US-UN relationship

• March 5, 2021

When she arrived in Turtle Bay the morning of Feb. 25, a day after being sworn in as United States ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield didn’t hide the tight timeline she had inherited in her new post, which includes president of the Security Council in March: “I’m not only hitting the ground …

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

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TAKE A LOOK

With US Funds Gone, UN Population Fund Faces Brutal Choices in Helping Women

Barbara Crossette

• August 27, 2017

It will soon be two years since the United Nations adopted a new 15-year development policy encapsulated in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. This sprawling, ambitious agenda was designed partly to address the shortcomings of the Millennium Goals, the most disheartening of which for women was the failure to meet promises of improved maternal …

Development, Gender Violence, Health and Population, Sustainable Development Goals, Take a Look, US Foreign Relations

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NIKKI HALEY WATCH

For the US, a Tale of Two Human-Rights Violations

Kacie Candela

• July 14, 2017

Nikki Haley, the American ambassador to the United Nations, is positioning herself as a champion of human rights. But she appears to be highly selective about which countries or regimes she accuses of committing human-rights abuses. At the same time, she has been pushing hard for cuts to UN peacekeeping missions, which could hurt …

Human Rights, Nikki Haley Watch, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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WORLDVIEWS

Why the US Must Stay in the UN Human Rights Council

Christen L. Broecker

• June 4, 2017

Nikki Haley, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, will address the Human Rights Council at the opening meeting of it 35th session, on June 6. She has said she intends to put the 47 members of the Council “on notice” about the need for reform. Some of Haley’s colleagues, including Secretary of State …