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Trending UN News: Week Ending Feb. 3

Damilola Banjo
• February 3, 2023

This week, we focus on UN reform (no joke!); visits by the UN peacekeeping boss to Lebanon, Syria and Israel; and glimmers of hope for Iraq. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the…

Categories: Africa, Humanitarian Aid, Middle East, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War, UN Peacekeeping

10 Snapshots of Smarter Peacekeeping

Steven Edwards
• September 29, 2014

It may seem that major current triumphs are hard to find when it comes to the work of United Nations Peacekeeping Department and its blue-helmeted military, police and civilian units, which have hit a record high number of 130,000…

Categories: Caribbean, Gender Violence, General Assembly, Peace and Security, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping, US-UN Relations, Women

Wanted: A Job Anywhere in the World With the UN

Elisa dos Santos
• February 4, 2014

Applying for a job at the United Nations requires a high degree of perseverance — “like trying to find a secret passageway from a brick wall — but eventually you get through,” said Stéphane Dujarric, the director of news…