Security Council Presidency
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • October 4, 2020
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
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • September 1, 2020
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
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • August 3, 2020
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
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • July 5, 2020
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
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • June 1, 2020
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
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • April 30, 2020
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
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • April 2, 2020
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
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • March 5, 2020
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
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • February 6, 2020
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
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • January 8, 2020
With tensions becoming more and more serious in the Middle East and with two crucial leadership roles to play internationally, diplomats in Hanoi are probably working hard to make sure Vietnam’s big diplomatic month of January is a success….
- Categories: Asia, Security Council Presidency
- Dulcie Leimbach  and Stéphanie Fillion
- • December 6, 2019
GLASGOW, Kentucky — “There’s no place like home for the holidays” is the United States’ theme for the Security Council presidency in December, while at the same time, in a slight contradiction, the US wants to tackle the problem…
- Categories: Security Council Presidency, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • November 7, 2019
While Britain struggles to find an orderly way to exit the European Union after several years of attempting to do so, the country will highlight how other world problems affect ordinary people in its role as Security Council president…
- Categories: Security Council Presidency
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • October 9, 2019
Jerry Matthews Matjila, South Africa’s point man at the United Nations, took the hot seat on the Security Council as its president for October with busy days now in sight. “There are 40 meetings already planned before we start…
- Categories: Africa, Peace and Security, Security Council Presidency
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • September 4, 2019
Russia is president of the United Nations Security Council in September just as nearly 200 heads of state and government and even a prince or two will soon travel to New York City to attend the opening session of…
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • August 6, 2019
Even though many people think of August as vacation time, Joanna Wronecka, Poland’s ambassador to the United Nations, is not taking off anytime soon, as she is presiding over the Security Council for the month. As the Security Council…
- Categories: Child Soldiers, Middle East, Security Council Presidency
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