UN News Archive
ODUMUN in the NEWS
- Photo Story: 2024 Model UN Conference
- ODUMUNC 47 Award Winners!, 22 Feb 2024
- "The best career training I ever had", Fiona Alexander, ODUMUNC 47 Speaker, 22 Feb 2024
- Two ODUMUN alums: Shamina Singh with President Lesperance, 20 Jan 2023
- ODUMUN President Katie Keith wins the 2023 Leader of the Year, August 2023
- ODUMUNC 46 Award winners, 19 February 2023
- Elena Simon begins Peace Corps service in Paraguay, InsideODU, 30 June 2022
- Former ODUMUN Director Maria Fornella addresses the UN General Assembly, 7 Feb 2022
- ODUMUN Against All Aspects of Racism, 3 May 2021
- 44th Model UN Conference Held Virtually, 19 March 2021
- ODUMUNC 44 Awards, February 2021
- Who We Are; Meet ODUMUN, October 2020
- ODUMUN Statement on Racial Violence, June 2020
- 'MUN prepared her for a life of service', Winter 2020
- 'ODUMUNC 2020, A Photo Story', 20 Febraury 2020
- 'MUN takes annual trip to New York', Inside ODU, 20 June 2019
- Aaron Karp's global firearm ownership study gains international attention, ODU News, 25 June 2018
- Arts & Letters student named 2018 Kaufman Award winner ODU News, 20 June 2018
- ODU and UKK Join for Third at National Model United Nations, 26 March 2018
- 'First Flight, Manteo students rack up awards at Model UN', The Outer Banks Voice, 10 Match 2018
- ODUMUNC 2018: A Photo Essay, Inside ODU, 22 February 2018
- UN Nations Day 2017: the best of New York and Rickle Pick', 2 November 2017
Model UN
- Vivek Ramaswamy has the Model UN 'power del' vibe, Washington Post, 4 Sept 2023
- General Assembly resolution promotes Model UN! 25 August 2023
- 'Billions without clean water and sanitation a 'moral failure': UN General Assembly President', United Nations News Centre, 18 March 2021
- 'Model UN is a critic to our current global governance', Jakarta Post, 1 May 2020
- 'Yale cancels last day of Model United Nations conference due to flu concern', Yale News, 26 January 2020
- 'Chinese delegates withdraw from model UN simulation over Hong Kong controversy', Oxford Student, 11 November 2019
Countries
Afghanistan
- 'Can Taliban join the UN? End 'Gender Apartheid' first', PassBlue, 25 Nov 2023
- 'SC unanimously condemns Taliban's on women', Al Jazeera, 28 April 2023
- 'UN officials in Afghanistan to press for women's rights', Al Jazeera, 18 Jan 2023
- 'Taliban's block women aid workers, disrupt NGOs', Financial Times, 4 Jan 2023
- 'UN votes to secure formal presence in Taliban Afghanistan', Al Jazeera, 17 March 2022
- 'UN votes for formal presence in Taliban-Afghanistan', Al Jazeera, 17 March 2022
- 'Taliban free Westerners working for UN, New York Times', 11 Feb 2022
- 'Don't abandon the people of Afghanistan' Guterres', UN News, 26 Jan 2022
- 'UN Seeks Huge Aid Increase to Prevent Catastrophe in Afghanistan', New York Times, 11 Jan 2022
- 'UN appoints human rights watchdog in Afghanistan', New York Times, 7 Oct 2021
- 'How to aid Afghans without recognizing Taliban', Deutsche Welle, 3 Sept 2021
- 'We need UN peacekeeping in Afghanistan', Los Angeles Times, 29 August 2021
- 'Afghans with UN fear for their lives', PassBlue, 20 August 2021
- 'UN agencies urge Taliban to protect vulnerable', UN News, 17 August 2021
- 'SC calls for talks to form new Afghan government', Al Jazeera, 16 August 2021
- 'Guterres urges restraint as Taliban reach Kabul; Security Council to meet', UN News, 15 August 2021
- 'UN compound attacked as battle for Afghanistan's Herat rages', Al Jazeera, 30 July 2021
Canada
- Canada's to Russia at the UN, spilling outrage, PassBlue, 28 March 2022
