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Big Powers at the UN Are Hanging Western Sahara Out to Dry

November 5, 2019

A stunning policy reversal by the United States regarding Western Sahara occurred last week, but it didn’t make many headlines. What happened? When the United Nations Security Council adopted a new resolution on Western Sahara, renewing the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission —Minurso — there for another 12 months, the action meant America’s …

Africa, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations, WORLDVIEWS

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GOINGS-ON

Heather Nauert, Trump’s Pick for UN Ambassador, Drops Out

February 16, 2019

by Dulcie Leimbach

Heather Nauert, who was nominated by President Trump in early December to succeed Nikki Haley as the United States ambassador to the United Nations, has withdrawn from consideration as of Feb. 16, 2018. Nauert was the chief spokesperson for the State Department from mid-2017 until her nomination in early December. Bloomberg News reported the …

GOINGS-ON, Security Council, US-UN Relations

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NIKKI HALEY WATCH

What a Stripped-Down State Department Bodes for the UN and Nikki Haley

November 26, 2017

by Barbara Crossette

In Washington, there is no question that the State Department is in a weakened position, a situation that the Trump White House — and the Trump family — seem to relish. To some in the understaffed, stripped-down Foreign Service and to commentators on United States foreign policy, this is a disgrace linked directly to …

Middle East, Nikki Haley Watch, Nuclear Disarmament, US Foreign Relations

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GOINGS-ON

The UN Formalizes Its Partnership With Sant’Egidio, the Rome-Based Mediator

June 9, 2017

by Dulcie Leimbach

The United Nations has formalized its relationship with the Community of Sant’Egidio, the highly regarded Catholic membership organization based in Rome that has been focusing on conflict prevention and resolution, primarily in Africa, for 30 years. A community of 60,000 laypeople founded in 1968, Sant’Egidio has been working with the UN on mediation prospects …

Africa, GOINGS-ON, Human Trafficking, International Justice, Libya, Migration, Peace and Security

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Ivanka Trump

Big Powers at the UN Are Hanging Western Sahara Out to Dry

Heather Nauert, Trump’s Pick for UN Ambassador, Drops Out

What a Stripped-Down State Department Bodes for the UN and Nikki Haley

The UN Formalizes Its Partnership With Sant’Egidio, the Rome-Based Mediator

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