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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 29, 2021

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs lost control over how the International Peace Institute, a New York City think tank formerly financed by Norway, spent the money, an investigation by the country’s Office of the Auditor General found. The…
- Ivana Ramirez
- • May 28, 2021

Grass-roots activists know peace-building best; Gaza reconstruction goals begin; the UN Security Council returns home. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting and…
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • May 16, 2021

Across seven straight days of sudden, staggering violence between Israel and Hamas and rising death tolls of civilians, all 15 members of the Security Council aired their views publicly at the United Nations on Sunday, after the Council held…
- Categories: Israeli-Palestinian conflict, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
- Ivana Ramirez
- • February 19, 2021

The United States jumps back into the Paris Agreement; the Security Council tackles climate-security risks (for now); a new UN envoy’s letter from the past returns to haunt him. You are reading This Week @UN, a summary of the most…
- Categories: Africa, Climate Change, General Assembly, Middle East, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • February 16, 2021

A controversial letter written in 2019 by a Norwegian diplomat who is now a leading United Nations envoy in the Middle East, vouching for an Israeli billionaire’s role in the release of a Norwegian-British citizen sentenced to death in…
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights, Secretary-General, Security Council, UN Diplomats