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TOPIC: WOMEN

Three Ex-UN Leaders Form a Women’s Group to Save the World

February 21, 2019 
by Dulcie Leimbach
As multilateralism takes a beating from President Trump amid the “new world disorder,” as one European diplomat put it, three women who know the United Nations inside and out through previous top leadership jobs have originated a Group of Women Leaders for Change and Inclusion. The goal is to bring together former UN female …

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Guterres Leads Latest Poll for UN Secretary-General Again, but It May Not Matter

September 9, 2016 
by Laura E. Kirkpatrick
The latest Security Council straw poll pointing to the selection of the next secretary-general of the United Nations happened on Sept. 9, with the results leaving António Guterres of Portugal still the front-runner ever since the informal, anonymous balloting began in the Security Council in July. The latest poll is the fourth such vote; …

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WORLDVIEWS

Personalities Can’t Be Ignored in Candidacies for UN Secretary-General

August 16, 2016 
by Ingvild Bode
What personal qualities are needed to become a successful United Nations secretary-general? The 2016 campaign to select a new leader features many novelties in the UN’s history: an official list of candidates, public job interviews by the General Assembly and informal panel debates in London and New York. Civil society coalitions and the current …

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Getting to Know the UN Secretary-General Candidates Better: A Wrap-Up of Two New York Forums

July 14, 2016 
by Laura E. Kirkpatrick
When it comes to the United Nations, the word “debate” takes on a civilized bearing, with no relation to heated contests among many sides. Over two nights this week at different settings in New York, UN secretary-general candidates campaigning to fill the shoes of Ban Ki-moon in January 2017 debated publicly. One event, held …

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New Candidates for Secretary-General Make Their Cases at the UN

June 7, 2016 
by Barbara Crossette
The field of nine candidates campaigning formally to become the next United Nations secretary-general grew by two on June 7, when Miroslav Lajcak, Slovakia’s foreign minister, and Susana Malcorra, who holds the same position in Argentina, spoke in public sessions lasting more than two hours each, taking questions from UN member delegates and civil …

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The Heart of Pope Francis’s Speech at the UN: Don’t Look Past the Poor

September 25, 2015 
by Dulcie Leimbach
Pope Francis spread his gospel of not forgetting the poor at the United Nations on Friday morning, where he spoke in his native Spanish to the 193 member delegations and heads of state gathered before him at the General Assembly Hall. It was his first appearance at the UN during his first trip to …

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Deep Flaws in UN Response to Sri Lanka Include R2P Failure

December 20, 2012 
by Alice Volkov
Tamil Tiger cadres loading up in Sri Lanka
The United Nation’s internal report on its role during the final stages of the prolonged civil war in Sri Lanka was unusually critical of the Secretariat and highlighted major shortcomings in the UN’s response to the fighting. The report, which was leaked to the BBC days before its official release on Nov. 15, forced …

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GOINGS-ON

Ban Ki-moon’s New Team Earning Positive Reviews

August 8, 2012 
by Barbara Crossette
Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, new head of public information at the UN
When leaders of the world start descending on the United Nations in September for the opening of a new General Assembly session, there will two new internationally well-known figures in prominent positions at the top of the organization. In July, Jan Eliasson of Sweden became the UN’s deputy secretary-general, and in mid-August, Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal …

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