- 'China, Canada spar at UN body over human rights failings', AP, 22 June 2021
- 'Trudeau to visit Africa amid campaign for UN Security Council seat', Globe and Mail, 1 February 2020
- 'Canada a leader, but more must be done for women and girls in conflict zones: UN official', Globe and Mail, 24 February 2019
- 'Canada drops opposition to UN indigenous rights declaration', Globe and Mail, 16 May 2018
- 'Remind us, why does Canada want a seat on the UN Security Council?' Globe and Mail, 7 May 2018
Central African Republic
- 'UN extends CAR arms embargo despite China appeal to lift it', AP, 29 July 2021
- 'UN increases Central African Republic force by nearly 3,700', Associated Press, 12 March 2021
- 'U.N. peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic before election', Reuters, 26 December 2020
- 'Dozens killed in northeast Central African Republic clashes', Al Jazeera, 30 April 2020
- 'UN votes to ease arms embargo on Central African Republic', Associated Press, 12 September 2019
- 'UN calls for support to implement Central Africa's newly minted peace agreement', UN News Centre, 2 February 2019
- 'UN extends Central African Republic arms embargo', Washington Post, 31 January 2019
- 'UN chief 'outraged' by latest attacks in CAR, warns they could be war crimes', UN News Centre, 14 May 2017
China
- Is China the country to call for a cease-fire in Gaza? PassBlue, 2 Nov 2023
- China is reshaping UN development work, PassBlue, 19 July 2023
- Xiplomacy, China becomes a strong buttress to UN, Xinhua, 4 Feb 2023
- Council rejects bid to debate China and Uyghurs, AP, 6 Oct 2022
- UN says China crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, NYT, 31 August 2022
- UN accuses China on Uyghurs human rights, Financial Times, 31 Aug 2022
- UN report on abuses in Xinjiang delayed again, NYT, 25 Aug 2022
- China 'agrees with' UN move on veto but highlights concerns, SCMP, 27 April 2022
- China continues abuse against Uighurs: UN, Al Jazeera, 11 Feb 2022
- 'China says Taiwan has no right to join the United Nations', Deutsche Welle, 27 Oct 2021
- 'Xi Jinping - advancing UN cause for better world', Xinhua, 24 Oct 2021
- 'China pledges $230 million for biodiversity at UN', France24, 12 Oct 2021
- 'Beijing's campaign for UN peacekeeping head', Africa Intelligence, 31 Aug 2021
- 'China makes sure everyone writes Taiwan's name just so—even a Colorado high school', Wall Street Journal, 10 Sept 2021
- 'China tries to scupper UN talk on plight of Uyghurs', Guardian, 8 May 2021
- 'How China outsmarted the Trump Administration', The Atlantic, 11 October 2020
- 'China vs US: two new world orders as the UN turns 75', South China Morning Post, 22 September 2020
- 'China to join Arms Trade Treaty, supports multilateralism: Chinese ambassador', Global Times, 1 July 2020
- 'China and the United Nations: a new battleground', The Economist, 7 December 2019
- 'Is China's influence at the United Nations all it's cracked up to be?' Washington Post, 7 October 2019
- 'China, Russia reject calls for freeze on UN pullout from Sudan', AFP,15 June 2019
- 'China foils bid to blacklist Kashmir attacker; U.S., India vow to keep pushing', Reuters, 13 March 2019
- 'China says UN criticism of human rights record is 'politically driven', Guardian, 6 November 2018
- 'China profits from Trump's UN isolation', Financial Times,28 September 2018
- 'U.N. rights chief Bachelet takes on China, other powers in first speech', Reuters,10 September 2018
- 'China Enlists U.N. to Promote Its Belt and Road Project', Foreign Policy, 10 May 2018
Cyprus
- UN committed to deal healing Cyprus' dangerous split, Associated Press, 28 Aug 2023
