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- Stephen Schlesinger
- • January 3, 2021
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Brian Urquhart, who spent most of his adult life in service to the United Nations, died on Saturday, Jan. 2, at his home in Tyringham, Mass., in the Berkshires, where he retired after serving as one of the most notable…
- Categories: UN Diplomats
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- Mona Ali Khalil
- • June 9, 2020
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As the world knows, George Floyd, a black man suspected of passing a counterfeit $20 bill at a store in Minneapolis, Minn., was killed on May 25 by Derek Chauvin, a white police officer. Chauvin had pressed his knee…
- Categories: Covid-19, Human Rights, Secretary-General
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- Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • March 23, 2020
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António Guterres, the United Nations secretary-general, continues to go into the UN headquarters building in New York City to work — even as Covid-19 races throughout the region. “Right now, Guterres is probably the safest man on the planet,”…
- Categories: Covid-19, Health and Population, Secretary-General
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- Barbara Crossette
- • February 23, 2016
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When a tough independent report sharply criticized the United Nations in December for its bungled attempts to cover up, or at least ignore, the sexual abuse of children by peacekeeping troops in the Central African Republic in recent years,…
- Categories: Secretary-General, UN Diplomats, UN Special Envoys
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- Opinion by Peter Nadin
- • July 21, 2015
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SYDNEY, Australia — As with most innovations at the United Nations, the genesis of the concept of the special representative, or special envoy, of the secretary-general can be traced back to Dag Hammarskjold, the UN secretary-general. Special envoys were…
- Categories: OPINIONS
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