Sigrid Kaag
- Kacie Candela
- • July 28, 2017
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Since the liberation of the Iraqi city of Mosul in early July, United Nations officials and diplomats in New York have weighed in on the crucial stabilization process for the ruined city. Part of the voices included, of course,…
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • February 22, 2016
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Seven possible cases of chemical weapons use in Syria — including chlorine and mustard gas — have been identified in a preliminary report released by a United Nations panel investigating who has deployed toxic weapons in the country’s civil…
- Categories: Disarmament, Peace and Security
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- Opinion by Peter Nadin
- • July 21, 2015
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SYDNEY, Australia — As with most innovations at the United Nations, the genesis of the concept of the special representative, or special envoy, of the secretary-general can be traced back to Dag Hammarskjold, the UN secretary-general. Special envoys were…
- Categories: OPINIONS
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- Alexander Brotman
- • October 24, 2014
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After an extraordinary effort from the United Nations, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and about a half dozen countries, including the United States and Russia, 96 percent of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal has been destroyed, acting…
- Categories: Disarmament, Libya, Middle East, Security Council
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • October 23, 2013
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Sigrid Kaag, a Dutch national, has been named special coordinator for the joint mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations, which began its work Oct. 16 to manage the destruction of…
- Categories: GOINGS-ON
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