- 'Greece, Cyprus Lash Out at Turkey for 'Illegal' Drilling in Eastern Mediterranean', VOA, 22 April 2020
- 'Turkish Cypriot leader warns Cyprus is facing permanent partition', Guardian, 6 February 2020
- 'Policing a 50-year rift: the UN Mission in Cyprus', UN News Centre, 23 January 2020
- 'Guterres holds 'focused and frank' informal discussions over future of Cyprus', UN News Centre, 25 November 2019
- 'Talks on Cyprus reunification have failed: UN chief Guterres', Globe and Mail, 6 July 2017
DR Congo
- All peacekeepers will leave DR Congo in 2024, Al Jazeera, 13 Jan 24
- Record 6.9 mn internally displaced in DR Congo, France24, 30 Oct 2023
- UN team arrives in DR Congo as violence erupts, France24, 10 March 2023
- 'Peacekeepers, civilians killed in DRC anti-UN protests,' France24, 27 July 2022
- 'Protests demand UN troops leave DRC,' Al Jazeera, 26 July 2022
- 'International Court rules Uganda to pay $325 mn to DR Congo,' UN News, 9 Feb 2022
- 'As violence in Congo escalates, thousands held hostage', Guardian. 10 Jan 2022
- 'UN sends troops to guard DRC Nobel winner after death threats', Guardian, 10 September 2020
- 'The UN's peacekeepers are under pressure to quit Congo', The Economist, 3 September 2020
- Eastern Ebola outbreak defeated, 'mission impossible' now a 'sign of hope', UN News Centre, 25 June 2020
- 'UN accuses multiple countries of quietly sending arms to DR Congo', France 24, 19 June 2020
- 'DR Congo: With Ebola on the wane, UN agencies prepare to combat coronavirus', UN News Centre, 3 March 2020
- 'Support 'winds of change' in DR Congo to consolidate positive developments, urges UN mission chief', UN News Centre, 9 October 2019
- 'World cannot stand idle as millions in DR Congo 'suffer in silence,' says UN agency', UN New Centre, 17 January 2018
- 'US urges UN probe into experts' murder, but Congo is opposed', Associated Press, 17 August 2017
Ethiopia
- Tigray on brink of humanitarian disaster, UN says, Guardian, 14 Jan 2022
- Jan 2022'Ethiopia detains over 70 U.N. drivers, amid reports of mass arrests', Reuters, 10 Nov 2021
- 'Security Council calls for an end to Ethiopia fighting', Associated Press, 5 Nov 2021
- 'UN chief takes on Ethiopia over expelled staff: show me proof', Reuters, 7 Oct 2021
- 'Ethiopia orders expulsion of 7 UN officials for 'meddling', Al Jazeera, 30 Sept 21
- 'UN says Ethiopia has no right to expel staff', Deutsche Welle, 30 Sept 2021
- 'UN chief: humanitarian catastrophe in Ethiopia', Al Jazeera, 27 August 2021
- 'Egypt, Sudan urge UN action on Nile dam, Ethiopia says 'no', AP, 9 July 2021
- '400,000 in famine, 2 million on the brink, Security Council told', UN News Centre, 2 July 2021
Haiti
- Why Lula Is Silent on Haiti, Foreign Policy, 1 Apr 2024
- Can the SC wrap its mind around Haiti? PassBlue, 19 Mar 24
- Security Council authorizes historic mission in Haiti, UN News, 2 Oct 2023
- UN approves Kenya mission to help Haiti stamp out gangs, NYT, 2 Oct 2023
- Can Kenya bring order to Haiti? Doubts are swirling, New York Times, 5 Sept 2023
- SC gives Guterres 30 days to fight Haiti's gangs, AP, 14 July 2023
- Guterres urges aid in visit to gang-ravaged Haiti, Reuters, 1 July 2023
- Haiti sees rise of vigilantes as gang violence soars, Al Jazeera, 17 May 2023
- Jamaica offers troops to address Haiti crisis, Al Jazeera, 1 Feb 2023
- As Haiti unravels, US pushes UN force, New York Times, 29 Nov 2022
- UN demands end to violence in Haiti, sanctions gang leader, AP, 21 Oct 2022
- US, Mexico call for Haiti security mission to confront gangs, Reuters, 17 Oct 2022
