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- Dawn Clancy
- • April 24, 2023
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Remarkably, it was business as usual at Monday’s much-anticipated United Nations Security Council debate on “effective multilateralism” through the defense of the UN Charter, chaired by Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister. The meeting occurred as Russia, a permanent member, leads …
- Categories: Secretary-General, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • April 14, 2023
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This week, we look at Russia’s continued degradation of the UN Security Council as rotating president in April while it wages illegal war on Ukraine; and a c’est la vie shrug from the UN spokesperson on reports of the United …
- Categories: Africa, Disarmament, Gender Violence, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Damilola Banjo
- • March 17, 2023
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This week, we focus on countries with enduring humanitarian disasters, plus big news from the International Criminal Court on Russia. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN …
- Categories: Asia, Gender Violence, General Assembly, ICC, Myanmar, Secretary-General, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Opinion by Natalie Samarasinghe
- • October 27, 2022
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“The United Nations is dead,” said the Catholic Herald in 1947, two years after the UN was founded. Reports of its demise are perennial, but they seem to have reached a crescendo this year, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine considered …
- Categories: Africa, General Assembly, OPINIONS, Secretary-General, Security Council
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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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- Maurizio Guerrero
- • September 20, 2022
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On the first day of the “high-level” week of the United Nations General Assembly, attracting approximately 150 world leaders in person to the world body for the first time since 2019, Secretary-General António Guterres, facing criticism for acting too little, …
- Categories: Africa, Climate Change, Development, General Assembly, Latin America
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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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