Sam Kutesa
- Remmy Bahati
- • December 5, 2022
President Joseph Biden has invited 49 African national leaders and the head of the African Union to the White House this month for a summit emphasizing America’s “enduring” commitment to the continent and continued collaboration on such global priorities…
- Categories: Africa, Governance, Human Rights, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
- Shazia Z. Rafi
- • February 18, 2016
Corridor diplomacy — private nonmeetings, informal discussions — has been the norm at the United Nations since its founding 70 years ago. It is the preferred method of its most powerful organ, the Security Council, particularly now, as the…
- Categories: General Assembly, Secretary-General
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • November 5, 2015
The president of the United Nations General Assembly has vowed to make his office more open, including publicly documenting his travels and financial contributions from outside donors, in response to the recent criminal accusation by the United States government…
- Categories: General Assembly
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • October 16, 2015
Only weeks before John Ashe, the former president of the United Nations General Assembly, was arrested for tax fraud amid a bribery scandal uncovered by the United States government, Ashe was tapped to potentially take an important job in…
- Categories: General Assembly, SDGs
- Barbara Crossette
- • October 7, 2015
A luxury-loving diplomat susceptible to bribery, a clutch of rich Chinese with business interests and an open door to the top leadership of the United Nations General Assembly. It all adds up to not only a blow to the…
- Categories: General Assembly, UN Diplomats
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • September 25, 2015
Pope Francis spread his gospel of not forgetting the poor at the United Nations on Friday morning, where he spoke in his native Spanish to the 193 member delegations and heads of state gathered before him at the General…
- Categories: Development, General Assembly, Poverty, SDGs, Secretary-General, Women
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • October 16, 2014
Five new members have been elected to join the United Nations Security Council: Angola, Venezuela, Malaysia, New Zealand and Spain. The first three countries ran unopposed for the five two-year term seats open on the council, representing their regions,…
- Categories: General Assembly, Security Council
- Barbara Crossette
- • June 22, 2014
After years of lagging behind several European countries in official support for gay rights, the United States under President Barack Obama is advancing to the forefront internationally in both domestic and foreign policies. New policies in Washington, often instituted…
- Categories: LGBT, US-UN Relations
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 2, 2014
Milton Allimadi wants Sam Kutesa, Uganda’s foreign minister, not to become the next president of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly, starting in September, when its annual meeting begins with heads of state attending worldwide, including…
- Categories: Africa, General Assembly
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