Kacie Candela

Kacie Candela is an assistant editor for PassBlue and a news anchor and reporter with WFUV, a public radio station in the Bronx, N.Y., where she covers the UN and other beats. Her work has won various awards from the New York State Associated Press Association, New York State Broadcasters Association, PRNDI, and the Alliance for Women in Media.

Kacie Candela

Pulling Back the Curtain on the US Mission to the UN

May 22, 2019

by Kacie Candela

The next United States ambassador to the United Nations, which could be Kelly Knight Craft, will arrive at a US mission to the UN that is far diminished in size and stature than the one her immediate predecessor, Nikki Haley, inherited. In the last month, numerous former staff members and high-level personnel from the …

General Assembly, Security Council, UN Diplomats, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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Serving the UN Where Violence Never Ends: One Person’s Story

May 21, 2019

by Barbara Crossette

Simon Handy, a specialist in African politics and conflict, is a veteran of a hazardous and tormented mission in the Central African Republic that left him with an enduring cause that still haunts him. He argues that when a United Nations mission changes or is abandoned, as was the case for him, staff members can …

Africa, Peace and Security, Security Council

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A New OPCW Team Is Ready to Find the Culprits Behind Chemical Attacks in Syria

May 6, 2019

by Johannes Visser

THE HAGUE — The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is inching closer in trying to determine who instigated the various chemical attacks in Syria last year. In April 2018, gas cylinders filled with chlorine were dropped from a helicopter in the residential areas of Douma, outside the capital of Damascus. At least …

Asia, Disarmament, Security Council, Syria

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TOPIC: WOMEN

At the UN, the US Darkens Women’s Right to Abortion

April 23, 2019

by Dulcie Leimbach

After four weeks of tumultuous negotiations over a resolution that reinforced decades of international efforts to combat sexual violence in conflict and to introduce more legal reassurances and services for victims, the 15-member United Nations Security Council approved a text whose wording had been rigorously fought over between the United States and many of …

Gender-Based Violence, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations, Women

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GEOPOLITICS

Trump Nominates the Current UN Envoy as Ambassador to Egypt

April 12, 2019

by Dulcie Leimbach

Just days after President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt met with President Trump in the White House, receiving an effusive reception, Trump nominated Jonathan R. Cohen, the acting permanent representative of the United States to the United Nations, as ambassador to Egypt. Cohen, who has been a Foreign Service officer since 1986, is from …

Geopolitics, Middle East, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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WORLDVIEWS

Saving the Space for Humanitarian Action in Counterterrorism Strategies

April 11, 2019

by Sophie Huvé

The United Nations Security Council just passed yet another resolution on counterterrorism, this one enunciating the steps that UN member states must take to further constrain terrorist groups’ access to financial and economic resources. Resolution 2462 follows a series of resolutions, dating from 1999, on terrorist threats to international peace and security. This resolution, …

Humanitarian Aid, Security Council, WORLDVIEWS

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SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENCY

UN Security Council Presidency: Two Old Friends Share an Office, Part 2

April 9, 2019

by Stéphanie Fillion

To try to show European unity before a key parliamentary election for the European Union in May, France and Germany teamed up for the United Nations Security Council presidencies in March and April, respectively. After the first stint by France — including a Council trip to Mali and Burkina Faso in the Sahel region …

Security Council, Security Council Presidency

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Canada, Ireland and Norway, Now Vying for the 2020 UN Security Council Vote

March 27, 2019

by Stéphanie Fillion

Jockeying for a two-year seat on the United Nations Security Council starts early — way early. Three countries are already vying for the two open seats in the regional group known as Weog — Western Europe and Others — for the 2021-22 term. The election is June 2020, and the “others” are Australia, Canada, Israel …

General Assembly, Security Council, UN Diplomats

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WORLDVIEWS

How Will Britain’s Role Change in the UN as Brexit Brews?

