GOINGS-ON
News on personnel appointments at the UN and related NGOs.
- Barbara Crossette
- • January 31, 2014
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The Elders, a group of distinguished former global leaders led by Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary-general, made an unusual three-day visit to Iran at the end of January to meet with numerous officials, including President Hassan Rouhani of …
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- Benjamin Foldy
- • January 14, 2014
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With the appointment of Jane Holl Lute, an American, as his special adviser for relocating the residents of Camp Hurriya, located outside Baghdad in Iraq, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is showing a willingness to take major steps toward resolving …
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- Barbara Crossette
- • November 5, 2013
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The Philippines has named its first woman to a command post in a United Nations peacekeeping mission. Capt. Luzviminda Camacho, who was also the first woman to command a Filipino Navy ship, will lead the Filipino peacekeeping contingent deployed to …
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • October 23, 2013
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Sigrid Kaag, a Dutch national, has been named special coordinator for the joint mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations, which began its work Oct. 16 to manage the destruction of Syria’s …
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- Irwin Arieff
- • October 23, 2013
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Good news for the captive followers of the United Nations cafeteria: Help may be on the way. The UN is selecting a new outfit to run its food services in New York, including the main cafeteria, the Delegates Dining …
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • October 6, 2013
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The New York Times has assigned Somini Sengupta to be its new full-time bureau chief at the United Nations. Sengupta replaces Neil MacFarquhar, who left the position this summer after five years and will be based in Moscow for the newspaper. …
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- Barbara Crossette
- • July 19, 2013
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The Elders, a unique group of former heads of government and other global leaders, founded in 2007 under the leadership of Nelson Mandela, has added a former president of Mexico and an internationally known Pakistani human-rights advocate to its membership. …
- Categories: GOINGS-ON, Human Rights
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 5, 2013
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Susan E. Rice, the United States ambassador to the United Nations and a member of President Obama’s Cabinet, will become the country’s national security adviser, replacing Tom Donilon, 58, who has resigned, as expected. Rice’s new position will not require …
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • May 21, 2013
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Albert Gerard Koenders as the first special envoy to Mali under a new peacekeeping mission created by the Security Council in late April. Additionally, the next executive director of the Security Council’s Counterterrorism Committee …
- Categories: Africa, GOINGS-ON, Peace and Security
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • May 7, 2013
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The World Trade Organization has voted in a new director-general, Roberto Azevedo, Brazil’s ambassador to the trade group, pushing aside Mexico’s hopes of winning the seat for Herminio Blanco, a former trade minister. Azevedo replaces Pascal Lamy of France and …
- Categories: Development, GOINGS-ON
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • April 4, 2013
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The New America Foundation has appointed Anne-Marie Slaughter as the organization’s next president as of Sept. 1, 2013. The foundation calls itself a nonpartisan public policy think tank, though its reputation is more progressive than any other. Its annual budget …
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • March 16, 2013
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Michelle Bachelet, the head of the United Nations agency promoting the rights of women and gender equality, has told Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that she is stepping down after two years in the job. Bachelet, a former Chilean president, is likely to run …
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • March 13, 2013
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Mary Robinson, a former president of Ireland, United Nations high commissioner for human rights and philanthropist, is said to be the main candidate for the new United Nations special envoy post for the Great Lakes region in central Africa. The …
- Categories: Africa, GOINGS-ON, Peace and Security
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • February 22, 2013
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Melanne Verveer, most recently the United States ambassador at large for global women’s issues, is the new executive director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, which officially opened Feb. 21. Verveer had been appointed to the government …
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • February 12, 2013
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Hardeep Singh Puri, 60, the Indian ambassador to the United Nations, has announced his retirement, which will take effect at the end of February. Ashoke Mukherji, The Times of India reported, is likely to be Puri’s replacement at the UN. …
- Categories: Asia, GOINGS-ON, Security Council
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