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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,…
- 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…
- 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…
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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…
- Categories: General Assembly, Peace and Security, Security Council Presidency
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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • October 1, 2021
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Where were the women at UNGA?; feminists want big action by UN Women; undersea mining may be underway. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings,…
- Categories: Climate Change, Gender Violence, Secretary-General, This Week @UN
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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…
- Categories: Climate Change, General Assembly, Health and Population, UNGA76, US-UN Relations
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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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Categories: BOOKS, Nuclear Disarmament, US Foreign Relations, US-UN 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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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • January 12, 2021
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Olof Skoog knows the United Nations like the back of his hand. As the European Union ambassador to the world body since 2019, he speaks for the 27-member bloc at the UN headquarters in New York City; most recently,…
- Categories: Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Secretary-General, UN Diplomats, US-UN Relations
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- Opinion by Stephen Schlesinger
- • December 16, 2020
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As President-elect Joe Biden finds his footing in foreign affairs, one of his foremost challenges will be re-engaging with the United Nations. So far, he has said little about the organization, but he has just appointed a new UN…
- Categories: OPINIONS, Security Council, US-UN Relations
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • November 17, 2020
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President-elect Joe Biden’s first message to fellow world leaders was clear: America is back. But there’s a glaring omission in his foreign policy plan: the United Nations. After four years of the Trump administration’s defunding and leaving UN organizations…
- Categories: UN Agencies, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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