UN-Scripted

• August 4, 2022

Myanmar’s military junta has extended its state of emergency by six months, a year and a half after it overthrew the democratically elected government in a February 2021 coup. The ruling was announced on Aug. 1, the same day that Zhang Jun, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, presented his country’s program of …

Asia, Security Council Presidency

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SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENCY

China Tries to Keep Things Cool in the Security Council: A New Podcast Episode

Damilola Banjo and Kacie Candela

• August 3, 2022

As Security Council president in August, China wants to keep the UN body “cool” — literally and figuratively — by navigating the fine line of staying close to Russia while not souring relations too much with the West; discussing global “security” without mentioning any of China’s own human-rights problems and contested territorial claims; and …

Peace and Security, Security Council, Security Council Presidency

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Palestine v. Israel, and the US Democratic Race: Our Double-Episode Podcast

Stéphanie Fillion and Kacie Candela

• February 20, 2020

President Trump has made good on his campaign promises to redefine America’s relationship with the rest of the world — for better or for worse — and the United Nations has in many ways been the epicenter of his “American First” policy abroad. Most recently, his peace proposal for Israel and Palestine scraps decades …

Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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Melissa Fleming Wants to Change the UN’s Public Image. Can She Do It?

Stéphanie Fillion

• January 27, 2020

The United Nations turns 75 this year, all year long. As its purpose is being questioned by some of its biggest donor nations, including the United States, the UN has a new person to reshape its public image through its global communications office, starting with how it presents its news. PassBlue obtained an exclusive copy …