- Record 4.7 million Haitians face acute hunger, AP, 14 Oct 2022
- Guterres calls for international troops in Haiti, France24, 10 Oct 2022
- 'SC urges halt to small arms for Haiti gangs,' AP, 19 July 2022
- 'Haiti requests US, UN troops as fears mount', France24, 10 July 2021
- 'Haiti needs the world's help', Deutsche Welle, 11 July 2021
India
- India attacks 'biased' green policies, Financial Times, 29 Feb 2024
- 'India extremism worsening situation, Pakistan tells UN, AP Pakistan', 25 Jan 2022
- 'India cautions SC on terrorists gaining chemical weapons', ANI, 5 Aug 2021
- 'India to use Its SC Seat to show why it should be permanent', PassBlue, 2 Aug 2021
- Why did India abstain on the Myanmar resolution at the UN?' Scroll.in, 21 June 2021
- 'India's UNSC tenure 2021-22: Securing national interest through international leadership', The Sunday Guardian, 2 January 2021
- 'UN adopts India sponsored resolutions on nuclear disarmament', Economic Times, 4 November 2020
- 'India renews claim for a permanent Security Council seat; UK seeks global unity against Covid', PassBlue, 26 September 2020
- 'India, 3 nations call for UN Security Council reform', Hindustan Times, 2 September 2020
- 'India to the UN Security Council: there will be no alliances', PassBlue, 2 August 2020
Iran
- UN HRC condemns Iran, orders international probe, France24, 24 Nov 2022
- What to expect from Iran's new UN ambassador, PassBlue, 9 Nov 2022
- 'S. Korea paid to restore Iran's UN vote', AP, 23 Jan 2022
- 'Iran condemns U.N. criticism of deaths during protests', Reuters, 24 July 2021
- 'Iran slams suspension of its UN voting rights', Al Jazeera, 4 June 2021
- 'U.N. Security Council unlikely to act on Iran scientist killing, diplomats say', Reuters, 1 December 2020
- 'Iran nuclear deal: UN rejects U.S. bid to 'snapback' Iran sanctions', BBC, 26 August 2020
- 'Iran nuclear deal negotiator: U.S. lacks UN standing and 'cannot snap back sanctions', The World, 24 August 2020
- 'U.N. Security Council rejects U.S. proposal to extend arms Embargo on Iran', New York Times, 14 August 2020
- 'US sees embarrassing UN defeat over Iran arms embargo proposal', Guardian, 14 August 2020
- 'US warns Russia, China of UN isolation if Iran arms extension blocked', Reuters, 24 June 2020
- 'The IAEA voices 'serious concern' over blocked access to certain Iranian sites', Pass Blue, 8 June 2020
- 'Russia opposes any new US attempts at UN to punish Iran', Associated Press, 12 May 2020
- 'U.S. faces tough U.N. battle to extend Iran arms embargo', Reuters, 27 April 2020
- 'The UN is at the Center of the Iran nuclear deal. Will It also be the site of its unraveling?' UN Dispatch, 5 July 2019
- 'UN nuclear watchdog says Iran abiding with 2015 deal limits', Associated Press, 12 November 2018
- 'Hard-won UN debate sees US at odds with partners over Iran', Guardian, 5 January 2018; 'Video: Iran crisis: France criticizes U.S. over U.N. meeting', Reuters, 6 January 2018
- 'Gulf widens between Washington and UN partners', AFP, 16 October 2017
Israel & Palestine
- Iran and Israel trade barbs at Security Council, Al Jazeera, 15 April 24
- SC calls for cease-fire in Gaza, US abstains, New York Times, 26 Mar 24
- UN: Convincing information sexual violence against hostages in Gaza, BBC, 5 Mar 24
- Mark Malloch-Brown: UNRWA is hard to replace, Financial Times, 8 Feb 24
- Nearly half of migratory species in decline, UN', AP, 12 Feb 24
- UNRWA fought Hamas infiltration; not enough, Israel says, New York Times, 10 Feb 24
- Non-Aligned Movement condemns Israel's war in Gaza, AP, 20 Jan 24
