This Week @UN
- Damilola Banjo
- • April 28, 2023
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This week, the crises around the world hit a new tipping point. 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….
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- Damilola Banjo
- • April 21, 2023
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This week, the United Nations restated it commitment to remain in Afghanistan despite reports to the contrary. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings,…
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • April 14, 2023
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This week, we look at Russia’s continued degradation of the UN Security Council as rotating president in April while it wages illegal war on Ukraine; and a c’est la vie shrug from the UN spokesperson on reports of the…
- Categories: Africa, Disarmament, Gender Violence, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Damilola Banjo
- • March 31, 2023
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This week, our articles at PassBlue looked at how various experts are demanding better governance from the United Nations. Plus, Russia taking the monthly rotating presidency of the Security Council in April as it pummels Ukraine is provoking angst…
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- Damilola Banjo
- • March 24, 2023
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This week, we report on Russia getting its first hint that it might someday be held accountable for its territorial assault on Ukraine. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information…
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- Damilola Banjo
- • March 17, 2023
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This week, we focus on countries with enduring humanitarian disasters, plus big news from the International Criminal Court on Russia. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from…
- Categories: Asia, Gender Violence, General Assembly, ICC, Myanmar, Secretary-General, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Damilola Banjo
- • March 10, 2023
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Just because it was International Women’s Day on March 8, we focus on women all week! Why not? You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is culled from UN press…
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- Damilola Banjo
- • March 3, 2023
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This week, we focus on yet another migration disaster off Italy’s coast, resulting in approximately 180 deaths, including children, while attempting what UN and other officials call “irregular migration.” You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing…
- Categories: Africa, Climate Change, Terrorism, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
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- Damilola Banjo
- • February 24, 2023
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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 humanitarian crises in Ukraine and another…
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- Damilola Banjo
- • February 17, 2023
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This week, we focus on the rising humanitarian crises in the world as the situation in Türkiye and Syria deepens. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from…
- Categories: This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Damilola Banjo
- • February 10, 2023
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This week, we focus on the sad news of the earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria, leaving approximately 22,000 people dead so far, thousands of others injured and everyone desperate for humanitarian aid. You are reading This Week @UN,…
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- Damilola Banjo
- • February 3, 2023
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This week, we focus on UN reform (no joke!); visits by the UN peacekeeping boss to Lebanon, Syria and Israel; and glimmers of hope for Iraq. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the…
- Categories: Africa, Humanitarian Aid, Middle East, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War, UN Peacekeeping
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- Damilola Banjo
- • January 27, 2023
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This week, we focus on the worsening violence in Haiti and a major firing of a UN official for corruption. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from…
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- Damilola Banjo
- • January 20, 2023
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This week, we focus on the crises in Yemen and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the United Nations intensifies peacekeeping and humanitarian remediation in the first weeks of 2023. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the…
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- Damilola Banjo
- • January 13, 2023
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First, happy new year to all our readers! This is the first summary for 2023, and we are excited to bring you all the bits and intrigues from inside the United Nations. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing…
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