Online Program Enrolling Now - Seton Hall - United Nations Institute for Training and Research

BLUE SMOKE: A monthly column, from PassBlue and UNA–UK, spotlighting senior appointments at the UN

Cherith Norman Chalet

Growing Crises in Myanmar and Tigray; Getting to Know the US Envoy; Will the UN’s Top Humanitarian Job Go to the UK Again?

Ivana Ramirez
• March 6, 2021

Continuing crises in Myanmar and Ethiopia; the US envoy to the UN’s first week; why Britain has held the top humanitarian job for so long; and women’s gains in the African Union. You are reading This Week @UN, a summary…

Categories: Africa, Asia, Human Rights, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations

Pulling Back the Curtain on the US Mission to the UN

Kacie Candela
• May 22, 2019

The next United States ambassador to the United Nations, which could be Kelly Knight Craft, will arrive at a US mission to the UN that is far diminished in size and stature than the one her immediate predecessor, Nikki…

Categories: General Assembly, Security Council, UN Diplomats, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

GEOPOLITICS

Trump Nominates the Current UN Envoy as Ambassador to Egypt

Dulcie Leimbach
• April 12, 2019

Just days after President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt met with President Trump in the White House, receiving an effusive reception, Trump nominated Jonathan R. Cohen, the acting permanent representative of the United States to the United Nations, as…

Categories: Geopolitics, Middle East, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

TOPIC: WOMEN

The US Goes ‘Bonkers’ at the UN Women’s Conference

Laura E. Kirkpatrick
• March 24, 2019

“Hold the line” was the frequent refrain heard during the contentious negotiations swirling around the annual meeting at the United Nations ensuring the rights of women. Delegates from the UN’s 193 countries were urged by conference leaders to remain…