- GA votes for Israel-Hamas cease-fire, countering US veto, NYT, 12 Dec 2023
- C approves aid to Gaza without ceasefire, AP, 22 Dec 23
- SC backs humanitarian pause in Gaza, Guardian, 15 Nov 23
- 102 workers killed, UNRWA struggles to provide aid, 14 Nov 23
- UN in disarray over Israel-Hamas war, Politico, 4 Nov 2023
- Israel and the UN: A tricky relationship, Deutsche Welle, 28 Oct 2023
- General Assembly calls for humanitarian truce in Gaza, AP, 27 Oct 2023
- Israeli UN ambassador demands UN secretary-general resign', Fox, 24 Oct 2023
- Guterres calls for ceasefire in Gaza, Guardian, 24 Oct 2023
- Security Council fails resolution for humanitarian pause in Gaza, PassBlue, 17 Oct 2023
- Gaza: 'History is watching' warns UN relief chief, UN News, 16 Oct 2023
- Security Council takes no action on Hamas, AP, 8 October 2023
- SG's rare condemnation of Israel for Jenin raid, AP, 6 July 2023
- Abbas urges UN to suspend Israel from UN, AP, 15 May 2023
- UN seeks court opinion on Israeloccupation of Palestine, Al Jazeera, 31 Dec 2022
- Envoys spar at fiery UN session over Al-Aqsa visit, France24, 6 Jan 2023
- 'SC holds emergency meeting over Gaza fighting', Al Jazeera, 9 August 2022
- 'UN condemns Holocaust denial', New York Times, 20 Jan 2022
- 'Former official wanted by Mexico takes refuge in Israel', New York Times, 15 July 2021
- UN to launch inquiry into systematic discrimination in Israel and Palestine', Guardian, 27 May 2021
- 'Why the UN is stuck on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict', CNN, 19 May 2021
- 'UNHRC set to condemn Israel annexation, call for arms embargo', Jerusalem Post, 19 June 2020
- 'UN envoy tells Israel to abandon West Bank annexation plans', Associated Press, 20 May 2020
- 'Palestinians hail UN list of firms linked to Israeli settlements', al Jazeera, 13 February 2020.
- 'Chief: UN committed to Israel-Palestinian peace', Associated Press, 28 January 2020
- 'UN Security Council members rebuke US on Israel settlements', Associated Press, 20 November 2019
- Head of UN agency for Palestinian refugees resigns', Associated Press, 6 November 2019
- 'The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees faces another crisis', Washington Post, 16 August 2019
- 'Envoy says no UN membership for Palestinians now', Associated Press, 28 January 2019
- 'US to end funding to UN agency that helps Palestinian refugees', New York Times, 31 August 2018
- 'Palestine elected presiding country of Group of 77 at UN', Al Jazeera, 26 July 2018
- 'U.N. General Assembly vote castigates Israel over Gaza deaths', New York Times, 13 June 2018
- 'Rival UN Security Council proposals on Gaza both fail', Washington Post, 1 June 2018
- 'Security Council calls for calm following deadly Gaza clashes; diplomats debate US embassy move', UN News Centre,15 May 2018
- 'UN leader calls for investigation into deadly Gaza clashes', Associated Press, 31 March 2018
- 'Guterres urges donors to generously support UN agency for Palestine refugees, UN News Centre, 15 March 2018
- 'U.S. Funding Cut Reignites Debate on Palestinian Refugee Agency', New York Times, 17 January 2018; and 'UN alarmed as US cuts aid to Palestinian refugee agency', BBC News, 17 January 2018
- 'Defying Trump, U.N. General Assembly condemns U.S. decree on Jerusalem', New York Times, 21 December 2017
Libya
- 'SC renews authorization to inspect Libya arms embargo', UN News, 3 June 2021
- 'Arab League, UN, EU and AU demand foreign forces leave Libya', Euractiv, 21 April 2021
- 'UN Security Council approves ceasefire monitors for Libya', Al Jazeera, 16 April 2021
