings up visa issues to try to hold up work at the UN, such actions are no déjà vu …

General Assembly, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

António Guterres, UN Disarmament Committee, UN General Assembly, UN General Assembly committees, UN Headquarters Agreement, UN Host Country Agreement, US visa denials to Iran, US visa denials to Russia, US-UN relations

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Pakistan to India: ‘There Will Be Bloodshed’

September 27, 2019

by Barbara Crossette

War clouds hovered again when the leaders of India and Pakistan, the South Asian adversaries that have failed over decades to end their perilous standoff over Kashmir, spoke on the same day at the United Nations, Sept. 27. India has been holding its Kashmiri Muslim population in a near-total communications lockdown since Aug. 5, …

General Assembly

Imran Khan, Kashmir, Narendra Modi, UN General Assembly, UNGA2019

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The Oscars of International Politics: A #UNGA74 Recap

September 26, 2019

by Stéphanie Fillion and Kacie Candela

This year’s opening session of the United Nations General Assembly stood out for revealing the stark divide now defining international relations: the split between globalists and patriots. On this week’s UN-Scripted podcast, PassBlue reporters Kacie Candela and Stéphanie Fillion look at the similarities in speeches at the high-level debates, between Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro …

General Assembly

António Guterres, Boris Johnson, Climate Action Summit, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, gender equality, Jair Bolsonaro, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, UN General Assembly, UNGA2019, UNGA74, US-UN relations, women's rights

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TOPIC: WOMEN

Women Sighted at #UNGA. Plus: Iran’s Warnings to the US and Russians Denied Visas

September 25, 2019

by Laura E. Kirkpatrick

How women’s issues could be more prominent at the United Nations General Assembly’s annual opening session remains an enigma. The topics of women’s rights and gender equality pop up in speeches by world leaders, including those by women, but their remarks just don’t stand out — especially this year. “As the UN rightly tries …

General Assembly, Women

gender equality, gender inequality, UN Climate Action Summit, UN General Assembly, UNGA2019, women's rights

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O, Canada, Where Are You at the #UNGA?

September 25, 2019

by Stéphanie Fillion

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a point of bringing Canada back to the international stage at the United Nations to win a coveted nonpermanent seat on the Security Council for the 2021-22 term. But amid Trudeau’s re-election campaign and an international scandal around his use of blackface, Canada has sent a low-level delegation …

General Assembly, Security Council

Canada at the UN, Justin Trudeau, UNGA2019

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Globalists vs. Patriots at the UN: A ‘Great Fracture’ Revealed

September 24, 2019

by Stéphanie Fillion

After most of the world leaders spent a day teaming up to fight climate change at the Climate Action Summit, the next day strongmen opened the high-level debate of the United Nations General Assembly, showing a growing split between nationalist and globalist leaders. “I fear the possibility of a great fracture,” UN Secretary-General António …

General Assembly, US-UN Relations

António Guterres, Chancellor Merkel, Donald Trump, President Erdogan, UN General Assembly, UNGA74

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Highlights of the UN General Assembly’s Opening Session: A Podcast on What to Expect

September 18, 2019

by Stéphanie Fillion and Kacie Candela

The 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on Tuesday, Sept. 17, which means that the world’s leaders — mainly heads of state and heads of government and their entourages — are heading to New York City for the climate change meeting on Sept. 23; the annual speechmaking, called the general debate, …

General Assembly, US-UN Relations

António Guterres, Donald Trump, gender equality, SDGs, UN General Assembly, UNGA74, women's rights

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WORLDVIEWS

Stalling the UN Report on Dag Hammarskjold’s Death Is Regrettable

September 17, 2019

by Maurin Picard

Fifty-eight years ago, Dag Hammarskjold, the United Nations secretary-general at the time, set off on a perilous journey across the African heartland. Taking off at 4:51 P.M. from Léopoldville, in the capital of the newly independent Congo, he was due to meet the leader of the secessionist Katanga province. The venue chosen was Ndola, …

Africa, General Assembly, Secretary-General, WORLDVIEWS

António Guterres, Dag Hammarskjold, UN General Assembly

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TOPIC: WOMEN

Women Leaders to Watch at the UN’s Big Meet

September 15, 2019

by Laura E. Kirkpatrick

Men will dominate the podium during much of the United Nations General Assembly but, as Abigail Adams urged her husband and other founding fathers of the United States in 1776, “remember the ladies.” This is advice that the UN needs to be reminded of — just as the opening session begins, on Sept. 17. Women …

Climate and Environment, General Assembly, Women

Ana Brnabic, Angela Merkel, Ann Linde, Aung San Suu Kyi, Brigitte Bierlein, Erna Solberg, gender equality, Hilde Heine, Jacinda Ardern, Julie Payette, Katrin Jakobsdottir, Kersti Kaljulaid, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, Maia Sandu, Mary Robinson, Mette Frederiksen, Mia Amor Motley, Paula Mae Weekes, Saara Kuugongelwa, Sahle-Work Zewde, Sheikh Hasina, Tsai Ing Wen, UNGA74, women's rights, Zuzana Caputova

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General Assembly

Robbed of Their Island in the Indian Ocean, Chagossians Linger in a Pandemic-Shadowed Limbo

Canada, Ireland and Norway Wrap Up Their Campaigns for Security Council Seats as New Voting Methods Are Proposed

Living Through the Pandemic in the World’s Most Livable City

The Security Council Goes Silent as the Secretary-General Opens Up

The UN’s War Plan Against the Coronavirus as It Attacks the Globe

A UN Diplomat From the Philippines Has the Coronavirus as It Hits New York

The Cold War Returns as Russia and Iran Disrupt UN Work to Protest Visa Denials by the US

Pakistan to India: ‘There Will Be Bloodshed’

The Oscars of International Politics: A #UNGA74 Recap

Women Sighted at #UNGA. Plus: Iran’s Warnings to the US and Russians Denied Visas

O, Canada, Where Are You at the #UNGA?

Globalists vs. Patriots at the UN: A ‘Great Fracture’ Revealed

Highlights of the UN General Assembly’s Opening Session: A Podcast on What to Expect

Stalling the UN Report on Dag Hammarskjold’s Death Is Regrettable

Women Leaders to Watch at the UN’s Big Meet

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