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Geir Pedersen

Two High-Profile Norwegian Diplomats Are Criticized in a Government Audit

Dulcie Leimbach
• June 29, 2021

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs lost control over how the International Peace Institute, a New York City think tank formerly financed by Norway, spent the money, an investigation by the country’s Office of the Auditor General found. The news …

Categories: Human Trafficking, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, UN Diplomats, UN Special Envoys

OPINIONS

The UN-Led Peace Process for Syria Has Failed. Women Must Be Part of the Next One.

Opinion by Mouna Ghanem
• March 8, 2021

COPENHAGEN — In her book, “The Second Sex,” Simone de Beauvoir argued that one is not born but rather becomes a woman. De Beauvoir emphasized that destiny is not a cosmic force but a human choice, a result of circumstances …

Categories: Gender Violence, Middle East, OPINIONS, Security Council, US Foreign Relations

The UN Security Council Chamber Reopens With a Touch of Class

Dulcie Leimbach
• April 29, 2013

The Norwegians have always influenced the direction of the United Nations either subtly or directly, starting with the world body’s first secretary-general, Trygve Lie, hailing from Norway. Now, with the reopening of the Security Council Chamber after being closed for …