US-UN Relations
- Damilola Banjo and Kelechukwu Ogu
- • January 24, 2023
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Ambassador Kimihiro Ishikane of Japan says his country’s new defense strategy of increasing its military might reflects the need to change the security architecture based on the current environment in East Asia. Yet Ishikane, who spoke to PassBlue on Jan. …
- Categories: Asia, Disarmament, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War, US-UN Relations
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- Dawn Clancy
- • January 18, 2023
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Hans Corell knows how to establish war crime tribunals. The Swede is a former top legal expert for the United Nations who served under Secretaries-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Kofi Annan and, on behalf of the institution, was instrumental in setting …
- Categories: General Assembly, ICC, International Justice, Security Council, US-UN Relations
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- Dawn Clancy
- • December 20, 2022
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For months, Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations, alongside Christian Wenaweser, Liechtenstein’s envoy, have been leading an effort at the UN to produce a draft resolution to support the notion of establishing an international tribunal to prosecute the …
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- Damilola Banjo
- • December 16, 2022
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This week, opinion seemed divided on the decision to expel Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN …
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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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- Damilola Banjo
- • December 2, 2022
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This week, we focus on the issues of intensifying violence in the Mideast raised separately by UN special envoys in the Security Council. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is …
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- Kourosh Ziabari
- • December 1, 2022
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- Categories: Asia, Gender Violence, Human Rights, US-UN Relations, Women
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- Damilola Banjo
- • October 28, 2022
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It was UN day this week! Hurray!! We saw schoolchildren around the world celebrate the creation of the organization on Oct. 24, 1945, and we also took a cue from the message of the UN secretary-general. You are reading This …
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- Opinion by Dan Becker
- • October 25, 2022
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As I left the talk on “The Future of the United Nations,” given at San Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel by United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, I found myself disoriented, slipping into a Hitchcockian vertigo triggered by witnessing opportunities missed and bold …
- Categories: OPINIONS, UN Diplomats, US-UN Relations
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- Damilola Banjo
- • October 14, 2022
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This week, we celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child amid various restrictions on and violations of girls’ rights globally. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from …
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- Kasmira Jefford
- • October 13, 2022
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- Categories: Migration, UN Agencies, US-UN Relations
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- Damilola Banjo
- • September 16, 2022
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This week, we focus on the preparations of the annual United Nations General Assembly opening session with world leaders — “high-level week” — from Sept. 20-26 and other stories around the world. The speakers’ list is constantly revising, though it’s …
- Categories: Africa, General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
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- Damilola Banjo
- • July 8, 2022
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This week, we focus on the continual attacks on UN peacekeepers in Mali, which further stall efforts to restore peace in the West African country. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The …
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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