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- Barbara Crossette
- • January 12, 2022
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For decades, amid genocidal wars and gender violence that tore apart the lives and bodies of girls and women, Denis Mukwege, facing repeated threats to his own life, worked as a medical doctor in poor, broken communities in the…
- Categories: International Justice, Uncategorized, Women
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- Barbara Crossette
- • August 27, 2021
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Fears are running high among the vulnerable women of Afghanistan — scholars, writers and other intellectuals — that they may be prime targets for retribution and abuse by the Taliban’s ideologically driven tribal misogyny. In remote Kyrgyzstan, a Muslim…
- Categories: Asia, Gender Violence, Uncategorized
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • August 8, 2016
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In Baton Rouge, La., Silky Slim has implored the United Nations to pay attention to what he calls the “hypocrisy” of the United States regarding the treatment of some of its own citizens, African-Americans. In fact, several UN officials…
- Categories: Human Rights, Security Council, Uncategorized, US-UN Relations
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • September 3, 2014
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President Barack Obama will hold a summit late this month in the United Nations Security Council to try to counter the surging power and strength of the Islamic terrorists that have seized parts of the Middle East this summer…
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 13, 2013
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The United States will be increasing the “scope and scale” of its help to the main opposition group fighting in Syria against the country’s regime, based on recent assessments that the Syrian government used chemical weapons on several occasions…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Uncategorized
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- Barbara Crossette
- • April 19, 2013
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With the issues of emergency contraception — the “morning after” pill — and abortion still topics of tremendous controversy among United Nations members, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recommended that both should be offered as part of an international response…
- Categories: Africa, Secretary-General, Uncategorized, Women
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- Samir Sanbar - UNForum.com
- • May 28, 2012
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From The Insider: You can’t misunderstand Gen. Robert Mood, even if you tried. The veteran Norwegian senior officer, who is a veteran of several UN field assignments, has just been designated as Chief of UN Military Observers in Syria. A…
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- Samir Sanbar - UNForum.com
- • May 28, 2012
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A serious shortage of funds for the renovation of the substantially gutted Secretariat compound has left the UN scrambling. Over $1.8 billion in overruns have accrued “due to inflation and delays in execution,” according to a statement by officials…
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- Samir Sanbar - UNForum.com
- • May 28, 2012
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Newly appointed Under-Secretary General for Management, Yukio Takasu, has 40 years of wide experience in multilateral work. He was Japan’s Permanent Representative to the U.N.; member and President of the Security Council; Head of U.N. Affairs at Japan’s Ministry of…
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • May 5, 2012
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[singlepic id=1 w=200 h=150 ] Mosque of Sankoré in Timbuktu, Mali. Preview of photo essay on Unesco sites and other treasures in Timbuktu Unesco Photo by Franscesco Bandarin…
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • December 17, 2011
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Back in the 1960s, when weekend visitors to the United Nations could roam the grounds freely and peek into meeting halls, imagining themselves VIPs, the gift shop offered exotic tokens and memorabilia from all over the world. On one…
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