Russia-Ukraine war
- Dawn Clancy
- • March 21, 2023
LONDON — In seeking justice and accountability for alleged war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine, Karim Kahn, the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, urged United Nations member states to stay focused on “the suffering of humanity” and…
- Categories: Human Rights, ICC, International Justice, Ukraine-Russia War
- Anastasiia Carrier
- • March 20, 2023
The International Criminal Court has just issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s children’s rights commissioner, for the alleged crime of unlawfully deporting and transferring Ukrainian children from the occupied territories of the country…
- Categories: Human Rights, ICC, International Justice
- Damilola Banjo
- • March 17, 2023
This week, we focus on countries with enduring humanitarian disasters, plus big news from the International Criminal Court on Russia. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from…
- Categories: Asia, Gender Violence, General Assembly, ICC, Myanmar, Secretary-General, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
- Mona Ali Khalil
- • March 13, 2023
China launched its 12-point position paper to end the war in Ukraine on the first anniversary of Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine. Some, including the United States, the European Union and NATO have dismissed what they call China’s peace…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Ukraine-Russia War, WORLDVIEWS
- Damilola Banjo
- • March 8, 2023
Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari opposes the general perception that Islam represses women while ignoring various negative indices regarding women in his own country. “Islam was the first religion to give rights to women,” he declared in a…
- Categories: Ukraine-Russia War, Women
- Damilola Banjo
- • March 3, 2023
This week, we focus on yet another migration disaster off Italy’s coast, resulting in approximately 180 deaths, including children, while attempting what UN and other officials call “irregular migration.” You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing…
- Categories: Africa, Climate Change, Terrorism, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
- Damilola Banjo
- • March 2, 2023
Mozambique, the southern African nation with scenic beaches and islands, will focus on issues around security and terrorism as it leads the United Nations Security Council in March. This is the first time Mozambique has been an elected member…
- Categories: Africa, Climate Change, Security Council Presidency, Terrorism, Ukraine-Russia War
- Damilola Banjo
- • February 24, 2023
You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting and other sources. This week, we look at the humanitarian crises in Ukraine and another…
- Dawn Clancy
- • February 23, 2023
On the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale brutal war in Ukraine, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution demanding that Russia “immediately, completely and unconditionally” withdraw its military forces from Ukraine; called for a “cessation…
- Categories: General Assembly, Ukraine-Russia War
- Damilola Banjo
- • February 17, 2023
This week, we focus on the rising humanitarian crises in the world as the situation in Türkiye and Syria deepens. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from…
- Categories: This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • February 14, 2023
The one fact that all countries at the United Nations agree on is that Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States cherish their veto right in the Security Council. Yet recent debates to shake up the calcified status…
- Categories: Security Council, US-UN Relations
- Kourosh Ziabari
- • February 13, 2023
As the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is fast approaching, a draft resolution is circulating among the United Nations’ 193 countries emphasizing the need for a “just and lasting peace” for Ukraine, while Western diplomats are…
- Categories: General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War
- Damilola Banjo
- • February 10, 2023
This week, we focus on the sad news of the earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria, leaving approximately 22,000 people dead so far, thousands of others injured and everyone desperate for humanitarian aid. You are reading This Week @UN,…
- Joe Penney
- • February 9, 2023
LAGOS — A little more than 11 years after a jihadist and Tuareg separatist alliance stormed northern Mali and wrested control of the main cities of Gao, Timbuktu and Kidal from the Malian state, the two sides are set…
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War, UN Peacekeeping
- Damilola Banjo
- • February 6, 2023
Malta is in charge of the Security Council this month, the first time in 39 years that the tiny Mediterranean nation is back in the chamber as an elected member. As an island, it’s appropriate that Malta is scheduling…
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