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- Barbara Crossette
- • November 23, 2021
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The images are stark: In India, Hindu widows who are considered burdens by their families are being abandoned at temples on the banks of sacred rivers. In Ethiopia, homeless older women evicted by their relatives sleep on the steps…
- Categories: Women
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- Mikaela Conley
- • November 22, 2021
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BERLIN — As the daughter of Iraqi political refugees, Reem Alabali-Radovan has always felt that she would go into politics, though she imagined herself playing a background role. That thinking changed two years ago, when a far-right extremist killed…
- Categories: Governance
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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • November 19, 2021
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COP26 ends on a teary note; an Indigenous activist expounds on Colombia’s failing peace; UN personnel released from detention in Ethiopia. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered…
- Categories: Climate Change, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • November 12, 2021
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PassBlue probes the global body granting licenses to mine the deep seas; UN staff detained in Ethiopia; global famine rises. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered from…
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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • November 5, 2021
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COP26 opens with a foreboding announcement from the UN secretary-general; peacekeepers shot by the presidential guard in the Central African Republic; Mexico’s agenda on the Security Council. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing…
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • November 2, 2021
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Mexico has only one chance in its two-year term to shine as president of the Security Council, and it’s this month. While all eyes are now focusing on Glasgow, Scotland, and the United Nations-led COP26 meeting on climate change,…
- Categories: Caribbean, Latin America, Migration, Refugees, Security Council Presidency
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- Barbara Crossette
- • October 26, 2021
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Noeleen Heyzer, an expert in conflict resolution, economic development and women’s rights, has been named the next United Nations special envoy for Myanmar/Burma. Heyzer, from Singapore, was the first women to head the UN Economic and Social Commission for…
- Categories: Asia, Myanmar, Secretary-General, UN Diplomats
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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • October 22, 2021
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The UN boss points to rising global military spending as a source of gendered violence; the UN’s tech envoy, mired in controversy, may be exiting; the Human Rights Council rolls out a multimillion-dollar project with the Philippines. You are…
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- Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • October 20, 2021
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Fabrizio Hochschild Drummond, a Chilean who has had a long career with the United Nations, remains a controversial figure among some staff members, stemming from a UN inquiry into his workplace behavior that began in December 2020. Certain countries…
- Categories: Secretary-General, UN Special Envoys
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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • October 15, 2021
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The Taliban break promises to women in Afghanistan; Mali moving toward combatant reintegration; the Kafkaesque legal work representing Gitmo detainees. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered from…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Security Council, This Week @UN, UN Diplomats, UN Special Envoys, US-UN Relations
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- Barbara Crossette
- • October 13, 2021
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Nearly 200 students from Afghanistan, escaping the Taliban’s tightening grip on education, have been safely evacuated from Kabul under an ambitious plan led by the American University of Central Asia and the Kyrgyzstan government. About 60 percent of the…
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- Barbara Crossette
- • October 6, 2021
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Jessica Neuwirth, a pivotal force in promoting and supporting the rights of women and girls worldwide, was appointed to the rank of chevalier in the French Legion of Honor by the French government in a ceremony in New York…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, Women as Changemakers
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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • October 1, 2021
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Where were the women at UNGA?; feminists want big action by UN Women; undersea mining may be underway. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings,…
- Categories: Climate Change, Gender Violence, Secretary-General, This Week @UN
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- Barbara Crossette
- • September 28, 2021
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More than 50 former staff members of UN Women sent a pointed open letter to the new executive director of the agency, Sima Sami Bahous, an ex-Jordanian diplomat, on Sept. 28. They suggest a comprehensive agenda for her, undertaking…
- Categories: Gender Violence, UN Agencies, Women
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- Barbara Crossette
- • September 27, 2021
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On the last day of global leaders’ speeches at the opening of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the array of countries on the roster ranged from Israel to Iceland, from Algeria to North Korea, from…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Climate Change, Covid-19, General Assembly, UNGA76, US Foreign Relations
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