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- Arthur Bassas
- • September 29, 2023
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Welcome to This Week @UN, where we summarize the most important news coming out of the organization as well as promote our own articles, focusing on Armenia and Azerbaijan, the tail end of the UN General Assembly’s big week, Russia’s human …
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- Damilola Banjo
- • September 25, 2023
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Elina Valtonen, Finland’s foreign affairs minister, told PassBlue that her country joined NATO this year for security reasons, given that Finland has the longest border with Russia in Europe — 830 miles north to south — and Russian troops have …
- Categories: General Assembly, SDGs, Ukraine-Russia War, UNGA78
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- Damilola Banjo
- • September 13, 2023
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The world is wary that the Sustainable Development Goals will not be achieved by their deadline of 2030, but Lachezara Stoeva thinks that people should instead be focusing on how to speed up progress at this crucial midpoint. “Although all …
- Categories: SDGs
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- Opinion by Fergal Mythen
- • September 11, 2023
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There’s an old Irish proverb, “Nà hé lá na gaoithe lá na scolb.” Roughly translated, it means that “the day of the wind is not the day for fixing the thatch” — a common roofing material for homes in rural …
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- Arthur Bassas
- • September 8, 2023
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We are back with our ever-popular weekly summary after a pause in August, grappling with the hottest summer on record. We continued to publish exclusive stories, provocative opinion pieces and a podcast episode, staying active on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Follow us on …
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- Damilola Banjo
- • September 4, 2023
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Albania is proposing the creation of a digital platform to complement the United Nations’ humanitarian aid system, drawing donations from corporations and foundations to help alleviate the growing desperation of people across the world. Ferit Hoxha, Albania’s ambassador to the …
- Categories: Humanitarian Aid, Security Council Presidency, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Opinion by Afghan Women's Forum
- • August 25, 2023
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As we celebrate Women’s Equality Day, on Aug. 26, Afghanistan sits in stark contrast to much progress elsewhere in the world. It’s clear that the country is going backward and that the prospects for equality for Afghan women and girls …
- Categories: Education, Human Rights, OPINIONS, Secretary-General
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- Damilola Banjo
- • August 15, 2023
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LAGOS — When Hilda Bassey broke the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual, she had no real professional cooking experience. Though steeped in Nigerian food culture, she had not gone to cooking school. Her main …
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- Anastasiia Carrier
- • August 9, 2023
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Fatima Gailani comes from a prominent Afghan family who has been working to improve life in her country since the 1980s. But under the Taliban rule since August 2021, women’s rights in Afghanistan have been particularly battered if not virtually …
- Categories: Asia, Gender Violence, Human Rights, Women as Changemakers
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- Arthur Bassas
- • July 25, 2023
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The United Nations Office of Counterterrorism says it is growing its offices overseas to become more efficient, but some civil society experts who follow the UN’s counterterrorism work closely remain skeptical. They contend that the new centers expand a somewhat-secretive …
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Gender Violence, General Assembly, Human Rights, Secretary-General, Terrorism
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- Chloé Cosson
- • July 22, 2023
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Like every week, we take you behind the scenes of the UN. This week, we focus mainly on the collapse of the Black Sea grain deal and its repercussions. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues …
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 23, 2023
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This week, the UN secretary-general castigates Russia for its murderous attacks on children in Ukraine; and countries move to save marine biodiversity in a new treaty. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The …
- Categories: Human Rights, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Damilola Banjo
- • June 21, 2023
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The phrase “gender apartheid” is used in a new United Nations report describing the continuing grave violations of the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan. The goal of using the term, the experts who wrote the report say, is …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, Women
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 16, 2023
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This week, the UN secretary-general introduced his policy agendas on peace, AI and the “integrity” of digital platforms, while in the Security Council, Mali told the UN to withdraw its peacekeeping mission from the country immediately. You are reading This Week …
- Categories: Africa, Cities, Climate Change, Disabilities, Human Rights, SDGs, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Opinion by Marzia Babakarkhail
- • June 13, 2023
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Thankfully, many women judges have escaped Afghanistan with the help of the International Association of Women Judges and other organizations and governments. Sixty-eight women judges still desperately need sanctuary. I am deeply concerned for the safety of women who, like …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, OPINIONS
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