- 'Libya arms embargo totally ineffective: UN report', AFP, 19 March 2021
- 'UN hails new government after years of paralysis', UN News Centre, 24 March 2021
- 'Libya arms embargo totally ineffective: UN report', AFP, 19 March 2021
- 'UN urges withdrawal of foreign forces, mercenaries from Libya', Al Jazeera, 13 March 2021
- 'Foreign fighters a 'serious crisis' in Libya, UN mission chief tells', UN News Centre, 2 December 2020
- 'UN salutes new Libya ceasefire agreement that points to 'a better, safer, and more peaceful future', UN News, 23 October 2020'
- 'The warring sides signed the agreement in Geneva. 'Libya's warring sides reach permanent cease-fire. U.N. calls it 'historic.', Washington Post, 23 October 2020
- 'Libya at a 'turning point', warns UN official', Financial Times, 3 September 2020
- 'Egypt offers new Libya plan as Haftar offensive collapses', Reuters, 6 June 2020
- 'Militia leader Haftar claims mandate to rule Libya, UN-backed government denounces 'coup', France24, 29 April 2020
- 'Libya's warring parties resume talks in Geneva', Associated Press,20 February 2020
- 'UN Security Council urges quick ceasefire in Libya', France24, 22 January 2020
- 'UN workers killed following Benghazi car bomb attack, as Security Council meets in emergency session', UN News Centre, 10 August 2019.
- 'Libyans 'fighting the wars of others' inside their own country, UN urges Security Council action', UN News Centre, 29 July 2019
- 'UN envoy warns Libya is on verge of civil war', Associated Press, 21 May 2019
- 'U.S., Russia say cannot support a U.N. call for Libya truce: diplomats', Reuters, 18 April 2019
- 'UN committed 'to support the Libyan people' as Guterres departs', UN News Centre, 5 April 2019
Mali
- Mali demands UN peacekeepers leave after 10 years, AP, 16 June 2023
- MALI: SC votes to end peacekeeping in Mali, France24, 30 June 2023
- Mali calls for withdrawal of UN peacekeeping, France24, 16 June 2023
- Mali junta expels UN mission's human rights chief, France24, 5 Feb 2023
- Mali defends Russian ties and opposes UN force, AP, 28 Jan 2023
- Germany leaves UN peacekeeping in Mali, France24, 16 Nov 2022
- Mali expels spokesman of UN peacekeeping mission, France24, 20 July 2022
- 'Mali improvised bomb claims lives of peacekeepers', UN News, 6 July 2022
- UN keeps peacekeepers in Mali as Russia and China abstain, AP, 29 June 2022
- Mali defies UN call to investigate abuses, Al Jazeera, 30 June 2022
- 'Mali's security worsens, UN peacekeeping must adapt', PassBlue, 18 Jan 2022
- 'Russia, China block Security Council from new sanctions on Mali', France24, 12 Jan 2022
Mexico
- 'Mexican president previews Ukraine peace plan after criticizing UN', Reuters, 12 Sept 2022
- 'Mexico floats restoring ties with North Korea', Bloomberg, 17 July 2021
- 'Israel summons Mexican ambassador over UN rights vote', Haaretz, 31 May 2021
- 'UN agencies registering asylum seekers at US-Mexico border', UN News, 25 February 2021
Myanmar
- Security Council condemns Myanmar military, Al Jazeera, 24 August 2023
- UN: Russia, China sent deadly aid to Myanmar, Deutsche Welle, 18 May 2023
- 'China's mum on Myanmar as it leads Security Council', PassBlue, 4 August 2022
- 'Groups urge UN to stop Myanmar army offensives', Al Jazeera, 5 Nov 2021
- 'Myanmar's credentials at the UN', PassBlue, 12 September 2021
- 'Myanmar ambassador, opposed coup, target of assassination plot', New York Times, 6 Aug 2021
- 'U.N. condemns Myanmar's military junta', Washington Post, 18 June 2021
- 'UN calls for halt of weapons to Myanmar', Reuters, 19 June 2021
