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9,000 Miles Away, South Africa’s Economy Feels the Pain of Russia’s War in Ukraine

Nyasha Bhobo
• June 6, 2022

JOHANNESBURG — With no peace deal in sight to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, South Africa’s economy is feeling the pain from the conflict, about 9,000 miles away. Prices of grains, chicken, cooking oil and bread — mainstays of…

Categories: Africa, General Assembly, Peace and Security, Security Council

THIS WEEK @UN

Combating Covid-19 Universally; Picking the Next UN Boss; the Climate Pact Needs the US

Ivana Ramirez
• December 4, 2020

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

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENCY

South Africa, Bringing the Continent Inside the Security Council

Stéphanie Fillion
• December 3, 2020

In the last hurrah of its two-year term, South Africa happens to be president of the Security Council in December, so it is making the most of its final month by holding a debate on the all-important United Nations-African…

Categories: Africa, Security Council Presidency

South Africa’s Light on Human Rights Dims Again at the UN

Barbara Crossette
• April 17, 2018

When the monthlong winter session of the United Nations Human Rights Council opened at the end of February, expectations were high that progress would be made on reforms demanded by the United States and supported by many other nations,…