Martin Griffiths

Except for Russia, UN Security Council Members Say: Keep the Black Sea Grain Deal Alive

Dulcie Leimbach
• October 31, 2022

Two days after drone attacks devastated some of Russia’s warships in Sevastopol in occupied Crimea at the crack of dawn, Russia requested a meeting in the United Nations Security Council on Monday to accuse Ukraine of staging the air…

Categories: Peace and Security, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War

THIS WEEK @UN

Trending UN News: Week Ending July 29

Damilola Banjo
• July 29, 2022

This week, we focus on the deadly attacks against the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and assaults in Yemen, leading to deaths of children. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing…

Categories: Africa, Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, UN Peacekeeping

THIS WEEK @UN

The UN Leader Is Sworn In (Again); Myanmar’s Downhill Slide; the US Envoy’s Rising Star

Ivana Ramirez
• June 18, 2021

The UN’s leader is sworn in for another term; Myanmar’s rapid instability; elevating the US ambassador’s profile. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue…

Categories: General Assembly, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Myanmar, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

OPINIONS

Her Personal Mission: Helping to Release Yemen’s Prisoners in Its Continuing War

Opinion by Laila Lutf Al-Thawr
• June 1, 2021

CAIRO — “They dug a hole in the ground, threw us in and shot at us randomly. I only survived because a body laid on top of me. Al Qaeda has my friends — please help me save them.”…

Categories: Gender Violence, Middle East, OPINIONS

THIS WEEK @UN

US Recommits to the Human Rights Council; Atrocities in Mali; a New Candidate for the UN’s Top Job

Ivana Ramirez
• February 12, 2021

The US returns to the Human Rights Council; atrocities documented in the Mali conflict; a woman declares her candidacy for UN secretary-general. You are reading This Week @UN, a summary of the most pressing issues facing the organization. The…

Categories: Gender Violence, General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, UN Peacekeeping

GEOPOLITICS

Is the New UN Envoy for Yemen Destined for Failure?

Chris Gelardi
• March 5, 2018

Martin Griffiths, the new United Nations special envoy for Yemen and a British international mediator, will begin work this month on a war that is called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Griffiths is highly praised in the arena of…