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Trending UN News: Week Ending Sept. 16

Damilola Banjo
• September 16, 2022

This week, we focus on the preparations of the annual United Nations General Assembly opening session with world leaders — “high-level week” — from Sept. 20-26 and other stories around the world. The speakers’ list is constantly revising, though it’s …

Categories: Africa, General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations

UN Watchdog Board Is Expected to Criticize Russia for Its Actions at the Ukraine Nuke Plant

Stephanie Liechtenstein
• September 9, 2022

VIENNA — Poland and Canada have circulated a draft resolution among members of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, criticizing Russia’s “violent actions against nuclear facilities in Ukraine, including the ongoing presence of Russian forces and …

Categories: Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, UN Agencies

OPINIONS

Félix Baumann: The War in Ukraine Contributed to the Failure of the UN Nuclear Weapons Conference

Opinion by Stephane Bussard
• August 31, 2022

After three weeks of negotiations at the United Nations headquarters, the 191 states parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) failed to adopt a final document at the 10th review conference of the NPT, held from …