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UN Budget Committee O.K.’s Major Reform of the UN, as Peacekeeping Is Squeezed

• July 1, 2018

The United Nations has been given the green light from its 193 member nations to embark on a major overhaul of its operations, based on a trio of reform proposals put forth by Secretary-General António Guterres in the last year and recently agreed on by delegates. The changes — primarily affecting the world body’s …

General Assembly, Secretary-General, UN Peacekeeping, US-UN Relations

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New York City and the UN: Cool but Useful Partners

• September 5, 2013

As most people know, the United Nations headquarters rests on a prime slice of New York City real estate along the East River, stretching from East 42nd to East 48th Streets on First Avenue. The UN agreed to adopt the site as its home as a second-best option in 1946, after acquiring a suburban …

General Assembly, UN-NY Relations, US-UN Relations

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