Security Council

Saving the Space for Humanitarian Action in Counterterrorism Strategies

April 11, 2019

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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GEOPOLITICS

The US Is Driving the New Talks on Western Sahara, Involving Morocco and Algeria

December 2, 2018

by Stéphanie Fillion

Horst Koehler, a former German president who has been the United Nations special envoy for Western Sahara since last year, is bringing the parties to the longstanding conflict over that region to a roundtable meeting in Geneva soon. Koehler expressed his intent last summer to bring all the relevant players together by the end …

Africa, Geopolitics, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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The UN’s Combat Troops in the Congo: ‘They Were Not Supposed to Die’

November 29, 2018

by Dulcie Leimbach

United Nations peacekeepers working for the mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were killed by a militia in a jungle in North Kivu Province on Nov. 15, leaving seven soldiers dead: six Malawians and one Tanzanian. Ten were injured. Twelve members of the Congolese armed forces were also killed, as national forces …

Africa, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping, US Foreign Relations

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WORLDVIEWS

With US Leadership Gone, Japan and Europe Can Seize the Day

November 15, 2018

by Yasuhiro Ueki

We live in an age of uncertainty caused by the shifting structure and dynamics of international politics, economics and social change. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in his address to the General Assembly in September that this uncertainty was “a bad case of trust deficit disorder” at three levels. First, within countries, he …

Asia, Disarmament, Security Council, WORLDVIEWS

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WORLDVIEWS

In the Central African Republic, Verging on Peace or Back to War

November 12, 2018

by Alexandra Lamarche

This is a make-or-break moment for the Central African Republic. After years of conflict, a small window of opportunity is open to make real progress toward peace. The United Nations peacekeeping mission’s mandate is being renewed by the Security Council by Nov. 15. Soon after, the final round of the African Union-led peace negotiations …

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UN Sanctions for Sexual Violence in Libya Approved, but Russia Resisted

November 11, 2018

by Dulcie Leimbach

A decision by the United Nations Security Council to add sanctions against perpetrators of sexual violence should have gone smoothly. The proposal, led by the Netherlands and Sweden, was meant to deter such violence in conflict zones and other hot spots. Weeks earlier, diplomats turned out in hordes to mark the 18th anniversary of a …

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Security Council

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

The US Is Driving the New Talks on Western Sahara, Involving Morocco and Algeria

The UN’s Combat Troops in the Congo: ‘They Were Not Supposed to Die’

With US Leadership Gone, Japan and Europe Can Seize the Day

In the Central African Republic, Verging on Peace or Back to War

UN Sanctions for Sexual Violence in Libya Approved, but Russia Resisted

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