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Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed

Is the New UN Envoy for Yemen Destined for Failure?

• March 5, 2018

Martin Griffiths, the new United Nations special envoy for Yemen and a British international mediator, will begin work this month on a war that is called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Griffiths is highly praised in the arena of private conflict mediation, having founded his own firm in 1999 that has brokered resolutions to …

Geopolitics, Middle East, UN Special Envoys

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Recent Senior Appointments at the UN Show Stubborn Gender Gap

Dulcie Leimbach

• June 4, 2015

A roundup of new high-level appointments announced by the United Nations in the last three months runs the usual gamut from special envoys to new heads of agencies. These new senior appointments, made by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, show a continuing preponderance of men over women, with the latest roundup revealing a startling ratio of 18 …

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