OPINIONS
- Opinion by Foteini Papagioti
- • June 4, 2023
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A new review of the United Nations’ gender architecture appears ready to weaken the organization’s ability to achieve gender equality, particularly at the country level. Conversations with former UN staff, UN Women personnel and gender equality advocates have informed…
- Categories: Gender Violence, OPINIONS, Secretary-General, UN Agencies
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- Opinion by Melanne Verveer  and Jess Keller
- • May 30, 2023
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When Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, Natalia Karbowska sprang into action. She has since been working in overdrive to provide funding and humanitarian assistance to thousands of Ukrainian women whose lives have been destroyed by the Russian invasion,…
- Categories: Human Rights, OPINIONS, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Opinion by Antonio Tajani
- • May 24, 2023
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If there is an indisputable priority in Italy’s foreign policy, it is undoubtedly Africa. I have had the opportunity to reiterate our priority in many multilateral forums and bilateral meetings. Africa is central in our vision of future international…
- Categories: Africa, Climate Change, Development, Humanitarian Aid, OPINIONS, Poverty
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- Opinion by Natalie Samarasinghe
- • May 15, 2023
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Nearly a quarter of women and girls cannot escape unwanted sex. Eleven percent are unable to make decisions on contraception. The recent report from the United Nations Population Fund is the latest source of grim statistics on women’s rights….
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, OPINIONS
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- Opinion by Georgios Kostakos
- • May 11, 2023
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The news about the United States spying on United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and his deputy, Amina Mohammed, revealed dissatisfaction in leaked US intelligence documents over Guterres’s perceived lack of toughness regarding the Russians and their invasion of Ukraine…
- Categories: OPINIONS, Secretary-General
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- Opinion by Natalie Samarasinghe  and Giovanna Kuele
- • May 1, 2023
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It is a cliché, but true, to say the United Nations is needed more — and under more duress — than ever. Overstretched and constrained, it has struggled to keep up with the scale and challenges facing humanity, from…
- Categories: Development, General Assembly, OPINIONS, Peace and Security, Security Council
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- Opinion by Asila Wardak
- • April 25, 2023
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More than 20 special envoys for Afghanistan from countries across the world as well as special envoys for Afghanistan from the European Union and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation will convene at a meeting in Doha on Monday that…
- Categories: Gender Violence, OPINIONS, Secretary-General, Security Council
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- Opinion by Ban Ki-moon
- • April 23, 2023
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A year after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the search for a credible path towards peace, based on the United Nations Charter, is ever more urgent. At the same time, mounting evidence of war crimes and atrocities committed by…
- Categories: General Assembly, International Justice, OPINIONS, Peace and Security
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- Opinion by Maiara Folly  and Enyseh Teimory
- • April 18, 2023
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LONDON — One of the most powerful positions in the United Nations is the head of its peacekeeping wing. The post of under secretary-general oversees 100,000 peacekeepers and administers an annual budget of $6.5 billion, nearly double what the…
- Categories: OPINIONS, Secretary-General, UN Agencies, UN Peacekeeping
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- Opinion by Karen Mulhauser
- • April 12, 2023
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Washington, D.C.’s new Elimination of Discrimination Against Women law went into effect on March 10, 2023. Now that the nation’s capital is ready to carry out the principles of the United Nations gender equality treaty, it’s time for the…
- Categories: OPINIONS
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- Opinion by Andrea Venzon  and Colombe Cahen-Salvador
- • April 9, 2023
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Diplomacy can go only so far before it becomes complicity. In the United Nations Security Council, the line between the two has never been so thin. Fourteen members — Albania, Brazil, Britain, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Ghana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique,…
- Categories: OPINIONS, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Opinion by Richard Ponzio
- • April 3, 2023
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The formal preparations for the September 2024 Summit of the Future, to be held at the United Nations, are underway. Responding to an update in February on the “Our Common Agenda” vision proposed by Secretary-General António Guterres, a large…
- Categories: Development, General Assembly, Governance, OPINIONS, UN Agencies
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- Opinion by Stephen Schlesinger
- • March 30, 2023
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After a year of the Ukrainian conflict, President Vladimir Putin remains in power in Russia. This is impressive, considering his multiple setbacks on the battlefield, over 200,000 casualties among Russian troops, hefty sanctions on his country’s economy, his nation’s…
- Categories: International Justice, OPINIONS, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Opinion by Thomas G. Weiss
- • March 26, 2023
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“Ukraine Week” at the United Nations, marking the sad end of the first year of Russia’s illegal war, culminated in a resounding General Assembly vote against Russia’s recolonization — 141 countries demanded withdrawal versus Moscow and only six major…
- Categories: OPINIONS, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, US-UN Relations
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- Opinion by Margot Wallström
- • March 19, 2023
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Recently, I attended a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment, or ERA. It is the first such hearing in the United States Senate since 1984, and this year marks the 100th anniversary since the ERA was…
- Categories: Human Rights, OPINIONS
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