GOINGS-ON
News on personnel appointments at the UN and related NGOs.
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • February 10, 2020
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Hugh Dugan, a retired United States Foreign Service officer and former US delegate to the United Nations, has been appointed to the US National Security Council as special assistant for international organization affairs, an integral post for government relations…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON, US-UN Relations
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- N'Dongo Athie
- • December 10, 2019
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What:Â The small and colorful United Nations Association gift shop has been located in the same exact spot since it opened in 1974, in Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area. It sells everything from artisanal jewelry and baskets…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON, US-UN Relations
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • February 16, 2019
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Heather Nauert, who was nominated by President Trump in early December to succeed Nikki Haley as the United States ambassador to the United Nations, has withdrawn from consideration as of Feb. 16, 2018. Nauert was the chief spokesperson for…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON, Security Council, US-UN Relations
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • February 1, 2019
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Kelley Currie, an ambassador who represents the United States on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and is the alternate representative of the US to the General Assembly, is leaving her post at the US mission…
- Categories: General Assembly, GOINGS-ON, US-UN Relations
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • December 5, 2018
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Marillyn Hewson, the head of Lockheed Martin Corporation, is the latest name to surface as a potential successor to Nikki Haley, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, according to a diplomat there. Hewson has been the chief…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON, US-UN Relations
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- Kacie Candela
- • November 10, 2018
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The quiet work of diplomacy at the United Nations headquarters often makes for a dry atmosphere. But after sundown, it’s a whole different scene, thanks to a robust after-work culture of clubs — much as you would find at…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON
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- Dulcie Leimbach  and Irwin Arieff
- • November 2, 2018
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President Trump has apparently offered Heather Nauert the United States ambassadorship to the United Nations, according to numerous media reports. She would succeed Nikki Haley, who announced her resignation in early October, saying she wanted to work in the…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Barbara Crossette
- • October 27, 2018
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Brett Schaefer, a fellow in international regulatory affairs at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative policy research organization in Washington, D.C., has been nominated by the White House to serve as a member on the United Nations committee on contributions,…
- Categories: General Assembly, GOINGS-ON, US-UN Relations
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- Kacie Candela
- • February 19, 2018
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A prestigious prize related to nuclear disarmament that has been given to Americans and Russians in the past has been awarded to a German, Wolfgang Ischinger, for the first time. The Nunn-Lugar Award for Promoting Nuclear Security honored Ischinger,…
- Categories: Disarmament, GOINGS-ON
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- Barbara Crossette
- • June 19, 2017
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The Academic Council on the United Nations System, founded in the United States in 1987 and housed in a series of North American universities since then, announced on June 15 that it would move in July from its current…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 9, 2017
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The United Nations has formalized its relationship with the Community of Sant’Egidio, the highly regarded Catholic membership organization based in Rome that has been focusing on conflict prevention and resolution, primarily in Africa, for 30 years. A community of…
- Categories: Africa, GOINGS-ON, Human Trafficking, International Justice, Libya, Migration, Peace and Security
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- Barbara Crossette
- • June 5, 2017
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The death on June 4 of Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, and a Nigerian, was not only a personal tragedy and a shock to the staff of the fund but also another blow…
- Categories: Africa, GOINGS-ON, Health and Population, UN Agencies
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • March 5, 2017
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Jonathan Wachtel is the new director of communications and spokesman for Nikki Haley, the United States ambassador to the United Nations. Wachtel will be working with Haley and the rest of the US mission on its policy issues, among…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • November 11, 2015
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Filippo Grandi of Italy has been selected by Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary-general, to become the 11th UN High Commissioner for Refugees, a post based in Geneva. Grandi will be officially voted into office by the UN General…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • July 13, 2015
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New high-level appointments made by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reflect more influence by Denmark in the world body, including the recent election of a Dane, Mogens Lykketoft, as the next president of the General Assembly, starting in September…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON
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