Demand for Lower Peacekeeping Dues to Pit US Against UN
A memorial service for a UN peacekeeper, Corp. Khalid El Hasnaoui of Morocco, April 20, 2016, in the Central African Republic. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, above, leads the mission there. Credit: UN PHOTOBy...
View ArticleAt UN, Rex Tillerson, Top US Diplomat, Delivers Stark Warnings to North Korea
Rex Tillerson, US secretary of state, right, who presided over the UN Security Council session on North Korea’s nuclear threats, with Yun Byung-se, his South Korean counterpart, April 28, 2017....
View ArticleNikki Haley Grilled in US Congress on America’s Role in the UN and the World
Nikki Haley and the Egyptian ambassador to the UN, Amr Aboulatta, in the Security Council. Haley told Congress recently that Trump’s proposed budget for the UN put the world body “on notice.” Credit:...
View ArticleIn the New World Order, Asia Is Rising, Says Pakistan’s UN Envoy
Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan’s ambassador to the UN, presiding over a General Assembly session, May 5, 2017. In an interview, Lodhi said the UN imbued nations with a “spirit of cooperation.” Credit:...
View ArticleAnother UN Harassment Case Quietly Disappears
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, right, and Kingston Rhodes, chairman of the International Civil Service Commission, a regulatory body of the UN, April 13, 2017. Rhodes, from Sierra Leone,...
View ArticleAs SDGs Falter, the UN Turns to the Rich and Famous
Amina Mohammed, right, the deputy secretary-general of the UN, signed a partnership agreement with the World Economic Forum, led by Borge Brende, left, to speed up progress on the Sustainable...
View ArticleSalvaging the SDGs: New Thinking to Spur Action Takes Shape
By Barbara CrossetteNEW YORK, Oct 3 2019 (IPS) For the first time since a new development agenda was adopted in 2015 to make the world a better place for everyone, government leaders assembled at the...
View ArticleThe UN’s Guterres, an Incumbent With Strong Backing by Europe, Is Bound to...
The General Assembly held a “dialogue” on May 7, 2021, with the UN’s member countries and António Guterres, the only officially recognized candidate for UN secretary-general and an incumbent. Only two...
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