Iran nuclear deal
- Kourosh Ziabari
- • July 10, 2023
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Russia is battling Ukraine with the help of deadly Iranian drones, or UAVs, the United States and some of its allies allege, contending that use of the weapons violates a Security Council resolution. But the United Nations itself — called …
- Categories: Disarmament, Secretary-General, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Chloé Cosson
- • July 7, 2023
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This week, we focus on Britain’s assuming the presidency of the Security Council in July, while taking a closer look at the UN’s reaction to the increasingly alarming situation in Haiti. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most …
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- Opinion by Irwin Arieff
- • December 19, 2022
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Early and often during his 2016 run for the presidency, Donald Trump vowed to pull Washington out of the Iran nuclear agreement the moment he arrived at the White House. The pact, brokered the year before by Barack Obama, working …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Nuclear Disarmament, OPINIONS, Ukraine-Russia War, US Foreign Relations
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- Kourosh Ziabari
- • November 9, 2022
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Iran’s new ambassador to the United Nations stunned journalists recently when he read a contentious statement to them in response to an informal Security Council meeting on the current protests in Iran. The envoy delivered his remarks to reporters …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Middle East, UN Diplomats, US Foreign Relations
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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 This …
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- Dawn Clancy
- • September 21, 2022
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On Day 2 of the “high-level” week, featuring many of the world’s heads of state and government, President Joe Biden shared the forum with a diverse roster of speakers, who stood at the rostrum, one by one, stretching from the …
- Categories: Africa, Asia, General Assembly, Latin America, Secretary-General, Ukraine-Russia War, US Foreign Relations
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- Damilola Banjo
- • September 5, 2022
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After ending its nine-year military stay in Mali and promising to halve its military presence in West Africa, France said it remained committed to ensuring good governance in the countries affected by continuing instability in the region. Nicolas de Rivière, …
- Categories: General Assembly, Peace and Security, Security Council Presidency
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- Damilola Banjo
- • April 1, 2022
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This week, the spotlight remains on the desperate plight of millions of people around the world. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. This week, we bring you an analysis of President Putin’s mind-set, …
- Categories: Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN
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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • January 28, 2022
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A coup in West Africa; a recap of Biden’s first year at the UN; a US-Russia showdown coming to the Security Council. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered …
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN
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- Stephanie Liechtenstein
- • January 10, 2022
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VIENNA — The name Helga Schmid probably does not ring a bell beyond diplomatic circles in this very diplomatic city. Nor is the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, or OSCE, which Schmid leads, a household name, either. But …
- Categories: Peace and Security, US Foreign Relations, Women
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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • September 24, 2021
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The fourth day of the United Nations General Assembly debate soldiered on, with pointed speeches by, among others, the Caribbean island nation of Barbados, whose prime minister, Mia Amor Mottley, asked the General Assembly Hall, “How many crises and natural …
- Categories: Climate Change, General Assembly, Health and Population, UNGA76, US-UN Relations
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- Barbara Crossette
- • September 21, 2021
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Joe Biden, speaking at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 21 for the first time as president of the United States, did not say again to the world that America was back. His message was that it never left …
- Categories: General Assembly, UNGA76
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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • September 18, 2021
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Vaccine-policy confusion as delegates arrive for UNGA; Gabon’s troops repatriated from a United Nations peacekeeping mission; President Macron of France won’t participate in the UN high-level debate. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. …
- Categories: Gender Violence, 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 extension …
- Categories: Nuclear Disarmament, UN Diplomats, US Foreign Relations
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- Irwin Arieff
- • March 2, 2021
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Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in a memoir due out in June, is done concealing his anger over Donald Trump’s bad behavior on the international stage. The UN has always tried hard to maintain strong ties with the United …
- Categories: BOOKS, Nuclear Disarmament, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations