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Anti-Asian Threats; Troubles in the UN Humanitarian Aid Agency?; Yes, the UN Still Matters

Ivana Ramirez
• March 26, 2021

Anti-Asian violence; the closing window for a woman secretary-general; a UN expert threatened by Saudi Arabia; the UN’s humanitarian-aid agency cries out for changes. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The…

Categories: Development, Gender Violence, Health and Population, Human Rights, SDGs, This Week @UN, UN Special Envoys, US-UN Relations

The US Raises Its UN Profile, but Not Its Support

Barbara Crossette
• January 25, 2020

The naming of Jonathan Moore, a senior United States Foreign Service officer, to the position of Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, signals that in the United Nations’ 75th year, the Trump administration is getting serious. The…

Categories: Gender Violence, US-UN Relations

At the UN’s Yearly Meeting on Women, Scrutinizing the Slow, Patchy Gains on Equality

Dulcie Leimbach
• March 8, 2015

Two decades after the world’s largest gathering of women adopted an ambitious plan to improve if not legalize gender equality, women are marginally better off in many walks of life, depending on the country and urban versus rural regions….