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Margot Wallstrom, the Original Feminist Foreign Policy Advocate, Says Countries Need It Now ‘More Than Ever’

• October 1, 2022

VIENNA — Margot Wallstrom, a former Swedish foreign minister, clinched her reputation in 2014 for boldly coining the concept of the world’s first “feminist foreign policy.” While having left active politics only five years later, in 2019, she remains firmly behind the policy and defends it passionately today. “The feminist foreign policy is needed …

Gender Violence, Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, Women

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UN Watchdog Board Is Expected to Criticize Russia for Its Actions at the Ukraine Nuke Plant

Stephanie Liechtenstein

• September 9, 2022

VIENNA — Poland and Canada have circulated a draft resolution among members of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, criticizing Russia’s “violent actions against nuclear facilities in Ukraine, including the ongoing presence of Russian forces and Rosatom personnel at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.” The resolution by the board at …

Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, UN Agencies

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Félix Baumann: The War in Ukraine Contributed to the Failure of the UN Nuclear Weapons Conference

Stephane Bussard

• August 31, 2022

After three weeks of negotiations at the United Nations headquarters, the 191 states parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) failed to adopt a final document at the 10th review conference of the NPT, held from Aug. 1-26. Given the toxic international context and the increased nuclear threat, this failure …

Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, WORLDVIEWS

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The UN Security Council Marks Russia’s Six-Month Invasion of Ukraine as the War Grinds On

Dawn Clancy

• August 25, 2022

On the same day that Ukraine marked 31 years of independence from Soviet rule and six months of war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by video to the United Nations Security Council about the worldwide impact of Russia’s assault as escalating threats of a nuclear catastrophe at the Zaporizhzhia power plant jeopardize …

Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council

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THIS WEEK @UN

Trending UN News: Week Ending July 29

Damilola Banjo

• July 29, 2022

This week, we focus on the deadly attacks against the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and assaults in Yemen, leading to deaths of children. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting and …

Africa, Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, UN Peacekeeping

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UN Nuclear Watchdog Is ‘Gravely Concerned’ About Ukraine Plant Held by Russia

Stephanie Liechtenstein

• May 3, 2022

VIENNA — The International Atomic Energy Agency expressed “grave concern” recently about the safety at Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant, in Zaporizhzhia, and said that the situation for the Ukrainian personnel working there was “unsustainable.” The plant was captured by Russian forces in a dramatic assault on March 4. Ever since then, Ukrainian staff …

Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security

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Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine Has Major Implications Throughout East Asia

Yasuhiro Ueki

• April 4, 2022

Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified military attack on Ukraine has not only undermined the basic norms and tenets of the international order based on the United Nations Charter but it has also provoked strategic recalculations of international relations in the rest of the world, including in East Asia. The Russian invasion has pushed Japan firmly …

Asia, Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, Security Council, WORLDVIEWS

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Could WMD Be Used in the War in Ukraine?

Nikolai Sokov

• March 24, 2022

Lately, pundits, experts and even government officials are increasingly discussing the possible use of nuclear weapons and/or other weapons of mass destruction amid the war Russia launched against Ukraine a month ago. A closer look, however, suggests that while the threat of nuclear war has risen, the popular scenarios entirely miss the point. Popular …

Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, WORLDVIEWS

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THIS WEEK @UN

The IAEA Chief’s Laments; Two UN Giants Mourned; European Peacekeepers Attacked in Mali

Ivana Ramirez

• June 25, 2021

Rafael Grossi of the IAEA on Iran, gender bias and diplomacy; nuke-weapons countries just keep spending billions; European peacekeepers attacked in Gao, Mali. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting and other sources. We are nearly halfway …

Africa, LGBT, Nuclear Disarmament, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations

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In the Middle of the Pandemic, Nuclear-Weapons Spending Shot Up, a New Report Says

Ivana Ramirez

• June 22, 2021

In 2020, during one of the worst global pandemics in recent history, killing more than three million people that year from the Covid-19 virus, nine nuclear-armed countries spent $72.6 billion on bolstering and modernizing their arsenals, at a rate of more than $137,000 a minute. That is a $1.4 billion increase over 2019, according …

