Francois Hollande
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • April 22, 2016
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The United Nations threw a large and lavish party at its headquarters in New York on Earth Day, the opening day of the signing ceremony for the world’s new climate agreement. About 170 heads of state and government representatives…
- Categories: Climate Change, Secretary-General
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- Barbara Crossette
- • December 9, 2015
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With barely two days left to reach an international agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to slow global warming, a new version of the draft agreement was released Wednesday in Paris. But outstanding disputes remain over how much nations…
- Categories: Climate Change
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • July 14, 2015
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Alleged rapes by French soldiers of boys in the Central African Republic from December 2013 to June 2014 were actually known by French officers in Bangui, the capital, as the sexual abuses occurred, says a new investigative report published…
- Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, Human Rights
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- Trishula Patel
- • May 26, 2015
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Yet another nation — this time in West Africa — is experiencing violence related to elections. In Guinea, protests have been flaring as demonstrators rally against the delay of local elections in the country. Violence erupted in the capital,…
- Categories: Africa, Governance, Peace and Security
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • April 10, 2014
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The United Nations Security Council has authorized yet another peacekeeping force for an African country, the Central African Republic, approving up to 12,000 military and police personnel who are not likely to arrive until mid-September. The goal of the…
- Categories: Asia, Child Soldiers, Peace and Security, Security Council
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • March 4, 2014
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China has dipped a big toe in peacekeeping waters by sending its first-ever infantry troops to work for a United Nations mission — in this case, Mali, where a mission was set up last summer to stabilize the country…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Peace and Security
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • September 24, 2013
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The annual United Nations debate of the 68th General Assembly got off to a contentious start on Sept. 24 with pointedly worded but divergent speeches by Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, and Barack Obama, the president of the United States….
- Categories: General Assembly
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • January 11, 2013
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The French military has stepped into the mire of Mali, retaking the de facto border town of Konna, which was recently usurped by a loose coalition of Islamic rebels and terrorists who have dominated the northern two-thirds of the…
- Categories: Africa, Peace and Security, Security Council
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