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- Damilola Banjo
- • November 4, 2022
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There’s a new sheriff in town! This week, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed a new man to lead the Department of Peace Operations as the police adviser. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the…
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- Damilola Banjo
- • October 28, 2022
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It was UN day this week! Hurray!! We saw schoolchildren around the world celebrate the creation of the organization on Oct. 24, 1945, and we also took a cue from the message of the UN secretary-general. You are reading…
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- Opinion by Stephen Schlesinger
- • October 11, 2022
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres started out wobbly on the Ukrainian crisis. In the days leading up to the Feb. 24 Russian attack on Ukraine, he remained on the sidelines. He was apparently unconvinced that the Russians would invade…
- Categories: General Assembly, OPINIONS, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Damilola Banjo
- • September 9, 2022
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Welcome back to our weekly summary, after a much-needed break in August, when we still produced amazing scoops, interviews and investigations (see the rundown below). This week, our focus is on the Security Council as France leads the primary…
- Categories: General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Stephanie Liechtenstein
- • September 9, 2022
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VIENNA — Poland and Canada have circulated a draft resolution among members of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, criticizing Russia’s “violent actions against nuclear facilities in Ukraine, including the ongoing presence of Russian forces…
- Categories: Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, UN Agencies
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- Stephanie Liechtenstein
- • May 3, 2022
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VIENNA — The International Atomic Energy Agency expressed “grave concern” recently about the safety at Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant, in Zaporizhzhia, and said that the situation for the Ukrainian personnel working there was “unsustainable.” The plant was captured…
- Categories: Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • June 25, 2021
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Rafael Grossi of the IAEA on Iran, gender bias and diplomacy; nuke-weapons countries just keep spending billions; European peacekeepers attacked in Gao, Mali. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information…
- Categories: Africa, LGBT, Nuclear Disarmament, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
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- Stephanie Liechtenstein
- • June 20, 2021
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VIENNA — In an interview here with Rafael Grossi, the 60-year-old director-general of the United Nations nuclear watchdog — the International Atomic Energy Agency — he revealed that he has not had a reply yet from Iran on a possible…
- Categories: Nuclear Disarmament, UN Diplomats, US Foreign Relations
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • February 26, 2021
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the United States envoy to the UN, starts her job; Iran’s troubling nuclear developments; UN-convoy murders in the Congo. You are reading This Week @UN, a summary of the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Nuclear Disarmament, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
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- Stephanie Liechtenstein
- • February 25, 2021
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VIENNA — The International Atomic Energy Agency reported in a confidential document, seen by PassBlue, that Iran has added 17.6 kilograms of uranium, enriched up to 20 percent, to its total stockpile. The enrichment process, which had been announced…
- Categories: Middle East, Nuclear Disarmament
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- Stephanie Liechtenstein
- • February 21, 2021
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VIENNA — Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations nuclear watchdog, that it will significantly limit inspections of its nuclear facilities as of Feb. 23. Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director-general of the Vienna-based agency, traveled…
- Categories: Middle East, Nuclear Disarmament, Security Council, US Foreign Relations
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- Stephanie Liechtenstein
- • September 7, 2020
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VIENNA — The International Atomic Energy Agency has just reported that Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium continues to grow. The stockpile now exceeds the limit set in the 2015 nuclear deal tenfold. According to the confidential quarterly IAEA report,…
- Categories: Middle East, Nuclear Disarmament, Security Council
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- Stephanie Liechtenstein
- • June 8, 2020
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VIENNA — The International Atomic Energy Agency issued an alarming report on June 5, voicing “serious concern” over Iran’s refusal to allow the agency’s inspectors to investigate two sites where the country is suspected of having conducted undeclared nuclear…
- Categories: Covid-19, Nuclear Disarmament, Security Council, US-UN Relations
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- Mona Ali Khalil
- • April 9, 2020
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VIENNA — Since moving to Austria in 2018, I have enjoyed the comparably high standard of living and relatively low cost of living that the city offers. As a foreigner, I feel at home in this beautiful city, which…
- Categories: Covid-19, General Assembly, Health and Population, Security Council
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • January 27, 2020
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The United Nations turns 75 this year, all year long. As its purpose is being questioned by some of its biggest donor nations, including the United States, the UN has a new person to reshape its public image through its…
- Categories: Secretary-General, UN75
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