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- Dawn Clancy
- • August 25, 2022
On the same day that Ukraine marked 31 years of independence from Soviet rule and six months of war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by video to the United Nations Security Council about the worldwide impact of…
- Categories: Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council
- Irwin Arieff
- • May 23, 2022
Can we shed a tear for Sergey Lavrov? Who could have foreseen, a few years back, the huge mess he now finds himself in? Spanning five decades of service in Moscow’s foreign policy hierarchy, the veteran envoy has worked…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Security Council, UN Diplomats, WORLDVIEWS
- Stephen Schlesinger
- • April 18, 2022
The United Nations has been widely criticized for failing to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Critics point out that Russia has vetoed every action in the Security Council to stymie or end the Russian attack. Ukrainian leader Volodymyr…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, WORLDVIEWS
- Dawn Clancy
- • April 11, 2022
When he needs to unwind amid Russia’s disastrous invasion of his country, Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations, takes long bike rides in Manhattan with his dog, Dezi (Dez, for short), a sprightly Jack Russell terrier. Her…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Refugees, Security Council
- Mark Malloch-Brown
- • February 28, 2022
Putin’s decision to send Russian troops into Ukraine was a flagrant breach of the most fundamental rules of interstate relationships. It was not only an unprovoked attack against an independent sovereign nation, and by an unfree country on a…
- Categories: General Assembly, Peace and Security, Security Council, WORLDVIEWS
- Dawn Clancy
- • January 31, 2022
The United States and Russia publicly aired their stances and concerns over the Ukraine crisis in a United Nations Security Council meeting, with the US calling Russia’s military buildup on Ukraine’s borders a “clear and consequential threat to peace…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Security Council
- Clair MacDougall
- • July 20, 2021
Yusuf Mingazov met his father, Ravil, for the first time through a videocall between a Red Cross office in Nottingham, Britain, and the Guantánamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, where he had been imprisoned for more than 14 years….
- Categories: Human Rights, Terrorism, US-UN Relations
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • July 6, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought enormous changes and challenges to the United Nations Security Council. One result has been the heightened politicization and proliferation of the Arria-formula meetings, or informal sessions, of the Council that can be initiated by…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Security Council
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • February 18, 2021
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is scheduled to preside over a Security Council meeting virtually on climate and security risks on Feb. 23. The British introduced the topic to the Council in 2007, but with Washington’s 180-degree turn toward…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Climate Change, Security Council
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • November 4, 2020
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has so far remained silent on the United States Nov. 3 presidential election, despite concerns about possible violence in the country and President Trump having prematurely proclaimed victory. Indeed, the UN warned its…
- Categories: Secretary-General, US-UN Relations
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • October 4, 2020
From the very moment that the United Nations decided to work online, after the pandemic hit, Russia has been the strongest and loudest opponent of going virtual at the world body. For its Security Council presidency, in October, Russia…
- Categories: Africa, Middle East, Security Council Presidency
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • December 20, 2019
In this season of giving, the United States delegation offered free bourbon from Kentucky to the media and is splurging on a holiday party paid for by Kelly Knight Craft, the US ambassador, while in more serious business at…
- Categories: LGBT, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • September 4, 2019
Russia is president of the United Nations Security Council in September just as nearly 200 heads of state and government and even a prince or two will soon travel to New York City to attend the opening session of…
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • November 11, 2018
A decision by the United Nations Security Council to add sanctions against perpetrators of sexual violence should have gone smoothly. The proposal, led by the Netherlands and Sweden, was meant to deter such violence in conflict zones and other…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Libya, Security Council
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