US-UN Relations
- Kasmira Jefford
- • October 13, 2022
First came the bid this year for the International Telecommunication Union director-general position. Now the United States has set its sights on clinching the top job at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) after its candidate, Amy Pope, officially…
- Categories: Migration, UN Agencies, US-UN Relations
- Damilola Banjo
- • September 16, 2022
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…
- Categories: Africa, General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
- Damilola Banjo
- • July 8, 2022
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….
- Damilola Banjo
- • June 17, 2022
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…
- Stephen Schlesinger
- • June 7, 2022
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…
- Categories: General Assembly, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations, WORLDVIEWS
- Damilola Banjo
- • May 20, 2022
This week, enduring efforts to save lives in Ukraine, crippling droughts and Mexico’s disappeared. 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…
- Categories: Africa, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
- Damilola Banjo
- • May 19, 2022
Antony Blinken, the United States Secretary of State, accused Russia of weaponizing food in its fight against Ukraine and creating a hunger crisis in many parts of the world as a result. Blinken made the remarks at an open…
- Categories: Africa, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, US-UN Relations
- Damilola Banjo
- • May 8, 2022
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…
- Categories: Security Council Presidency, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
- Anna Bianca Roach
- • February 25, 2022
This week, alas, a heavy spotlight on Ukraine. 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, read how…
- Categories: Peace and Security, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
- Anna Bianca Roach
- • February 18, 2022
Artillery shelling blasts eastern Ukraine; what’s the Collective Security Treaty Organization?; the UN boss jets to Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered…
- Categories: Human Rights, Peace and Security, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
- Anna Bianca Roach
- • February 4, 2022
Tensions mount over Ukraine; Congo issues a verdict on the murder of two UN experts; the UN secretary-general attends the Winter Olympics. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
- Stephen Schlesinger
- • January 25, 2022
President Joe Biden has brought back an era of diplomatic normalcy to the United Nations in his first year in office. After the often-raucous and unpredictable four years of the Trump administration’s relations with the UN, Biden and his…
- Categories: Security Council, US-UN Relations, WORLDVIEWS
- Anna Bianca Roach
- • November 19, 2021
COP26 ends on a teary note; an Indigenous activist expounds on Colombia’s failing peace; UN personnel released from detention in Ethiopia. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered…
- Categories: Climate Change, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
- Anna Bianca Roach
- • November 12, 2021
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…
- Mark Hertsgaard
- • November 10, 2021
GLASGOW, Scotland — It’s an article of faith in United States political and media circles that American leadership is essential to global climate progress. That message was repeated Tuesday at the United Nations climate conference, COP26, as speaker of…
- Categories: Climate Change, US-UN Relations
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