Sergey Lavrov
- Joe Penney
- • September 24, 2022
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On the next-to-last day of the globe’s largest talkfest by world leaders, Sept. 24, the United Nations may have been quiet and most of the police barricades may have been dismantled outside, but inside the Assembly Hall, two powerful,…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, General Assembly, Peace and Security, Secretary-General
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • July 24, 2022
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A new agreement between Russia and the United Nations to specifically propel Russia’s food products and fertilizers back into commercial markets was signed in Istanbul last week. It comes with big ambitions for a country waging war and an…
- Categories: Africa, Humanitarian Aid, SDGs, Secretary-General
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- Opinion by Irwin Arieff
- • May 23, 2022
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Can we shed a tear for Sergey Lavrov? Who could have foreseen, a few years back, the huge mess he now finds himself in? Spanning five decades of service in Moscow’s foreign policy hierarchy, the veteran envoy has worked…
- Categories: OPINIONS, Peace and Security, Security Council, UN Diplomats
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- Barbara Crossette
- • September 25, 2021
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India cautioned today that tolerating extremism in Afghanistan would open the way to renewed terrorism in the region. The message was aimed at Pakistan, where the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan is promoting…
- Categories: Asia, General Assembly, UNGA76
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- Stéphanie Fillion
- • September 4, 2019
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Russia is president of the United Nations Security Council in September just as nearly 200 heads of state and government and even a prince or two will soon travel to New York City to attend the opening session of…
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • December 26, 2015
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When the United Nations Security Council recently approved timelines to begin peace talks and institute a national cease-fire in Syria, the language in the resolution gave no hint of the magnitude of such undertakings, nor did the congratulatory speeches…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Middle East, Peace and Security, Security Council, Women
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 4, 2015
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A roundup of new high-level appointments announced by the United Nations in the last three months runs the usual gamut from special envoys to new heads of agencies. These new senior appointments, made by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, show a…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • March 15, 2014
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Facing near-unanimous Security Council support over the situation in Ukraine, Russia supplied the single veto needed to nix a resolution that aimed to de-legitimize the scheduled referendum on Crimea’s seceding from the country, to be held March 16, in…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Security Council
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