This Week @UN
- Ivana Ramirez
- • January 8, 2021
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The United States Capitol stormed by pro-Trump rioters; a legendary UN diplomat dies at 101; Islamist jihadists blamed for fatal assault in Niger. You are reading This Week @UN, a summary of the most pressing issues facing the organization….
- Categories: Africa, General Assembly, Libya, Secretary-General, This Week @UN, UN Diplomats, US-UN Relations
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • December 26, 2020
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An A-to-Z list of Trump’s assaults on the rule of law; reactions to the US-Morocco-Western Sahara news; turmoil in the Central African Republic before elections. Happy Boxing Day! You are reading This Week @UN, a summary of the most…
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • December 18, 2020
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Does UN Secretary-General António Guterres deserve another term; as Covid-19 vaccines are rolled out in New York City, what about UN staff and diplomats there; and how far will President-elect Biden go at the UN? You’re reading This Week…
- Categories: Health and Population, Secretary-General, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • December 11, 2020
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A United Nations convoy was shot at in Ethiopia’s Tigray region; Southeast Asia’s progress on the women, peace and security agenda; the United States brokers a deal with Morocco in exchange for loss of Western Sahara’s sovereignty. You’re reading…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Climate Change, Governance, Health and Population, This Week @UN
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • December 4, 2020
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Covid-19 and its vaccine get their own special session; steps to select the next United Nations leader must begin; pressure builds on the United States to rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing…
- Categories: Africa, Climate Change, Governance, Health and Population, This Week @UN
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • November 27, 2020
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The United States embraces diplomacy again; human-rights warnings in Ethiopia; who is the US nominee for UN ambassador? You are reading This Week @UN, highlighting the most important news on the world body. The information is drawn from the UN…
- Categories: Africa, Climate Change, Governance, Secretary-General, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • November 20, 2020
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Africans are fed up with being sidelined in the Security Council; hey, Joe Biden, don’t overlook the UN; a mother of five competes against 12 men in the Burkina Faso presidential election. You are reading This Week @UN, highlighting the…
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • November 13, 2020
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An Afghan midwife saving lives in her country; the UN secretary-general congratulates US president-elect Joe Biden (sort of); a new gender group with a questionable purpose. You are reading This Week @UN, highlighting the most important news on the world…
- Categories: Africa, Caribbean, Secretary-General, This Week @UN
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • November 6, 2020
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Are we there yet? The United States still awaits final presidential election results; one of the United Nations’ smallest countries leads the Security Council; and presidential election violence in Côte d’Ivoire. You are reading This Week @UN, highlighting the most…
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • October 31, 2020
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A scandal involving a Norwegian diplomat erupts; Covid-19 rears its head at the United Nations; and who could become its 194th member state? Greetings from This Week @UN, highlights of the most important news on the world body. The information…
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • October 23, 2020
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A “permanent” cease-fire is reached in Libya; Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City declines to meet with the president of the UN General Assembly; and what’s going on behind closed-door meetings at the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban…
- Categories: Africa, Disarmament, General Assembly, LGBT, Libya, This Week @UN
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • October 17, 2020
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For once, two pieces of good news from the United Nations: The World Food Program receives the Nobel Peace Prize and the Security Council begins meeting physically again in its chamber. But some reality-checking: 25 years after the Beijing…
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • October 3, 2020
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The annual debate of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly ended on Sept. 29, after a weeklong screening of prerecorded video speeches by 190 member states. The numbers were impressive: videos by 102 heads of state, 1…
- Categories: General Assembly, This Week @UN
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • September 18, 2020
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The most important week of the year at the United Nations has arrived, though expectations are low, given that the annual opening debate of the General Assembly is being held virtually because of Covid-19. No global leaders are coming…
- Categories: SDGs, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • September 12, 2020
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Iran continues to enrich low-grade uranium; the United Nations finally sent peacekeepers to protect Dr. Denis Mukwege, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, after he received more death threats; and the major General Assembly session of world leaders, starting Sept….
- Categories: Africa, Climate Change, Education, General Assembly, Human Rights, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
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