Jair Bolsonaro
- 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…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, General Assembly, Latin America, Secretary-General, Ukraine-Russia War, US Foreign Relations
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- Maurizio Guerrero
- • September 20, 2022
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On the first day of the “high-level” week of the United Nations General Assembly, attracting approximately 150 world leaders in person to the world body for the first time since 2019, Secretary-General António Guterres, facing criticism for acting too…
- Categories: Africa, Climate Change, Development, General Assembly, Latin America
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- Damilola Banjo
- • July 7, 2022
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Brazil will try to push for a softening of global sanctions on Russia to free up essential food supplies and ease access to fertilizers internationally. Ambassador Ronaldo Costa, the country’s permanent representative to the United Nations, hinted at such…
- Categories: Humanitarian Aid, Latin America, Security Council Presidency, UN Peacekeeping
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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…
- Categories: General Assembly, UNGA76
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • September 17, 2021
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It is that time of year again: The United Nations General Assembly’s annual meeting with world leaders returns in a hybrid format after being virtual last year. Which heads of state and government are coming? What should you watch…
- Categories: Secretary-General, UNGA76, US-UN Relations
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- Opinion by Gabrielle Alves
- • April 7, 2021
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Regional cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean is declining, with intergovernmental organizations, such as the Organization of American States and Mercosur, nearly paralyzed or underperforming because of political divergences among member states, weak commitments…
- Categories: Caribbean, Latin America, OPINIONS
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- Opinion by Celso Amorim and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- • October 5, 2020
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The world order is no more. Since the beginning of this year, and with greater intensity since March, when the World Health Organization declared the spread of Covid-19 a pandemic, governments and civil societies have been grappling with a…
- Categories: Development, Governance, Health and Population, OPINIONS
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- Barbara Crossette
- • September 22, 2020
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Donald Trump, speaking on the opening day of the United Nations’ 75th General Assembly session — the same day that the United States officially tallied a coronavirus death toll of 200,000 people — reiterated all his familiar grievances against…
- Categories: General Assembly, UN75
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- Maiara Folly
- • August 12, 2020
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RIO DE JANEIRO — This year marks the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. Amid the major economic and geopolitical effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is a time to reflect on the successes and failures of the UN…
- Categories: Climate Change, Governance, Human Rights, Latin America, SDGs
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- Stéphanie Fillion and Kacie Candela
- • September 26, 2019
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This year’s opening session of the United Nations General Assembly stood out for revealing the stark divide now defining international relations: the split between globalists and patriots. On this week’s UN-Scripted podcast, PassBlue reporters Kacie Candela and Stéphanie Fillion…
- Categories: General Assembly
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • August 14, 2019
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Donald Trump will shake hands with Emmanuel Macron, Jair Bolsonaro and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. But will Benjamin Netanyahu; Boris Johnson and Angela Merkel be there, too? The 74th opening debate of the United Nations General Assembly, which starts on…
- Categories: Climate Change, General Assembly, US-UN Relations
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- Irwin Arieff
- • January 16, 2019
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Nikki Haley is wasting no time revealing what her new act will look like now that she has ended her two-year gig toiling on behalf of Donald Trump at the United Nations. Hint: It looks about the same —…
- Categories: Nikki Haley Watch, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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