Christian Wenaweser
- Adrian Steube
- • August 2, 2022
In the never-ending struggle to reform the use of the veto in the United Nations Security Council, a new initiative may prove to be relatively successful in the quest by a range of countries to change the veto step…
- Categories: General Assembly, Security Council, WORLDVIEWS
- Ben Donaldson
- • April 26, 2022
A major effort to reform the use of the veto in the United Nations Security Council came to fruition in a rare move on April 26, when the General Assembly adopted a resolution by consensus to raise the political…
- Categories: General Assembly, WORLDVIEWS
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • March 3, 2016
For the first time in United Nations history, officially announced candidates for the secretary-general race, underway this year, will be interviewed publicly in the General Assembly along the lines of a standard democratic election. Mogens Lykketoft, the Assembly president…
- Categories: General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council, Women
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • January 9, 2013
One of Fatou Bensouda‘s missions as the new chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court is to make rape during conflicts a thing of the past. Until 20 years ago, she said in a speech at the United Nations…
- Categories: Africa, Child Soldiers, Human Rights, ICC, International Justice, Women
- Helmut Volger
- • May 29, 2012
BERLIN — This United Nations top official is unknown to the broad public, yet he or she provides an important function: the president of the General Assembly. Most presidents have carried out the job inconspicuously and routinely, but a…
- Categories: General Assembly, WORLDVIEWS
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