US-UN Relations

US Envoy-Designate to the UN Turns the Long-Awaited Spotlight on Africa

December 7, 2020

When President-elect Joe Biden nominated Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be the next ambassador to the United Nations, he was signaling that American diplomacy would face big changes. If she is confirmed by the Senate in the new year, the UN will have a seasoned, top-rank diplomat in the United States’ Security Council seat, a break …

Africa, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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The US Likes the UN Again; Warnings to Ethiopia; Biden’s Pick for UN Envoy

November 27, 2020

by Dulcie Leimbach

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 spokesperson’s briefings, our original reporting and other sources. We know from diplomats and many other …

Africa, Climate and Environment, Governance, Secretary-General, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations

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The Lingering Side-Effects of Trump’s Assault on Global Health

November 24, 2020

by Irwin Arieff

President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to move quickly once he is in office to reverse Donald Trump’s ill-founded pledge to cut ties to the World Health Organization during a deadly worldwide plague. But it will not be easy for Biden to erase the damage, which will weigh on Washington’s standing in the international health …

Health and Population, US-UN Relations

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Rights Advocates Rejoice as the New Biden Team Is Assembled

November 23, 2020

by Barbara Crossette

Advice is pouring into President-elect Joe Biden from around the United States and across the world on how to turn around the damage the Trump administration has inflicted in key policy areas. Advocates for public health, women’s rights and a semblance of restored American leadership are among those hoping for quick action starting the …

Africa, Climate and Environment, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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Fed-Up Africans; Has Biden Forgotten the UN?; Don’t Sanction the Houthis

November 20, 2020

by Dulcie Leimbach

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 most important news on the world body. The information is drawn from the UN spokesperson’s …

Africa, Human Rights, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Secretary-General, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations

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Hey, Biden-Harris Team, What About the UN?

November 17, 2020

by Stéphanie Fillion

President-elect Joe Biden’s first message to fellow world leaders was clear: America is back. But there’s a glaring omission in his foreign policy plan: the United Nations. After four years of the Trump administration’s defunding and leaving UN organizations and agreements, the United States’ relationship with the UN is ripe for revival. But what, …

UN Agencies, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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The US Waits and Waits for Final Voting Results; Election Mayhem in Côte d’Ivoire; a Tiny State Runs the Security Council

November 6, 2020

by Dulcie Leimbach

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 important news on the world body. The information is drawn from the UN spokesperson’s briefings, …

Africa, Caribbean, Governance, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations

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The UN Warns Personnel About Potential Violence in the US but Is Silent on the Election Itself

November 4, 2020

by Stéphanie Fillion

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has so far remained silent on the United States Nov. 3 presidential election, despite concerns about possible violence in the country and President Trump having prematurely proclaimed victory. Indeed, the UN warned its personnel at New York headquarters to be prepared for “civil unrest” that may occur over …

Secretary-General, US-UN Relations

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On the 10th Anniversary of Haiti’s Cholera Outbreak, What Has the UN Learned?

October 30, 2020

by Beatrice Lindstrom and Joey Bui

Ten years ago this month, Haiti confirmed the arrival of a deadly cholera epidemic that killed more than 10,000 people. The disease — and the United Nations’ response to it — has caused immeasurable harm in Haiti and undermined the UN’s moral standing when it is sorely needed. As victims in Haiti pause to …

Caribbean, US-UN Relations, WORLDVIEWS

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The UN’s 12th Nobel Peace Prize: Our Latest Podcast Episode

October 16, 2020

by Stéphanie Fillion and Kacie Candela

Clair MacDougall was reporting on a follow-up story for PassBlue about Lieut. Col. Carlos Moisés Guillén Alfaro, the first official United Nations peacekeeper to die of Covid-19, when on Oct. 9 she heard that the World Food Program was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and that its executive director, David Beasley, was in town, so she …

Africa, Development, Humanitarian Aid, US-UN Relations

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Women’s Rights Are Human Rights: How Equality Became a US Foreign Policy Priority

October 14, 2020

by Rebecca Turkington and Melanne Verveer

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Twenty-five years ago this month, tens of thousands of women (and some men) gathered in Beijing for the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. It was a profound moment in the history of women’s rights, convening 5,000 official delegates from nearly every country in the world and more than 30,000 …

Development, Gender-Based Violence, Human Trafficking, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations, Women

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China and Russia Win Human Rights Council Seats, but the Saudis Get Rejected

October 13, 2020

by Dulcie Leimbach

Nearly two and a half years after the United States withdrew from the Human Rights Council, China and Russia have just won elected seats in the body. Both countries suffer from human-rights abuses against their own populations. China and Russia join 13 others as Council members for three-year terms starting on Jan. 1, 2021, …

Human Rights, US-UN Relations

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As the Nobel Peace Prize Is Awarded to the World Food Program, Famines Loom

October 10, 2020

by Clair MacDougall

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — David Beasley, the head of the World Food Program, this year’s just-announced Nobel Peace Prize winner, has warned that the number of people facing starvation could double next year, to 270 million, if the agency is unable to raise enough money to cope with the crisis. “2021 is going to be …

Humanitarian Aid, UN Agencies, US-UN Relations

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Trump’s Foreign Policy Brilliance? Let Me Count the Disasters

September 25, 2020

by Irwin Arieff

Fake news alert: President Donald Trump said something vaguely positive about the United Nations during his speech marking the opening of this year’s General Assembly session. “God bless you all. God bless America. And God bless the United Nations,” Trump intoned on Sept. 22. Comically, the world body may justifiably be relieved, having braced …

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The UN’s 75th Birthday Is Here; Trump’s Not Coming to UNGA; What He Might Say Virtually

September 18, 2020

by Dulcie Leimbach

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 to the debate; no wine-laden luncheons or “bilateral” meetings for them are scheduled; and no …

This Week @UN, US-UN Relations

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US Envoy-Designate to the UN Turns the Long-Awaited Spotlight on Africa

The US Likes the UN Again; Warnings to Ethiopia; Biden’s Pick for UN Envoy

The Lingering Side-Effects of Trump’s Assault on Global Health

Rights Advocates Rejoice as the New Biden Team Is Assembled

Fed-Up Africans; Has Biden Forgotten the UN?; Don’t Sanction the Houthis

Hey, Biden-Harris Team, What About the UN?

The US Waits and Waits for Final Voting Results; Election Mayhem in Côte d’Ivoire; a Tiny State Runs the Security Council

The UN Warns Personnel About Potential Violence in the US but Is Silent on the Election Itself

On the 10th Anniversary of Haiti’s Cholera Outbreak, What Has the UN Learned?

The UN’s 12th Nobel Peace Prize: Our Latest Podcast Episode

Women’s Rights Are Human Rights: How Equality Became a US Foreign Policy Priority

China and Russia Win Human Rights Council Seats, but the Saudis Get Rejected

As the Nobel Peace Prize Is Awarded to the World Food Program, Famines Loom

Trump’s Foreign Policy Brilliance? Let Me Count the Disasters

The UN’s 75th Birthday Is Here; Trump’s Not Coming to UNGA; What He Might Say Virtually

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