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- Damilola Banjo
- • November 4, 2022
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There’s a new sheriff in town! This week, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed a new man to lead the Department of Peace Operations as the police adviser. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. …
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- Damilola Banjo
- • July 29, 2022
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This week, we focus on the deadly attacks against the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and assaults in Yemen, leading to deaths of children. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues …
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- Dawn Clancy
- • May 16, 2022
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In October, the United States and Russia will square off in a high-stakes election to decide who will be the next secretary-general of the United Nations’ International Telecommunication Union (ITU) — helping to determine the future of Internet communications for …
- Categories: Peace and Security, Security Council
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- Damilola Banjo
- • April 1, 2022
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This week, the spotlight remains on the desperate plight of millions of people around the world. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. This week, we bring you an analysis of President Putin’s mind-set, …
- Categories: Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN
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- Opinion by Stephen Schlesinger
- • January 25, 2022
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President Joe Biden has brought back an era of diplomatic normalcy to the United Nations in his first year in office. After the often-raucous and unpredictable four years of the Trump administration’s relations with the UN, Biden and his administration …
- Categories: OPINIONS, Security Council, US-UN Relations
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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • November 12, 2021
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PassBlue probes the global body granting licenses to mine the deep seas; UN staff detained in Ethiopia; global famine rises. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered from UN …
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- Maurizio Guerrero
- • September 22, 2021
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The second day of world leaders’ speeches delivered at the United Nations General Assembly continued on Sept. 22, after the heavily reported appearance of United States President Joe Biden at the fabled rostrum in the Assembly Hall; a last-minute video …
- Categories: Asia, Gender Violence, General Assembly, Human Rights, UNGA76, US-UN Relations
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- Maurizio Guerrero
- • August 25, 2021
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- Categories: Humanitarian Aid, Latin America, Migration, Secretary-General, US-UN Relations
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- Opinion by Ellen Tolmie
- • August 9, 2021
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Jockeying for Unicef’s next executive director is well underway, after the July 13 announcement by its current head, Henrietta Fore, that she is leaving before the year’s end. She is going because of a family health emergency and well before …
- Categories: OPINIONS, UN Agencies
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • July 30, 2021
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A deadly assault on the United Nations’ mission in Afghanistan; Myanmar’s junta seeks the UN envoy seat; the World Meteorological Organization’s troubles; Canada’s big step for Inuits. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the …
- Categories: General Assembly, Humanitarian Aid, Secretary-General, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
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- Clair MacDougall
- • July 20, 2021
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Yusuf Mingazov met his father, Ravil, for the first time through a videocall between a Red Cross office in Nottingham, Britain, and the Guantánamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, where he had been imprisoned for more than 14 years. “It …
- Categories: Human Rights, Terrorism, US-UN Relations
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • July 12, 2021
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In times of extreme adversity, hope and light can come from unexpected places. In South Sudan — haunted by a war for independence, followed by a civil war and continued unrest in its short history — people can point to …
- Categories: Africa, Child Soldiers, Gender Violence, Poverty, Women
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • May 7, 2021
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China in the United Nations’ hot seat; Guterres’s vision for another five years; the future of global cooperation; who was Anne Dragon Nezeriotis? You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered …
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • March 26, 2021
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Anti-Asian violence; the closing window for a woman secretary-general; a UN expert threatened by Saudi Arabia; the UN’s humanitarian-aid agency cries out for changes. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information …
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • January 15, 2021
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres pursues a second term; a total of six peacekeepers were killed in Mali and the Central African Republic; Britain helps raise $1 billion for the UN’s Covax vaccine program. You are reading This Week @UN, …
- Categories: Africa, General Assembly, Human Rights, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
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