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- Barbara Crossette
- • December 4, 2016
The United Nations will swear in António Guterres as its ninth secretary-general on Dec. 12, when the organization will be only weeks away from the inauguration of Donald Trump and the potentially most threatening, hostile political opposition to the…
- Categories: Special Report, UN Agencies, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
- Helmut Volger
- • July 25, 2016
BERLIN — From the beginning, the member states of the United Nations understood the great significance of efficient communication: in resolution 13(I) of Feb. 13, 1946, the General Assembly established the Department of Public Information in the Secretariat and…
- Categories: WORLDVIEWS
- Barbara Crossette
- • October 7, 2015
A luxury-loving diplomat susceptible to bribery, a clutch of rich Chinese with business interests and an open door to the top leadership of the United Nations General Assembly. It all adds up to not only a blow to the…
- Categories: General Assembly, UN Diplomats
- Danielle M. Bennett
- • June 26, 2014
Bill Yotive’s job is to educate young students all over the world on how the United Nations functions and to teach them about its current agenda on global affairs. His work requires capturing youngsters’ attention, which can naturally drift,…
- Categories: Education
- Barbara Crossette
- • October 16, 2013
Angela Kane has covered a lot of territory for the United Nations, but one of her toughest jobs in a career spanning more than three decades may be negotiating with Syria to begin the still-uncertain process of destroying the…
- Categories: Disarmament, Middle East, Women
- Mirva Lempiainen
- • June 17, 2013
A lifeless baby lies on the ground. Half of a woman’s face has been blown off. A mother screams in a hospital after losing her son because of inadequate medication. A text fills the big white screen: global…
- Categories: Africa, Development, Disarmament, Human Rights, Security Council, Women
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