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- Barbara Crossette
- • December 14, 2020
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Ever since the day in 1946 when the first secretary-general of the United Nations, Trygve Lie of Norway, took office, big powers have meddled in how the job is done. Most often, the United States has been the most intrusive. …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, Secretary-General, US-UN Relations
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- Barbara Crossette
- • August 2, 2020
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With five months to go before India takes its elected seat on the Security Council for 2021-2022, the country’s foreign minister says it will stay true to its founding tradition of nonalignment and not take sides with any big power. …
- Categories: India, Security Council
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- Allison Lecce
- • June 26, 2020
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Starting in June, a summary of the most important news on the United Nations’ work in New York City and worldwide will be highlighted weekly. The news will be drawn from the UN spokesperson’s briefings, our original reporting and other …
- Categories: General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • February 1, 2019
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Kelley Currie, an ambassador who represents the United States on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and is the alternate representative of the US to the General Assembly, is leaving her post at the US mission to …
- Categories: General Assembly, GOINGS-ON, US-UN Relations
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- Barbara Crossette
- • September 19, 2018
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A year after his bombastic debut at the United Nations as president of the United States, Donald Trump returns on Monday, Sept. 24, to lead a US effort to spur global action to stem the narcotics and opioid plagues. Could …
- Categories: General Assembly, Geopolitics, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • April 30, 2018
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In the world of fake news, the United Nations has been a prime target since it opened its doors in 1945. These days, spending just a few minutes on Facebook and Twitter, two sites located at the epicenter of the …
- Categories: Geopolitics, Journalists
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- Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • February 25, 2018
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A record number of staff members have quit, resigned or been fired by the administration of Donald Trump during its first year, roughly at a rate of one in three — a sieve unseen in the previous five White Houses, …
- Categories: Nikki Haley Watch, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Barbara Crossette
- • November 26, 2017
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In Washington, there is no question that the State Department is in a weakened position, a situation that the Trump White House — and the Trump family — seem to relish. To some in the understaffed, stripped-down Foreign Service and …
- Categories: Middle East, Nikki Haley Watch, Nuclear Disarmament, US Foreign Relations
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- Barbara Crossette
- • July 24, 2017
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The first round in the battle to write a federal budget, working off the Trump administration’s ruthless proposals announced in May, has ended in the House of Representatives appropriations committee. As feared by advocates for women, the poor, refugees, global …
- Categories: Geopolitics, Secretary-General, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Alexander Brotman
- • June 29, 2015
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Among the five veto-holding permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, some of the most militarized nations in the world — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — only China and Russia have increased their defense spending …
- Categories: Peace and Security, Security Council
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- Amy Lieberman
- • September 5, 2013
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As most people know, the United Nations headquarters rests on a prime slice of New York City real estate along the East River, stretching from East 42nd to East 48th Streets on First Avenue. The UN agreed to adopt the …
- Categories: General Assembly, US-UN Relations
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • November 3, 2012
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As the five newly elected United Nations Security Council members prep for their seats, what will their work look like when they take office Jan. 1 for two years? It’s impossible to predict how the winners – Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, …
- Categories: Security Council
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