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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • January 7, 2022
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Violence erupts in Kazakhstan; Sudan’s prime minister resigns; Norway takes the presidency of the Security Council. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting …
- Categories: This Week @UN
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- Dawn Clancy
- • January 5, 2022
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After four hours of torture, Flora Igoki Terah arrived at Nairobi Women’s Hospital on Sept. 7, 2007, with smashed bones, a shaven head and clumps of human feces jammed in her throat. Months before the attack, Terah’s torturers sent her …
- Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, Governance, Women
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • January 4, 2022
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Norway holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council in the country’s 2021-2022 term only once — in January — so it is aiming to make the best of this moment. “We have to make sure to put our mark …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Peace and Security, Security Council Presidency
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- Opinion by Joseph Alfred Grinblat
- • January 3, 2022
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Maha Fayek died on Jan. 5, 2021. She was one of the most wonderful persons I have ever known, and I miss her very much. She spent her life fighting for justice, without any fear of the consequences for herself. …
- Categories: OPINIONS
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • December 21, 2021
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Jane Holl Lute is in high demand. In 2020, on top of her two high-level United Nations jobs, the American diplomat has juggled other numerous executive roles on corporate and/or nonprofit boards, earning more than $900,000, according to public records. …
- Categories: Gender Violence, UN Diplomats
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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • December 17, 2021
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The Security Council vetoes a resolution linking conflict to climate change; Afghan girls return to middle school; the Wagner paramilitary group may deploy in Mali. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The …
- Categories: Africa, Asia, This Week @UN
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- Barbara Crossette
- • December 13, 2021
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- Categories: Education
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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • December 10, 2021
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UN human rights chief reiterates calls to end arbitrary detentions in Myanmar; seven peacekeepers killed in Mali; how is reform of the UN development system going? You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. …
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- Yujie Zhou
- • December 9, 2021
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The Central African Republic has long suffered from internal strife and human-rights abuses, but the situation now is perhaps the worst it has ever been and could grow more dire. The central government controls only a small portion of this …
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, US Foreign Relations
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- Catherine Morrison
- • December 6, 2021
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- Categories: Gender Violence, Women
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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • December 3, 2021
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Man wields shotgun in front of the UN headquarters; Omicron variant leads to ostracizing southern Africa; French forces shoot protesters in Niger. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered …
- Categories: This Week @UN
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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • November 30, 2021
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- Categories: US Foreign Relations, Women
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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • November 26, 2021
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UN envoy for Libya resigns; older women’s rights forgotten by the General Assembly; UN staff’s dependents to leave Ethiopia. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered from UN press …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Libya, This Week @UN, UN Special Envoys
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- Barbara Crossette
- • November 23, 2021
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- 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 nine …
- Categories: Governance
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