Brian Urquhart
- Opinion by Ian Martin
- • March 3, 2021
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LONDON — Should the world’s top humanitarian official be chosen through a meritocratic selection process open to candidates from any country, or should the choice be restricted to a single nationality and nomination by that government? The answer is…
- Categories: Humanitarian Aid, OPINIONS
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • January 8, 2021
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The United States Capitol stormed by pro-Trump rioters; a legendary UN diplomat dies at 101; Islamist jihadists blamed for fatal assault in Niger. You are reading This Week @UN, a summary of the most pressing issues facing the organization….
- Categories: Africa, General Assembly, Libya, Secretary-General, This Week @UN, UN Diplomats, US-UN Relations
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- Stephen Schlesinger
- • January 3, 2021
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Brian Urquhart, who spent most of his adult life in service to the United Nations, died on Saturday, Jan. 2, at his home in Tyringham, Mass., in the Berkshires, where he retired after serving as one of the most notable…
- Categories: UN Diplomats
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- Opinion by Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 24, 2018
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Would the world be better off without the United Nations? The question couldn’t be more important in the age of Trump and his rejection of multilateral institutions as well as traditional allies. Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor of Political…
- Categories: OPINIONS, Secretary-General, US-UN Relations
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- Barbara Crossette
- • April 17, 2014
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There have been eight secretaries-general of the United Nations in the 68 years since the first of them, Trygve Lie of Norway, took on this unique global position. All eight — all men — have been very different in…
- Categories: BOOKS
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