Security Council

• August 3, 2022

As Security Council president in August, China wants to keep the UN body “cool” — literally and figuratively — by navigating the fine line of staying close to Russia while not souring relations too much with the West; discussing global “security” without mentioning any of China’s own human-rights problems and contested territorial claims; and …

Peace and Security, Security Council, Security Council Presidency

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The Veto Initiative’s First Tests: Is the Step Toward Reform Working?

Adrian Steube

• August 2, 2022

In the never-ending struggle to reform the use of the veto in the United Nations Security Council, a new initiative may prove to be relatively successful in the quest by a range of countries to change the veto step by step. This modest but potentially significant act of reform is called the “veto initiative,” …

General Assembly, Security Council, WORLDVIEWS

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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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Trending UN News: Week Ending July 22

Damilola Banjo

• July 22, 2022

This week, we focus on the signing of the UN-Turkish led grain deal as well as the Nelson Mandela memorial event, where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex made a big statement with their appearance and his speech. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information …

Africa, General Assembly, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN

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Trending UN News: Week Ending July 15

Damilola Banjo

• July 15, 2022

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 the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting and other …

Africa, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Humanitarian Aid, Latin America, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN

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Trending UN News: Week Ending July 8

Damilola Banjo

• July 8, 2022

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 information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting and other sources. This week, …

Humanitarian Aid, Latin America, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations

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Serious Troop Rotation Blockages Could Ease Soon for the UN Mission in Mali

Clair MacDougall and Maggie Dwyer

• July 4, 2022

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — As the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) announced a lifting of sanctions against the Malian military junta on Sunday, the news may be especially welcome to the nearly two and a half thousand West African peacekeepers who remain in limbo as a result of the regional tensions. Since …

Africa, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping

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Trending UN News: Week Ending July 1

Damilola Banjo

• July 1, 2022

This week, we focus on the progress in discussions about elections in Libya and the drastic call for help in Afghanistan after the recent earthquake. 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 other sources. This week, …

Africa, Libya, Middle East, Migration, Refugees, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN

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Trending UN News: Week Ending June 24

Damilola Banjo

• June 24, 2022

This week, we focus on two crises in Africa: never-ending deadly setbacks of peacekeeping and the humanitarian needs on the continent. 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 other sources. This week, we look at the …

Africa, Asia, Development, General Assembly, Governance, Humanitarian Aid, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN

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The UN Development Program Has 4 New Projects Funded by Russia, Despite Its Illegal War on Ukraine

Dawn Clancy

• June 22, 2022

In the waning days of 2021, roughly two months before its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, Russia agreed to contribute $14 million to the United Nations Development Program for climate-related projects in Europe and Central Asia to begin this year. In fact, an agreement between Russia and the UN agency on one project, …

Development, Peace and Security, Security Council, UN Agencies

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15 Months to Go: Will the World Make Something of the UN Summit of the Future?

Richard Ponzio and Nudhara Yusuf

• June 21, 2022

In September 2023 — a mere 15 months from now — the United Nations’ 193 member states are expected to convene a Summit of the Future during the General Assembly’s annual high-level week in New York City. At a series of thematic consultations held in February and March 2022 by the president of the …

General Assembly, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, WORLDVIEWS

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Trending UN News: Week Ending June 17

Damilola Banjo

• June 17, 2022

This week, our focus is on the failure of the decades-old women, peace and security agenda and Britain’s stalled plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. 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 other sources. This …

Africa, Gender Violence, Secretary-General, Security Council, UN Special Envoys, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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The Women, Peace and Security Agenda Is Not Yielding Results, Diplomats Say

Damilola Banjo

• June 15, 2022

Despite 100 countries enacting national plans to carry out the global women, peace and security agenda, women remain largely absent from conflict mediation and other peacemaking endeavors across the world. The agenda, cemented in a Security Council resolution approved in 2000, is supposed to ensure the equal participation of women in peace talks and …

Gender Violence, Secretary-General, Security Council, Women

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How Global Sanctions Can Be Better Targeted to End Sexual Violence in War

Daniel Salazar and Robert Nagel

• June 14, 2022

With the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict approaching on June 19, it is time for governments to push harder to impose targeted global sanctions against perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict. Conflict-related sexual violence is gaining renewed attention amid reports of sexual violence by Russian forces in Ukraine. While …

Gender Violence, Security Council, WORLDVIEWS

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Invisible in Afghanistan and Forgotten by the International Community?

Asila Wardak

• June 13, 2022

Over the last 20 years, the United States and other global powers pumped money and military aid into Afghanistan, only to see it disappear when militarism proved untenable and ineffective. Now, as Afghanistan endures a state of emergency, those same global powers offer sympathy for the people of our country without taking responsibility for …