- 'Mass deaths alert in Myanmar as 100,000 flee heavy weapons', UN News, 9 June 2021
- 'Asean Seeks Drop of U.N. Call for Myanmar Arms Embargo', Bloomberg, 1 June 2021
- 'UN calls for restoration of democracy in Myanmar', Al Jazeera, 1 May 2021
- 'After coup in Myanmar, a career diplomat takes a stand', New York Times, 6 March 2021
- 'Myanmar's UN envoy dramatically opposes coup in his country', Associated Press, 26 February 2021
- 'Myanmar military may be committing new war crimes, says departing rights envoy', Reuters, 30 April
- 'UN's top court orders Myanmar to protect Rohingya from genocide', Guardian, 23 January 2020
- 'Aung San Suu Kyi pleas with court to dismiss genocide claims', Guardian, 12 December 2019
- 'Nobel peace laureate could face prosecution over Myanmar military's actions', New York Times, 17 September 2019
- 'Massacred at home, in misery abroad, 730,000 Rohingya are mired in hopelessness', New York Times, 22 August 2019
- 'Nine UN Security Council members ask to discuss Myanmar inquiry', Indian Express, 18 October 2018
- 'Myanmar and UN announce deal for return of Rohingya', Guardian, 31 May 2018
- 'Conditions in Myanmar's Rakhine not in place to enable safe returns - UN refugee agency', UN News Centre, 24 November 2017
North Korea
- Why Russia protects North Korea From UN monitors, NYT, 29 Mar 2024
- N. Korea at UN defends its nuclear weapons, Reuters, 4 Aug 2023
- 'China and Russia veto UN sanctions on N. Korea', Washington Post, 26 May 2022
- 'US and allies at UN condemn missile launches, Deutsch Welle, 8 Match 2022
- China urges US 'flexibility' with North Korea, Guardian, 4 Feb 2022
- 'Russia and China block UN sanctions on North Koreans,' AP, 20 Jan 2022
- 'China, Russia push to lift UN sanctions on North Korea', Reuters, 2 Nov 2021
- 'North Korea threatens Security Council after emergency meeting', AP, 3 Oct 21
- 'North Korea continues nuclear development; UN report', NK News, 24 August 2021
- 'N Korea accuses UN of double standard on missiles', Al Jazeera, 29 March 2021
- 'North Korea spied on 11 Security Council officials using Gmail', Nikkei Asian Review, 5 August 2020
- 'North Korea tells UN to cut international aid staff in Pyongyang', Al Jazeera, 4 September 2019
- 'UN experts: NKorea hasn't stopped nuke and missile programs', Associated Press, 4 April 2018
- 'Dangerous rhetoric, overconfidence, increase risk of conflict on Korean Peninsula, UN chief warns', UN News Centre, 15 December 2017
- 'U.N. council to meet on North Korea rights abuses, nuclear program in December', Reuters, 1 December 2017
Russia
- Guterres urges Russia to revive grain deal with Ukraine, AP, 24 July 2023
- Russia loses election to three UN bodies over Ukraine, AP, 7 April 2023
- Envoy claims West is determined to destroy Russia, AP, 18 Feb 2023
- Time to prosecute Russians for the crime of aggression is now, PassBlue, 18 Jan 2023
- Moscow disappointed with SC on bio-labs in Ukraine, TASS, 3 Nov 2022
- Russia's allies call for negotiations to end Ukraine war, Guardian, 24 Sept 2022
- Russia vetoes SC resolution condemning Ukraine annexation, UN News, 30 Sept 2022
- 'Russian diplomat to the U.N. quits, saying he is ashamed', NPR, 23 May 2022
- 'Russian diplomats' behavior at UN has absolutely changed', Thomas-Greenfield, CNN, 9 May 2022
- 'GA votes to suspend Russia from Human Rights Council', UN News, 7 April 2022
- 'UN votes to suspend Russia from rights council,' New York Times, 7 April 2022
- 'War crimes in Ukraine: the campaign to charge Russia,' Financial Times, 8 April 2022
