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Will the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council Send a Strong Message to Iran?

• November 22, 2022

Leaders of major democracies are intensifying their denunciations of the Iranian government for its continued brutal crackdown on the protests in the country, which are moving into their third month as Iran has issued four death sentences so far linked to demonstrations. Not only are countries levying new sanctions on individuals and entities implicated …

Asia, General Assembly, Human Rights, Middle East, Security Council

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How to Move From Hostility to Cooperation in the UN Security Council

Tapio Kanninen and Heikki Talvitie

• November 21, 2022

Globalization, with its pros and cons, is broken. The world is troubled by local and regional crises, and attempts to solve them are dividing countries, both small and large, in a way that prevents a common will from emerging to solve major global crises. Indeed, we are drifting toward a fatally dangerous situation where …

Secretary-General, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War, WORLDVIEWS

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Trending UN News: Week Ending Nov. 18

Damilola Banjo

• November 18, 2022

It’s a sad one this week as two girls were beheaded in a camp in Syria. 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 looked at the terrible news coming out of …

Africa, Climate Change, General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, UN Peacekeeping

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Trending UN News: Week Ending Nov. 11

Damilola Banjo

• November 11, 2022

This week, world leaders are gathering in Egypt to renew their commitments to sustainable climate conditions. 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 conversations led by UN Secretary-General António …

Africa, Asia, Climate Change, Gender Violence, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War

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Trending UN News: Week Ending Nov. 4

Damilola Banjo

• November 4, 2022

There’s a new sheriff in town! This week, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed a new man to lead the Department of Peace Operations as the police adviser. 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 …

Climate Change, General Assembly, Refugees, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War

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Except for Russia, UN Security Council Members Say: Keep the Black Sea Grain Deal Alive

Dulcie Leimbach

• October 31, 2022

Two days after drone attacks devastated some of Russia’s warships in Sevastopol in occupied Crimea at the crack of dawn, Russia requested a meeting in the United Nations Security Council on Monday to accuse Ukraine of staging the air and sea assaults from ships using the Black Sea humanitarian corridor, meant to carry grains …

Peace and Security, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War

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Trending UN News: Week Ending Oct. 28

Damilola Banjo

• October 28, 2022

It was UN day this week! Hurray!! We saw schoolchildren around the world celebrate the creation of the organization on Oct. 24, 1945, and we also took a cue from the message of the UN secretary-general. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered …

Climate Change, Disarmament, General Assembly, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations

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Serious UN Reform: Going Beyond Minor Fixes?

Natalie Samarasinghe

• October 27, 2022

“The United Nations is dead,” said the Catholic Herald in 1947, two years after the UN was founded. Reports of its demise are perennial, but they seem to have reached a crescendo this year, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine considered a litmus test for the 77-year-old organization. Russia’s wanton act of aggression is not …

Africa, General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council, WORLDVIEWS

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The UN Security Council Sanctions Haitian Gang Leaders, but Has Not Moved on a Strike Force Yet

Damilola Banjo

• October 24, 2022

After weeks of negotiations and delayed voting, the United Nations Security Council overwhelmingly agreed to sanction Jimmy Cherizier and other gang leaders accused of raping and terrorizing Haitian people. The sanctions were approved on Oct. 21 in a resolution led by the United States and Mexico, one week after a report by the Office …

Caribbean, Gender Violence, Secretary-General, Security Council

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Trending UN News: Week Ending Oct. 21

Damilola Banjo

• October 21, 2022

This week, a United Nations agency released a damning report on how plastics are damaging our world and harming the people in it. 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, Deputy Secretary-General …

Gender Violence, International Justice, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War

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An Ex-Wagner Group Mercenary Throws Open the Door on the Russian Operation

Anastasiia Carrier

• October 10, 2022

Marat Gabidullin is throwing open the door on the notorious Wagner Group, the Russian quasi-private army that operates in the shadows and doesn’t exist on paper. When he released his memoir in April in French, describing his time as a Wagner fighter and a commander, Gabidullin, 55, became the first operative to go on …

Africa, Libya, Peace and Security, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War

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Trending UN News: Week Ending Oct. 7

Damilola Banjo

• October 7, 2022

This week, we bring you good news from Sierra Leone, one of the first countries in West Africa to roll out the human papilloma virus vaccine as part of routine immunization for girls. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press …

Asia, Climate Change, General Assembly, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War

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In the UN Security Council, Zelensky Blasts Putin for Holding Referendums in Occupied Ukraine

Dulcie Leimbach

• September 27, 2022

In a surprising move, President Volodymr Zelensky of Ukraine showed up at the United Nations Security Council by videoconference on Tuesday, rallying the 15 members to pay attention to him, saying: “Dear Ladies and Gentlemen! Dear members of the UN Security Council who respect and adhere to the UN Charter! Dear representatives of states …

Peace and Security, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War

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Day 4, UN General Assembly’s Big Week: Hearing the Voices of Smaller Countries

Clair MacDougall

• September 23, 2022

As the speeches by world leaders in the General Assembly begin to wind down, the focus stays on the devastating war in Ukraine and its rippling effects across the globe, the warming Earth and other serious crises that continue to hurt people everywhere. Some of the world’s smallest countries, however, took the rostrum to …

Africa, General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council

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Day 3, UN General Assembly’s Big Week: Africa Wants a Permanent Seat in the Security Council

Damilola Banjo

• September 22, 2022

Many African leaders who spoke at the United Nations General Assembly so far seem to all want the same thing: a permanent seat at the Security Council table. “Africa has waited long enough and will not wait any longer,” Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabon’s president, said to the gathering on Sept. 21. The continent of …