Rebeca Grynspan

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

WOMEN AS CHANGEMAKERS

Rebeca Grynspan: No Woman Will Be Marginalized at Unctad

Barbara Crossette
• March 8, 2022

Rebeca Grynspan, the first woman and first Latin American to lead the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, has a lot of work to do. The organization, founded in 1964 as a standing committee, now has 195 member…

Categories: Women as Changemakers

THIS WEEK @UN

A Peacemaker Revolts; Gaza in Ashes; the UN Security Council Moves Back Home

Ivana Ramirez
• May 28, 2021

Grass-roots activists know peace-building best; Gaza reconstruction goals begin; the UN Security Council returns home. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting and…

Categories: Africa, Climate Change, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Latin America, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations

Nomination to Lead the UN’s Trade Agency Provokes a Power Play

Maurizio Guerrero
• May 27, 2021

The proposed selection of Rebeca Grynspan, a Costa Rican economist and former vice president of her country, to head the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was made without consulting the core of the agency — the Group…

Categories: Development, UN Agencies, US-UN Relations

GOINGS-ON

Major New Staff Appointments at the UN and Departures

Dulcie Leimbach
• June 16, 2014

Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary-general, has appointed at least a dozen new people to high-level positions — including five women — primarily in Africa in the last few months, while the organization also loses some executives. Three new…

Categories: GOINGS-ON

It’s Down to Latin America v. Africa to Lead UN Women

Dulcie Leimbach
• June 29, 2013

After several months of public speculation at the United Nations, two candidates are now in tight contention for the executive director post of UN Women, the main agency tasked with promoting the treatment and rights of women worldwide since…

Categories: Africa, Secretary-General, Women

The Recipe for a Better World? Ending Violence Against Women and Girls

Dulcie Leimbach
• March 7, 2013

Thousands of women worldwide flock to the Commission on the Status of Women’s conference at the United Nations every March, and this year is no exception, for good reason: the theme is eliminating and preventing all violence against women…