Jonathan Cohen

Pulling Back the Curtain on the US Mission to the UN

May 22, 2019

The next United States ambassador to the United Nations, which could be Kelly Knight Craft, will arrive at a US mission to the UN that is far diminished in size and stature than the one her immediate predecessor, Nikki Haley, inherited. In the last month, numerous former staff members and high-level personnel from the …

General Assembly, Security Council, UN Diplomats, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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TOPIC: WOMEN

At the UN, the US Darkens Women’s Right to Abortion

April 23, 2019

by Dulcie Leimbach

After four weeks of tumultuous negotiations over a resolution that reinforced decades of international efforts to combat sexual violence in conflict and to introduce more legal reassurances and services for victims, the 15-member United Nations Security Council approved a text whose wording had been rigorously fought over between the United States and many of …

Gender-Based Violence, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations, Women

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WORLDVIEWS

Trump’s Not-So Secret Ill Will Toward the UN

March 21, 2019

by Stephen Schlesinger

More than six months ago, the American ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, announced that she was leaving her post. Following her decision, President Trump nominated Heather Nauert to be her successor. Then the administration tarried, never submitted Nauert’s name for Senate approval — and in February abruptly withdrew her nomination. It put …

US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations, WORLDVIEWS

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Jonathan Cohen

Pulling Back the Curtain on the US Mission to the UN

At the UN, the US Darkens Women’s Right to Abortion

Trump’s Not-So Secret Ill Will Toward the UN

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