Disarmament, Gender Violence, Nuclear Disarmament

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‘We Are on a Ventilator’: IAEA Chief Laments Reduced Access to Iran’s Nuclear Sites

Stephanie Liechtenstein

• June 20, 2021

VIENNA — In an interview here with Rafael Grossi, the 60-year-old director-general of the United Nations nuclear watchdog — the International Atomic Energy Agency — he revealed that he has not had a reply yet from Iran on a possible extension of the agency’s current inspections agreement of the country’s nuclear facilities, which runs out …

Nuclear Disarmament, UN Diplomats, US Foreign Relations

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Ban Ki-moon Tells All: He Was Miserable Watching Trump Run Wild

Irwin Arieff

• March 2, 2021

Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in a memoir due out in June, is done concealing his anger over Donald Trump’s bad behavior on the international stage. The UN has always tried hard to maintain strong ties with the United States, its biggest dues-payer and the world’s leading superpower. And Ban, it seems, was …

BOOKS, Nuclear Disarmament, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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The New US Envoy Begins Working; Iran’s Threatening Nuke Actions; Murders in the Congo

Ivana Ramirez

• February 26, 2021

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the United States envoy to the UN, starts her job; Iran’s troubling nuclear developments; UN-convoy murders in the Congo. You are reading This Week @UN, a summary of the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered from the UN spokesperson’s press briefings, PassBlue reporting and other sources. As International Women’s …

Africa, Asia, Nuclear Disarmament, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations

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US Reacts to Alarming New Information From UN Agency on Iran’s Nuclear Activities

Stephanie Liechtenstein

• February 25, 2021

VIENNA — The International Atomic Energy Agency reported in a confidential document, seen by PassBlue, that Iran has added 17.6 kilograms of uranium, enriched up to 20 percent, to its total stockpile. The enrichment process, which had been announced by Iran in January, is occurring at Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear facility. The 20 percent …

Middle East, Nuclear Disarmament

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The UN Nuclear Watchdog Reaches a Temporary Inspection Plan With Iran

Stephanie Liechtenstein

• February 21, 2021

VIENNA — Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations nuclear watchdog, that it will significantly limit inspections of its nuclear facilities as of Feb. 23. Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director-general of the Vienna-based agency, traveled to Tehran over the weekend to meet with Iranian officials to try to preserve at …

Middle East, Nuclear Disarmament, Security Council, US Foreign Relations

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The UN’s Top Labor Expert Resumes Work on ‘Our Common Agenda’ as Controversy Clouds World Cup

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Nuclear Disarmament

Margot Wallstrom, the Original Feminist Foreign Policy Advocate, Says Countries Need It Now ‘More Than Ever’

UN Watchdog Board Is Expected to Criticize Russia for Its Actions at the Ukraine Nuke Plant

Félix Baumann: The War in Ukraine Contributed to the Failure of the UN Nuclear Weapons Conference

The UN Security Council Marks Russia’s Six-Month Invasion of Ukraine as the War Grinds On

Trending UN News: Week Ending July 29

UN Nuclear Watchdog Is ‘Gravely Concerned’ About Ukraine Plant Held by Russia

Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine Has Major Implications Throughout East Asia

Could WMD Be Used in the War in Ukraine?

The IAEA Chief’s Laments; Two UN Giants Mourned; European Peacekeepers Attacked in Mali

In the Middle of the Pandemic, Nuclear-Weapons Spending Shot Up, a New Report Says

‘We Are on a Ventilator’: IAEA Chief Laments Reduced Access to Iran’s Nuclear Sites

Ban Ki-moon Tells All: He Was Miserable Watching Trump Run Wild

The New US Envoy Begins Working; Iran’s Threatening Nuke Actions; Murders in the Congo

US Reacts to Alarming New Information From UN Agency on Iran’s Nuclear Activities

The UN Nuclear Watchdog Reaches a Temporary Inspection Plan With Iran

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