US Foreign Relations
- Damilola Banjo
- • August 1, 2023
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The United States is urging the global South to call out Russia’s aggression in Ukraine as many parts of the world continue to confront food insecurity because of the 17-month-old war. Robert Wood, an alternate ambassador for the US at …
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- Opinion by Irwin Arieff
- • December 19, 2022
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Early and often during his 2016 run for the presidency, Donald Trump vowed to pull Washington out of the Iran nuclear agreement the moment he arrived at the White House. The pact, brokered the year before by Barack Obama, working …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Nuclear Disarmament, OPINIONS, Ukraine-Russia War, US Foreign Relations
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- Damilola Banjo
- • December 9, 2022
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This week, the Taliban carried out their first execution, letting a man shoot the person who allegedly murdered his son. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN …
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Secretary-General, Security Council, Terrorism, This Week @UN, US Foreign Relations
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- Remmy Bahati
- • December 5, 2022
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President Joseph Biden has invited 49 African national leaders and the head of the African Union to the White House this month for a summit emphasizing America’s “enduring” commitment to the continent and continued collaboration on such global priorities as …
- Categories: Africa, Governance, Human Rights, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Kourosh Ziabari
- • November 9, 2022
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Iran’s new ambassador to the United Nations stunned journalists recently when he read a contentious statement to them in response to an informal Security Council meeting on the current protests in Iran. The envoy delivered his remarks to reporters …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Middle East, UN Diplomats, US Foreign Relations
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- Dawn Clancy
- • November 8, 2022
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Four months ago, Russia was flagged for breaching international aviation law, and the United Nations has yet to replace dozens of grounded Russian-leased aircraft as a result of the violation. The UN’s response to the International Civil Aviation Authority’s warning …
- Categories: Secretary-General, Ukraine-Russia War, UN Peacekeeping, US Foreign Relations
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- Dawn Clancy
- • September 21, 2022
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On Day 2 of the “high-level” week, featuring many of the world’s heads of state and government, President Joe Biden shared the forum with a diverse roster of speakers, who stood at the rostrum, one by one, stretching from the …
- Categories: Africa, Asia, General Assembly, Latin America, Secretary-General, Ukraine-Russia War, US Foreign Relations
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- Damilola Banjo
- • June 17, 2022
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This week, our focus is on the failure of the decades-old women, peace and security agenda and Britain’s stalled plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. …
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- Opinion by Stephen Schlesinger
- • June 7, 2022
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If there is a mantra for United States foreign policy under the Biden administration, it is the idea of a “rules-based international order.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a major speech delivered at the Asia Society on May 26 …
- Categories: General Assembly, OPINIONS, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Damilola Banjo
- • May 8, 2022
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The United States is making the tackling soaring prices of food commodities the main focus of its presidency of the United Nations Security Council in May. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the country’s permanent representative to the UN, elaborated on the topic …
- Categories: Security Council Presidency, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Dawn Clancy
- • February 24, 2022
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- Categories: Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, US Foreign Relations
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- Stephanie Liechtenstein
- • January 10, 2022
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VIENNA — The name Helga Schmid probably does not ring a bell beyond diplomatic circles in this very diplomatic city. Nor is the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, or OSCE, which Schmid leads, a household name, either. But …
- Categories: Peace and Security, US Foreign Relations, Women
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- Yujie Zhou
- • December 9, 2021
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The Central African Republic has long suffered from internal strife and human-rights abuses, but the situation now is perhaps the worst it has ever been and could grow more dire. The central government controls only a small portion of this …
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, US Foreign Relations
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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • November 30, 2021
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- Categories: US Foreign Relations, Women
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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • November 12, 2021
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PassBlue probes the global body granting licenses to mine the deep seas; UN staff detained in Ethiopia; global famine rises. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered from UN …
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