- Arthur Bassas
- • May 31, 2023
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The United Nations is likely to reappoint the head of its Office of Counterterrorism, who has been leading the entity since its inception in 2017. In one of his first actions as the new secretary-general, António Guterres named Vladimir…
- Categories: Human Rights, Secretary-General, Terrorism, Ukraine-Russia War, UN Agencies
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- Opinion by Melanne Verveer  and Jess Keller
- • May 30, 2023
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When Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, Natalia Karbowska sprang into action. She has since been working in overdrive to provide funding and humanitarian assistance to thousands of Ukrainian women whose lives have been destroyed by the Russian invasion,…
- Categories: Human Rights, OPINIONS, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • May 26, 2023
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This week, the UN boss told the world’s richest countries, meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, that the Security Council and the Bretton Woods financial system both need reforming. Were they listening? You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing…
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- Opinion by Antonio Tajani
- • May 24, 2023
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If there is an indisputable priority in Italy’s foreign policy, it is undoubtedly Africa. I have had the opportunity to reiterate our priority in many multilateral forums and bilateral meetings. Africa is central in our vision of future international…
- Categories: Africa, Climate Change, Development, Humanitarian Aid, OPINIONS, Poverty
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- Dawn Clancy
- • May 23, 2023
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TALLINN, Estonia –– Efforts to create a special tribunal to try Russian leaders for the crime of aggression in Ukraine is exposing a deepening divide between the Group of 7 countries and their European allies over how to…
- Categories: General Assembly, ICC, International Justice, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Damilola Banjo
- • May 22, 2023
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The catastrophe in Sudan is threatening to devolve into a full-blown civil war, inviting countries like Russia, the United States and Saudi Arabia to take sides. Some experts say, however, that the solution lies not with global outside powers…
- Categories: Africa, Humanitarian Aid, Security Council
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • May 19, 2023
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This week, the UN tries to get life-saving goods to yet another crisis: Burmese hit by Cyclone Mocha. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings,…
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- Kourosh Ziabari
- • May 16, 2023
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Nationwide protests convulsing Iran triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody last September have tapered off, but as the women-led uprising recedes from the streets, a new spectacle is dominating slowly. It is unnerving the authorities…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, Women
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- Opinion by Natalie Samarasinghe
- • May 15, 2023
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Nearly a quarter of women and girls cannot escape unwanted sex. Eleven percent are unable to make decisions on contraception. The recent report from the United Nations Population Fund is the latest source of grim statistics on women’s rights….
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, OPINIONS
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • May 12, 2023
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This week, the UN tries to get food and other essentials to Sudanese people as the two generals keep up the chaos. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Human Rights, ICC, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Opinion by Georgios Kostakos
- • May 11, 2023
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The news about the United States spying on United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and his deputy, Amina Mohammed, revealed dissatisfaction in leaked US intelligence documents over Guterres’s perceived lack of toughness regarding the Russians and their invasion of Ukraine…
- Categories: OPINIONS, Secretary-General
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- Arthur Bassas
- • May 10, 2023
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A short video obtained by PassBlue reveals a United Nations staff member telling a meeting of a regional UN commission about successful efforts to hire two South Korean men for jobs in the entity by seeming to pressure Secretary-General…
- Categories: Asia, Secretary-General, UN Agencies
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- Damilola Banjo
- • May 9, 2023
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The grave rights violations allegedly being committed against children by Russian troops in Ukraine in the last year merits listing in the upcoming annual report on children and armed conflict by the United Nations secretary-general, says a new study…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Child Soldiers, Gender Violence, Human Rights, Secretary-General, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Paula Dupraz-Dobias
- • May 8, 2023
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After being concluded 10 months ago to buffer the shock of the Russian invasion on food commodity prices and avert famine in poor countries, the Black Sea Grain Initiative is now being portrayed by Moscow as simply a commercial…
- Categories: Ukraine-Russia War
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • May 5, 2023
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This week, for World Press Freedom Day, the UN spotlighted the growing dangers — including murder — journalists face worldwide. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN…
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