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- Kasmira Jefford
- • October 13, 2022
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First came the bid this year for the International Telecommunication Union director-general position. Now the United States has set its sights on clinching the top job at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) after its candidate, Amy Pope, officially…
- Categories: Migration, UN Agencies, US-UN Relations
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- Michelle Langrand
- • May 24, 2022
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GENEVA — Boris Bondarev, Russia’s counselor to the United Nations in Geneva, resigned on Monday, calling the war in Ukraine a “crime against the Ukrainian people” as well as Russia’s population. “Never have I been so ashamed of my…
- Categories: Peace and Security
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • June 25, 2021
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Rafael Grossi of the IAEA on Iran, gender bias and diplomacy; nuke-weapons countries just keep spending billions; European peacekeepers attacked in Gao, Mali. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information…
- Categories: Africa, LGBT, Nuclear Disarmament, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
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- Dulcie Leimbach and Stéphanie Fillion
- • March 15, 2020
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The coronavirus has officially hit the United Nations at its New York City headquarters. On Thursday, March 12, the first reported case was confirmed by a diplomat with the Philippines mission to the UN, who said that a Filipino…
- Categories: Child Soldiers, Covid-19, Health and Population, Secretary-General, Security Council