UN Charter
- Opinion by Thomas G. Weiss
- • September 26, 2023
LEAVE A COMMENT
Parachuting into the frenzy of Manhattan’s East Side last week exposed the usual traffic snarls and not-so diplomatic cacophony about the United Nations. The noise included hackneyed pleas to alter the Security Council, often mixed with calls to draft a …
- Categories: General Assembly, OPINIONS, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Arthur Bassas
- • September 24, 2023
LEAVE A COMMENT
Welcome to This Week @UN, where we summarize the most important news coming out of the organization. This week, world leaders descended on New York City for the opening debate of the 78th session of the General Assembly. It attracted …
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Caribbean, General Assembly, Latin America, SDGs, Ukraine-Russia War, UNGA78
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Dawn Clancy and Damilola Banjo
- • September 20, 2023
LEAVE A COMMENT
His Peace Plan Will Save Both Ukraine and the UN, Zelensky Says — President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine promoted his 10-point peace formula to the United Nations Security Council, meant to end Russia’s war in his country. Among the points …
- Categories: Africa, General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War, UNGA78
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Damilola Banjo
- • September 18, 2023
LEAVE A COMMENT
The common thread woven across the dozens of speeches by world leaders at the opening of the two-day United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Summit was a clarion call for faster progress toward achieving the goals’ deadline of 2030. National leaders …
- Categories: Africa, General Assembly, Ukraine-Russia War, UNGA78
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Chloé Cosson
- • July 28, 2023
LEAVE A COMMENT
This week, we focus on the coup in Niger, which has been condemned by the United Nations, African Union, United States, European Union and regional organizations. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. …
- Categories: Africa, Climate Change, Secretary-General, Security Council, Terrorism, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Dan Becker
- • July 27, 2023
LEAVE A COMMENT
Our latest episode of “Act of Creation” takes listeners deep into conversation with Stephen Schlesinger, author of the book of the same name, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this September and chronicles the birth of the United Nations through the …
- Categories: Peace and Security, US-UN Relations
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Chloé Cosson
- • June 30, 2023
LEAVE A COMMENT
The UN vocalizes more loudly its reaction to spikes in violence in occupied Palestine; Unicef’s chief travels to Haiti. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press …
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Opinion by Georgios Kostakos
- • May 11, 2023
LEAVE A COMMENT
The news about the United States spying on United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and his deputy, Amina Mohammed, revealed dissatisfaction in leaked US intelligence documents over Guterres’s perceived lack of toughness regarding the Russians and their invasion of Ukraine in …
- Categories: OPINIONS, Secretary-General
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Opinion by Natalie Samarasinghe and Giovanna Kuele
- • May 1, 2023
LEAVE A COMMENT
It is a cliché, but true, to say the United Nations is needed more — and under more duress — than ever. Overstretched and constrained, it has struggled to keep up with the scale and challenges facing humanity, from the …
- Categories: Development, General Assembly, OPINIONS, Peace and Security, Security Council
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Damilola Banjo
- • April 28, 2023
LEAVE A COMMENT
This week, the crises around the world hit a new tipping point. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting and other sources. This …
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Dawn Clancy
- • April 24, 2023
LEAVE A COMMENT
Remarkably, it was business as usual at Monday’s much-anticipated United Nations Security Council debate on “effective multilateralism” through the defense of the UN Charter, chaired by Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister. The meeting occurred as Russia, a permanent member, leads …
- Categories: Secretary-General, Security Council, Ukraine-Russia War
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Damilola Banjo
- • April 21, 2023
LEAVE A COMMENT
This week, the United Nations restated it commitment to remain in Afghanistan despite reports to the contrary. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue …
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Opinion by Maiara Folly and Enyseh Teimory
- • April 18, 2023
LEAVE A COMMENT
LONDON — One of the most powerful positions in the United Nations is the head of its peacekeeping wing. The post of under secretary-general oversees 100,000 peacekeepers and administers an annual budget of $6.5 billion, nearly double what the UN …
- Categories: OPINIONS, Secretary-General, UN Agencies, UN Peacekeeping
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Dan Becker
- • April 17, 2023
LEAVE A COMMENT
SAN FRANCISCO — My acquaintance with Stephen Schlesinger’s book “Act of Creation: The Founding of the United Nations,” occurred almost precisely at the same time as the March 2020 Covid lockdown. And now I introduce you to the first episode …
- Categories: Peace and Security, US-UN Relations
LEAVE A COMMENT
- Damilola Banjo
- • April 4, 2023
LEAVE A COMMENT
LEAVE A COMMENT
THIS WEEK'S MOST POPULAR
