Western Sahara
- Damilola Banjo
- • July 1, 2022
This week, we focus on the progress in discussions about elections in Libya and the drastic call for help in Afghanistan after the recent earthquake. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization….
- Categories: Africa, Libya, Middle East, Migration, Refugees, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN
- Anna Bianca Roach
- • October 29, 2021
A coup in Khartoum; global carbon emissions revert to pre-Covid levels; a new UN envoy is named for Myanmar. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered from UN…
- Categories: Africa, Myanmar, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN
- Joseph Alfred Grinblat
- • October 27, 2021
It is now 30 years since the United Nations referendum mission for Western Sahara, known as Minurso, was created, and I was one of the original staff members. Starting in 1971, Sahrawi students in Morocco started a movement for…
- Categories: Africa, Peace and Security, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping, US Foreign Relations, WORLDVIEWS
- Anna Bianca Roach
- • October 22, 2021
The UN boss points to rising global military spending as a source of gendered violence; the UN’s tech envoy, mired in controversy, may be exiting; the Human Rights Council rolls out a multimillion-dollar project with the Philippines. You are…
- Maurizio Guerrero
- • October 21, 2021
As abuses against Sahrawi activists and journalists mount in Western Sahara, 10 United States Republican and Democratic senators are urging the Biden administration to include a human-rights element in the work of the United Nations referendum mission in the…
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights, Secretary-General, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
- Ivana Ramirez
- • July 9, 2021
Crucial aid into Syria continues; will a feminist head UN Women?; the good and bad of Security Council Arria meetings; Haiti on the edge. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Human Rights, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
- Ivana Ramirez
- • April 30, 2021
Veronique Vandegans, the United Nations chief of the French Interpretation Section, working at home in Brooklyn, N.Y., with company. The photo is part of a story for the UN Department of Global Communications on remote interpretation. MANUEL ELIAS/UN PHOTO The…
- Mona Ali Khalil
- • January 14, 2021
The world watched on Jan. 6, 2021, as thousands of the most extreme supporters of President Donald Trump marched on the United States Capitol after hearing his rallying cry to “fight” and “take back” the country. Inside the Capitol,…
- Ivana Ramirez
- • December 26, 2020
An A-to-Z list of Trump’s assaults on the rule of law; reactions to the US-Morocco-Western Sahara news; turmoil in the Central African Republic before elections. Happy Boxing Day! You are reading This Week @UN, a summary of the most…
- Mona Ali Khalil
- • December 21, 2020
President Trump’s attacks on the rule of law in his four years in office have ranged from blatant disregard to outright breach of everything from well-established ethical values to universally accepted international norms, from United States laws and regulations…
- Categories: Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations, WORLDVIEWS
- Ivana Ramirez
- • December 11, 2020
A United Nations convoy was shot at in Ethiopia’s Tigray region; Southeast Asia’s progress on the women, peace and security agenda; the United States brokers a deal with Morocco in exchange for loss of Western Sahara’s sovereignty. You’re reading…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Climate Change, Governance, Health and Population, This Week @UN
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • November 20, 2020
Africans are fed up with being sidelined in the Security Council; hey, Joe Biden, don’t overlook the UN; a mother of five competes against 12 men in the Burkina Faso presidential election. You are reading This Week @UN, highlighting the…
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • November 13, 2020
An Afghan midwife saving lives in her country; the UN secretary-general congratulates US president-elect Joe Biden (sort of); a new gender group with a questionable purpose. You are reading This Week @UN, highlighting the most important news on the world…
- Categories: Africa, Caribbean, Secretary-General, This Week @UN
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • October 26, 2020
As the United Nations turns 75 years old this month, it is worth noting that its membership has more than tripled — almost quadrupled — since its founding in 1945. From 50 signatories at the San Francisco conference that…
- Categories: Africa, General Assembly, Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Fatma Medhi
- • November 5, 2019
A stunning policy reversal by the United States regarding Western Sahara occurred last week, but it didn’t make many headlines. What happened? When the United Nations Security Council adopted a new resolution on Western Sahara, renewing the mandate of…
- Categories: Africa, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations, WORLDVIEWS
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