UN diplomats
- Fergal Mythen
- • January 3, 2023
In the summer of 2022, as I prepared to become Ireland’s Ambassador to the United Nations, I watched the Security Council from afar. I questioned if Russia’s aggression against Ukraine might sound a death knell for diplomacy at that…
- Categories: Security Council, WORLDVIEWS
- Kees Rade
- • August 10, 2022
The recent agreement between the United Nations and Türkiye to enable the export of grain from Ukraine is a hopeful sign of more active mediation by countries to mitigate the raging conflict in that country. But this step, while…
- Categories: Peace and Security, WORLDVIEWS
- Sonah Lee-Lassiter
- • September 20, 2019
New Yorkers know full well to avoid East Midtown Manhattan around mid-September. During those few weeks, when the United Nations General Assembly opens its annual session, multiple street blocks go into a major security gridlock in this part of…
- Categories: UN Diplomats, UN EATS
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • May 28, 2012
Three diplomats, from the United Nations missions of Jamaica, Pakistan and Uganda, were interviewed this spring by CUNY Graduate School of Journalism students. The diplomats focused on topics relevant to their countries and regions and spoke unscripted. The Ugandan…
- Categories: UN Diplomats