US Secretary of State John Kerry
- Barbara Crossette
- • July 18, 2014

All eyes may be on Secretary of State John Kerry and his seemingly tireless, though exhausting, travels from continent to continent as multiple crises unfold around the world. Now the State Department has lashed out at the United States…
- Categories: Governance, Peace and Security, US Foreign Relations
- Irwin Arieff
- • July 10, 2014

Many Israelis reacted with surprise and dismay when United States Secretary of State John Kerry blamed Israel’s seemingly insatiable appetite for settlements for the collapse of the latest round of Middle East peace talks. The negotiations were already on…
- Categories: Middle East, Peace and Security, Security Council
- Barbara Crossette
- • January 15, 2014

In an open letter to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Michel Sidibé, the executive director of UNAIDS, the organization called AIDS-Free World wants answers to questions about how the UN will deal with Nigeria after the adoption of…
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • December 5, 2013

Recognizing that women in the Middle East and North Africa must play an active role in their countries’ political processes, especially amid the regional backdrop of upheavals and conflicts, the Netherlands government is providing money for a new program,…
- Categories: Middle East, Women
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • September 3, 2013

In the daily unfolding drama behind the recent investigation by a United Nations team on the use of chemical weapons in Syria, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today that all biomedical and environmental samples gathered by the inspectors…
- Categories: Disarmament, Middle East, Secretary-General, Security Council