Security Council Presidency
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • April 5, 2021
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When Vietnam started its term as an elected member of the United Nations Security Council in January 2020, it also had to take on the role of the monthly rotating president. Back then, it sold itself as a bridge…
- Categories: Asia, Gender Violence, Myanmar, Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • March 5, 2021
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When she arrived in Turtle Bay the morning of Feb. 25, a day after being sworn in as United States ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield didn’t hide the tight timeline she had inherited in her new post,…
- Categories: Security Council Presidency, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • February 1, 2021
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February marks the beginning of a yearlong period that could make or break Britain’s post-Brexit foreign policy, also known as “Global Britain.” This month, Britain presides over the United Nations Security Council, then the Group of 7 meeting, in…
- Categories: Security Council Presidency, UN Diplomats
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • January 6, 2021
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It’s become the origin story of Tunisia’s revolution and the broader Arab Spring: In December 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor, set himself on fire after years of being harassed by police officers and experiencing a series of…
- Categories: Africa, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Libya, Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • December 3, 2020
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In the last hurrah of its two-year term, South Africa happens to be president of the Security Council in December, so it is making the most of its final month by holding a debate on the all-important United Nations-African…
- Categories: Africa, Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • November 2, 2020
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines may be the smallest country to ever sit on the Security Council, but it doesn’t mean it is intimidated by the big powers. Instead, the island nation is already amplifying the voices of Africa…
- Categories: Caribbean, Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • October 4, 2020
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From the very moment that the United Nations decided to work online, after the pandemic hit, Russia has been the strongest and loudest opponent of going virtual at the world body. For its Security Council presidency, in October, Russia…
- Categories: Africa, Middle East, Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • September 1, 2020
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Niger hasn’t been a member of the Security Council for almost 40 years, and now that it has a voice on one of the world’s most visible platforms, it intends to use it to build more alliances with influential…
- Categories: Africa, Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • August 3, 2020
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A big power in Southeast Asia and a middle power globally, Indonesia plays a “bridge builder” role in the United Nations Security Council, it says. It’s a strategy that is getting harder and harder to embody, however, with rising…
- Categories: Asia, Security Council, Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • July 5, 2020
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Germany is anticipating two milestones between now and Dec. 31 — make that three. On July 31, its monthly rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council ends, and on Dec. 31 its two-year stint on the Council is…
- Categories: Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • June 1, 2020
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Even if Belgium’s presidency took place in February and Estonia’s, in May, is over, the European Union just held a virtual press conference from its mission in New York City to say that this spring was a European one…
- Categories: Security Council Presidency, US-UN Relations
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • April 30, 2020
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Estonia assumed its first two-year term on the United Nations Security Council in January, and it will hold the presidency in May. It’s a tough time for international diplomacy, in light of the pandemic. “I don’t know exactly what’s…
- Categories: Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • April 2, 2020
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With the incremental transformation the Security Council has gone through in March by transferring the bulk of its meetings online, the Dominican Republic’s special envoy to the United Nations intends to preside over the Council “like a sailboat, we’ll…
- Categories: Caribbean, Peace and Security, Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • March 5, 2020
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Over the past year China’s presence at the United Nations got suddenly noticed. It may be its more outgoing ambassador, Zhang Jun, its lobbying against human rights, its accession to high-level roles or the disengagement of the United States…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Security Council Presidency
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • February 6, 2020
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In Brussels, the month started with the removal of Britain’s flag from the European Union headquarters, while in New York, Belgium became rotating president of the United Nations Security Council for February, ready to fill the political vacuum left…
- Categories: Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Security Council Presidency
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