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- Maurizio Guerrero
- • November 9, 2021
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as Amlo for his initials, called on the United Nations to “wake up from its slumber” and support the creation of a mechanism to end poverty for 750 million people worldwide. In…
- Categories: General Assembly, Latin America, Poverty, Secretary-General, Security Council
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • June 4, 2021
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Fighting global corruption; Estonia, run by women; Iran loses its voting rights at the UN; a sex-video scandal, unresolved a year later. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered…
- Categories: General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
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- Clair MacDougall
- • May 10, 2021
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Liberian Dr. James Soka Moses remembers the West African region’s devastating Ebola outbreak as if it were yesterday: the roaring ambulances, the patients lying on the floor and spilling outside of treatment facilities, the smell of vomit and the…
- Categories: Africa, Covid-19, Health and Population
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- Maria Luisa Gambale
- • March 10, 2021
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Through the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, Beirut was spared the catastrophic caseloads that brought many cities around the world to their knees throughout the spring and early summer of 2020, but the port blast on Aug. 4…
- Categories: Cities, Covid-19, Health and Population
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • March 6, 2021
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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
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • February 19, 2021
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The United States jumps back into the Paris Agreement; the Security Council tackles climate-security risks (for now); a new UN envoy’s letter from the past returns to haunt him. You are reading This Week @UN, a summary of the most…
- Categories: Africa, Climate Change, General Assembly, Middle East, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • February 1, 2021
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February marks the beginning of a yearlong period that could make or break Britain’s post-Brexit foreign policy, also known as “Global Britain.” This month, Britain presides over the United Nations Security Council, then the Group of 7 meeting, in…
- Categories: Security Council Presidency, UN Diplomats
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • January 23, 2021
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The Sahel humanitarian crisis grows; Biden is sworn in as the 46th United States president; the nuclear ban treaty enters into force. You are reading This Week @UN, a summary of the most pressing issues facing the international organization. The information…
- Categories: Africa, Nuclear Disarmament, Secretary-General, This Week @UN, UN Peacekeeping, US-UN Relations
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • December 4, 2020
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Covid-19 and its vaccine get their own special session; steps to select the next United Nations leader must begin; pressure builds on the United States to rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing…
- Categories: Africa, Climate Change, Governance, Health and Population, This Week @UN
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- Irwin Arieff
- • November 24, 2020
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President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to move quickly once he is in office to reverse Donald Trump’s ill-founded pledge to cut ties to the World Health Organization during a deadly worldwide plague. But it will not be easy for…
- Categories: Health and Population, US-UN Relations
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