Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Opinion by Alan Doss
- • November 14, 2022
LEAVE A COMMENT
In September, the presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda took their allegations against each other over the resurgence of conflict in the eastern Congo to the United Nations General Assembly. I recall vividly similar claims…
- Categories: Africa, OPINIONS, UN Peacekeeping
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • February 16, 2021
LEAVE A COMMENT
A controversial letter written in 2019 by a Norwegian diplomat who is now a leading United Nations envoy in the Middle East, vouching for an Israeli billionaire’s role in the release of a Norwegian-British citizen sentenced to death in…
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights, Secretary-General, Security Council, UN Diplomats
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Opinion by Alan Doss
- • January 18, 2021
LEAVE A COMMENT
This year, two expansive — and expensive — international peace and security entities will pass a significant milestone. The United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the NATO operation in Afghanistan have been deployed…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, OPINIONS, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Allison Lecce
- • June 5, 2020
LEAVE A COMMENT
Starting in June, a summary of the most important news on the United Nations’ work in New York City and across the world will be highlighted weekly. The news will be drawn from the UN spokesperson’s media briefings, which…
- Categories: This Week @UN
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Opinion by Julienne Lusenge
- • December 31, 2015
LEAVE A COMMENT
In the developed world, women fought and struggled to gain their rights and eventually created a space in which these rights could be expressed. Violence does indeed occur in the developed world, but it cannot be compared to what…
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Opinion by Yasmine Ergas
- • December 17, 2013
LEAVE A COMMENT
Gender is at the center of international agendas, not at their periphery. Today, plans in Sochi for the forthcoming Olympics — the emblem of international cooperation — are riven by disputes over Russia’s policies toward lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender persons. Peacemakers in…
- Categories: OPINIONS
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Elisabeth Braw
- • June 10, 2013
LEAVE A COMMENT
LONDON — When Angelina Jolie and William Hague traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in March, the Hollywood star and the British foreign minister naturally attracted attention. But what they came for — to announce a plan…
- Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, Human Rights, Peace and Security, Women
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Barbara Crossette
- • April 3, 2013
LEAVE A COMMENT
Two innovative women from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where violence against women and girls has been harsh and unrelenting through years of lawlessness and civil conflict, came to New York in early March with a message…
LEAVE A COMMENT
THIS WEEK'S MOST POPULAR
