Sigrid Kaag

US Sends Mixed Messages to UN Mission in Iraq

July 28, 2017

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, the United States diplomatic mission to the UN. Those commenting on Mosul’s newfound freedom championed …

Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East, Nikki Haley Watch, Security Council, US-UN Relations

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UN to Investigate at Least Seven Cases of Chlorine and Mustard Gas Use in Syria

February 22, 2016

by Dulcie Leimbach

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 war, now heading into its sixth year. No one has been apportioned blame by the …

Disarmament, Peace and Security, Syria

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Special Envoys: Viceroys of the UN

July 21, 2015

by Peter Nadin

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 dispatched earlier than the Hammarskjold era; they included Folke Bernadotte, a Swede, and his successor, …

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Will All of Syria’s Arsenal of Chemical Weapons Be Destroyed?

October 24, 2014

by Alexander Brotman

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 on a UN Security Council mandate. The remaining 4 percent of the arsenal consists of …

Disarmament, Libya, Middle East, Security Council

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A Dutchwoman Leads Mission to Destroy Syria’s Chemical Weapons

October 23, 2013

by PassBlue

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 Syria’s chemical stockpiles and production operations, operating under a mandate from a Security Council resolution …

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Sigrid Kaag

US Sends Mixed Messages to UN Mission in Iraq

UN to Investigate at Least Seven Cases of Chlorine and Mustard Gas Use in Syria

Special Envoys: Viceroys of the UN

Will All of Syria’s Arsenal of Chemical Weapons Be Destroyed?

A Dutchwoman Leads Mission to Destroy Syria’s Chemical Weapons

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