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- Arthur Bassas
- • September 24, 2023
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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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- Dawn Clancy and Maurizio Guerrero
- • September 19, 2023
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Biden Pushes Global Unity as Russia Keeps Demolishing Ukraine —Â President Joe Biden called for unity and partnership as world leaders gathered at what he described as an “inflection point in world history,” where nations must work together to “preserve …
- Categories: Africa, General Assembly, Latin America, SDGs, Secretary-General, UNGA78
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- Maurizio Guerrero
- • January 2, 2023
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- Categories: Climate Change, Latin America
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- Dawn Clancy
- • September 21, 2022
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On Day 2 of the “high-level” week, featuring many of the world’s heads of state and government, President Joe Biden shared the forum with a diverse roster of speakers, who stood at the rostrum, one by one, stretching from the …
- Categories: Africa, Asia, General Assembly, Latin America, Secretary-General, Ukraine-Russia War, US Foreign Relations
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- Maurizio Guerrero
- • September 20, 2022
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On the first day of the “high-level” week of the United Nations General Assembly, attracting approximately 150 world leaders in person to the world body for the first time since 2019, Secretary-General António Guterres, facing criticism for acting too little, …
- Categories: Africa, Climate Change, Development, General Assembly, Latin America
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- Damilola Banjo
- • July 15, 2022
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This week, we focus on the rising number of armed children in conflicts in Africa’s Sahel region and how fake news, misinformation and disinformation are hurting peacekeeping worldwide. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before …
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- Damilola Banjo
- • July 8, 2022
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This week, we focus on the continual attacks on UN peacekeepers in Mali, which further stall efforts to restore peace in the West African country. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The …
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- Damilola Banjo
- • July 7, 2022
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Brazil will try to push for a softening of global sanctions on Russia to free up essential food supplies and ease access to fertilizers internationally. Ambassador Ronaldo Costa, the country’s permanent representative to the United Nations, hinted at such action …
- Categories: Humanitarian Aid, Latin America, Security Council Presidency, UN Peacekeeping
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- Maurizio Guerrero
- • May 4, 2022
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- Categories: Caribbean, Gender Violence, Latin America, Migration, Women
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- Maurizio Guerrero
- • November 16, 2021
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- Categories: Latin America, Women as Changemakers
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- Maurizio Guerrero
- • November 9, 2021
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as Amlo for his initials, called on the United Nations to “wake up from its slumber” and support the creation of a mechanism to end poverty for 750 million people worldwide. In his …
- Categories: General Assembly, Latin America, Poverty, Secretary-General, Security Council
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • November 2, 2021
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Mexico has only one chance in its two-year term to shine as president of the Security Council, and it’s this month. While all eyes are now focusing on Glasgow, Scotland, and the United Nations-led COP26 meeting on climate change, Mexico …
- Categories: Caribbean, Latin America, Migration, Refugees, Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • October 4, 2021
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In October, the United Nations Security Council diplomats are packing up their suitcases and hopping on an overseas flight to the Sahel region of West Africa to assess the serious challenges that this semiarid strip is countering. It is the …
- Categories: Africa, Caribbean, Latin America, Peace and Security, Security Council Presidency, Terrorism
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • September 7, 2021
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This year’s United Nations General Assembly could make or break the future of in-person meetings at the gathering in New York City. After a year of carefully negotiating, adapting and crafting health guidelines, UNGA organizers are hoping to avoid a …
- Categories: Africa, Asia, General Assembly, Latin America, Middle East, Secretary-General, Security Council, UNGA76, US-UN Relations
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- Maurizio Guerrero
- • August 25, 2021
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- Categories: Humanitarian Aid, Latin America, Migration, Secretary-General, US-UN Relations