UN-NY Relations

• December 18, 2020

Does UN Secretary-General António Guterres deserve another term; as Covid-19 vaccines are rolled out in New York City, what about UN staff and diplomats there; and how far will President-elect Biden go at the UN? You’re reading This Week @UN, a summary of the most-pressing issues facing the international organization. The information is gathered …

Health and Population, Secretary-General, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations

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Terje Rod-Larsen, a Norwegian Diplomat, Quits a New York Think Tank Amid Links to Jeffrey Epstein

Dulcie Leimbach and Barbara Crossette

• October 29, 2020

Terje Rod-Larsen, the president of the prestigious International Peace Institute since 2005, resigned Thursday, according to a statement released by the Manhattan-based think tank on Oct. 29, 2020. Rod-Larsen is a renowned Norwegian diplomat, politician and former United Nations envoy. He and his wife, Mona Juul, now Norway’s ambassador to the UN, were central …

Security Council, UN Diplomats

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GOINGS-ON

A UN Ensemble Whose Music Radiates Peace

Kacie Candela

• November 10, 2018

The quiet work of diplomacy at the United Nations headquarters often makes for a dry atmosphere. But after sundown, it’s a whole different scene, thanks to a robust after-work culture of clubs — much as you would find at an American high school — under the umbrella of the UN Staff Recreation Council. Staff …

GOINGS-ON

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Who’s on the Security Council? New York City Junior Ambassadors Tour the UN

Lori Silberman Brauner

• March 17, 2017

They have years to go before they could conceivably sit in the Security Council seat as the United States ambassador to the United Nations, participate in a high-level summit on refugees or cast a vote for their country in the General Assembly. But for a select group of New York City students, the ways …

Education, Security Council, UN Diplomats

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GEOPOLITICS

US Mission to the UN: Do Not Release Vitaly Churkin’s Autopsy Report

Dr. Catherine Mullaly

• March 12, 2017

Four days after Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin’s sudden death in New York City last month, the United States Mission to the United Nations wrote to the New York City Mayor’s Office for International Affairs and requested a communications blackout on Churkin’s autopsy findings and cause of death. The result of this request means that …

Geopolitics, UN Diplomats, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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A New Year at the UN: Getting Serious About Global Disorder?

Barbara Crossette

• September 12, 2016

Government leaders from around the world are gathering in New York for the opening on Tuesday of the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, an event haunted by momentous crises demanding undivided attention and action from all member countries. Responses in both the General Assembly (whose powers are limited) and the Security Council …

General Assembly, Migration, Refugees, US-UN Relations

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Where’s Samantha Power? Her Rare Appearances Rankle the Press Corps at the UN

Dulcie Leimbach

• May 8, 2015

Samantha Power, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, has made herself scarce in answering direct, spontaneous questions from the press corps based at the UN, to the chagrin of many reporters. The press corps is international by nature and not affiliated with the UN but housed in UN headquarters, where reporters can …

Security Council, UN Diplomats, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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New York City and the UN: Cool but Useful Partners

Amy Lieberman

• 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 …