John Kerry
- Barbara Crossette
- • September 21, 2021
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
- Barbara Crossette
- • November 23, 2020
Advice is pouring into President-elect Joe Biden from around the United States and across the world on how to turn around the damage the Trump administration has inflicted in key policy areas. Advocates for public health, women’s rights and…
- Categories: Africa, Climate Change, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
- Barbara Crossette
- • January 6, 2017
While Washington is caught up in the unfolding drama about the extent and motives of Russian hacking and possible attempted manipulation of the 2016 American presidential election, another story is playing out around threats to “punish” the United Nations….
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • April 22, 2016
The United Nations threw a large and lavish party at its headquarters in New York on Earth Day, the opening day of the signing ceremony for the world’s new climate agreement. About 170 heads of state and government representatives…
- Categories: Climate Change, Secretary-General
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • December 26, 2015
When the United Nations Security Council recently approved timelines to begin peace talks and institute a national cease-fire in Syria, the language in the resolution gave no hint of the magnitude of such undertakings, nor did the congratulatory speeches…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Middle East, Peace and Security, Security Council, Women
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • March 15, 2014
Facing near-unanimous Security Council support over the situation in Ukraine, Russia supplied the single veto needed to nix a resolution that aimed to de-legitimize the scheduled referendum on Crimea’s seceding from the country, to be held March 16, in…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Security Council
- Maurizio Guerrero  and Dulcie Leimbach
- • January 22, 2014
The United Nations-led peace talks in Switzerland to begin the laborious discussions to end the war in Syria have officially started, but Syrian women activists who have been demanding to sit at the crucial peace-talks table on Jan. 24…
- Categories: Middle East, Peace and Security, Women
- Patrick Rosenow
- • April 18, 2013
JENA, Germany — Many rumors abound regarding the future of America’s top envoy at the United Nations, Susan E. Rice. While she is still working as the United States ambassador to the UN, some media reports are predicting that…
- Categories: Security Council, US-UN Relations, WORLDVIEWS
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • April 3, 2013
The momentous adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty at the United Nations has been greeted with much enthusiasm worldwide but also strong skepticism as the reality of carrying out its aim — regulating international transfers of conventional arms —…
- Categories: Disarmament, General Assembly, Peace and Security, US-UN Relations, Women
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • March 22, 2013
Bosco Ntaganda, whom the United States calls “one of the most notorious and brutal rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” has arrived at the International Criminal Court in The Hague after being transported by court officials from…
- Categories: Africa, Child Soldiers, ICC
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