Mona Juul
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • January 4, 2022
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Norway holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council in the country’s 2021-2022 term only once — in January — so it is aiming to make the best of this moment. “We have to make sure to put our…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Peace and Security, Security Council Presidency
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 29, 2021
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The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs lost control over how the International Peace Institute, a New York City think tank formerly financed by Norway, spent the money, an investigation by the country’s Office of the Auditor General found. The…
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- Dulcie Leimbach and Barbara Crossette
- • October 29, 2020
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Terje Rod-Larsen, the president of the prestigious International Peace Institute since 2005, resigned Thursday, according to a statement released by the Manhattan-based think tank on Oct. 29, 2020. Rod-Larsen is a renowned Norwegian diplomat, politician and former United Nations…
- Categories: Security Council, UN Diplomats
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • June 17, 2020
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An almost empty General Assembly Hall, masks of all types and colors and diplomats rejoicing to see their colleagues that they probably have seen only on their computer screens for months marked this year’s General Assembly elections at the…
- Categories: Covid-19, General Assembly, Security Council, US-UN Relations
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • May 4, 2020
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CHICOUTIMI, Canada — The Canadian ambassador to the United Nations, Marc-André Blanchard, told a Canadian newspaper in March “now is not the time to campaign for a Security Council seat,” as world diplomacy is being disrupted by the coronavirus…
- Categories: Covid-19, General Assembly, Security Council
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- Sonah Lee-Lassiter
- • July 9, 2019
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Moments after entering the Norwegian consulate and mission to the United Nations in New York, you may be surprised to hear a hum of varying tones. It’s the sound of a hanging textile piece that a Norwegian artist, Pearla…
- Categories: Climate Change, UN Diplomats
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • March 27, 2019
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Jockeying for a two-year seat on the United Nations Security Council starts early — way early. Three countries are already vying for the two open seats in the regional group known as Weog — Western Europe and Others —…
- Categories: General Assembly, Security Council, UN Diplomats
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