February 26, 2019

by Jess Gifkins, Jason Ralph and Samuel Jarvis

LONDON — The looming departure of Britain from the European Union will have a significant effect on the country’s influence as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Even with a possible delay in the final Brexit move, Britain will have to navigate the 15-member Council in a new way that could …

General Assembly, Security Council, WORLDVIEWS

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GOINGS-ON

Heather Nauert, Trump’s Pick for UN Ambassador, Drops Out

February 16, 2019

by Dulcie Leimbach

Heather Nauert, who was nominated by President Trump in early December to succeed Nikki Haley as the United States ambassador to the United Nations, has withdrawn from consideration as of Feb. 16, 2018. Nauert was the chief spokesperson for the State Department from mid-2017 until her nomination in early December. Bloomberg News reported the …

GOINGS-ON, Security Council, US-UN Relations

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UN Reminds Pompeo That It’s Sometimes Hard to ‘Pick a Side’

January 30, 2019

by Irwin Arieff

When Secretary of State Michael Pompeo talks about global challenges, he insists that Donald Trump is doing a bang-up job steering the international community down the right path. He sees Trump’s America First mantra not as a retreat from the international stage or a slur on other nations’ ideas of leadership but as a …

Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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WORLDVIEWS

Can Germany Mediate the Big-Power Divide in the UN Security Council?

January 21, 2019

by Helmut Volger

BERLIN — At the start of Germany’s sixth two-year term in the United Nations Security Council, the media attention in Germany is unusually high: numerous journalists on TV and radio are asking diplomats, politicians and foreign policy experts about their views on Germany’s role in the Council, as well as its goals and prospects …

Peace and Security, Security Council, WORLDVIEWS

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Senate Hearing for Heather Nauert as US Envoy to UN Could Happen in February

January 14, 2019

by Dulcie Leimbach

President Trump announced that he was nominating Heather Nauert, the chief State Department spokesperson, to succeed Nikki Haley as the United States ambassador to the United Nations on Dec. 7, 2018, after Haley resigned the job in October. Since Trump’s announcement, by tweet, much has been reported on the nomination and bare-bones experience of …

Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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For These Muslim-Americans, the ‘Siege’ Has Not Lifted

January 7, 2019

by Dulcie Leimbach

CLEVELAND, Ohio — In this city of immigrants, as one Moroccan-American called his hometown, the Muslim community keeps a low profile amid the Islamophobia that has reared its head in the United States in recent times. As one of the largest Muslim communities in the country, including a large Palestinian component, the repercussions against …

Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East, Security Council

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WORLDVIEWS

The G5 Sahel Force, Failing the Region and Failing Itself

December 16, 2018

by Joe Penney

BAMAKO, Mali — The G5 Sahel Force was conceived to enable greater coordination among five countries in the Sahel region of West Africa in fighting jihadist groups and to strengthen regional administration and development while relieving the United Nations mission in Mali of those burdens. Yet ever since the group — Burkina Faso, Chad, …

Africa, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, WORLDVIEWS

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Kacie Candela

Kacie Candela

Pulling Back the Curtain on the US Mission to the UN

Serving the UN Where Violence Never Ends: One Person’s Story

A New OPCW Team Is Ready to Find the Culprits Behind Chemical Attacks in Syria

At the UN, the US Darkens Women’s Right to Abortion

Trump Nominates the Current UN Envoy as Ambassador to Egypt

Saving the Space for Humanitarian Action in Counterterrorism Strategies

UN Security Council Presidency: Two Old Friends Share an Office, Part 2

Canada, Ireland and Norway, Now Vying for the 2020 UN Security Council Vote

How Will Britain’s Role Change in the UN as Brexit Brews?

Heather Nauert, Trump’s Pick for UN Ambassador, Drops Out

UN Reminds Pompeo That It’s Sometimes Hard to ‘Pick a Side’

Can Germany Mediate the Big-Power Divide in the UN Security Council?

Senate Hearing for Heather Nauert as US Envoy to UN Could Happen in February

For These Muslim-Americans, the ‘Siege’ Has Not Lifted

The G5 Sahel Force, Failing the Region and Failing Itself

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