- 'Divide at UN over naming Russia aid resolution for Ukraine,' AP, 21 March 2022
- 'Moscow fails to secure support for UN text, scraps vote,' France24, 18 March 2022
- 'United Nations: the last thing Putin wants,' PassBlue 28 Feb 2022
- 'Russia blocks UN to treat climate as security threat', New York Times, 13 Dec 2021
- 'UN turns into League of Nations if veto dissolved - Putin', TASS, 21 Oct 2021
- 'Russia to voice complaints about OPCW's work at UNGA session', TASS, 4 Aug 2021
- 'How Russia undermined UN bioweapons investigations', Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 11 December 2020
- 'Russia makes bid to water down UN commitments on female peacekeepers' Guardian, 29 October 2020
- 'Who knew? Putin loves the United Nations', Pass Blue, 24 June 2020
- 'Russia at the United Nations: Law, Sovereignty, and Legitimacy', Carnegie Endowment, 22 January 2020
- 'Russia scores victory for ally Syria in UN vote cutting aid', Washington Post, 10 January 2020
Saudi Arabia
- 'Saudi Arabia's row with Ban Ki-moon over Yemen marks new low in UN relationship', Guardian, 10 June 2016
- 'United Nations Chief Exposes Limits to his Authority by Citing Saudi Threat', New York Times, 9 June 2016; and 'U.N. chief blasts Saudi pressure after Yemen coalition blacklisting', Reuters, 9 June 2016
Sudan
- UN warns epic suffering in Sudan, needs $4bn aid, Guardian, 7 Feb 24
- Armed conflict spreading to new regions, warns UN, France24, 17 Nov 2023
- More than 4mn Sudanese displaced by war, UN, Financial Times, 16 Aug 2023
- Sudan war displaced over three million, says UN, France 24, 12 July 2023
- UN warns of 'full-scale civil war' in Sudan, Al Jazeera, 9 July 2023
- UN renews Sudan arms embargo, Russia China abstain, AP, 9 March 2023
South Sudan
- 'UN launches Sudanese talks push to end post-coup crisis', Reuters, 8 Jan 2022
- 'China, Russia push to lift UN sanctions on North Korea', Reuters, 2 Nov 2021
- Sudan coup: HRC hears calls for return to democratic rule', UN News, 8 Nov 2021
- 'China, Russia reject calls for freeze on UN pullout from Sudan', AFP,15 June 2019
- 'UN envoy: Fighting in South Sudan 'has diminished greatly', Associated Press, 5 February 2019
- 'Security Council imposes arms embargo on South Sudan', UN News Centre, 13 July 2018
- 'Gang rapes and beheadings: UN reveals new South Sudan abuses', Associated Press, 23 February 2018
- 'South Sudan rejects 4,000 additional UN peacekeepers', Al Jazeera, 11 January 2018
- 'The UN in conflict zones: Peacekeepers in name only', The Economist, 28 October 2017
Syria
- UN SG hopes Syria's return to Arab League helps end war, AP, 8 May 2023
- 'Russia vetoes UN push to renew cross-border aid to Syria', AP, 9 July 2022
- 'Russia, West spar over vote to punish Assad for chemical weapons', Daily Sabah, 7 April 2021
- 'Syrian warring sides agree to Geneva constitution talks: UN envoy', Al Jazeera, 19 May 2020
- 'UN chief urges Syria cease-fire but Russia and China oppose', Associated Press, 28 February 2020
- 'Why the United Nations cannot end wars in the Arab world', The Economist,13 February 2020
- 'Russia scores victory for ally Syria in UN vote cutting aid', Washington Post, 10 January 2020
- 'Turkish and Syrian ambassadors clash at UN Security Council', Associated Press, 25 October 2019
- 'Russia, China cast vetoes to block UN resolution on Syria', Gulf News, 19 September 2019
- Two drafts resolutions, zero consensus on ceasefire in Syria in Security Council' ,UN News, 19 September 2019
- 'Syrian and Israeli diplomats clash at U.N. over Golan Heights', Washington Post, 16 November 2018
- 'Seven years of war in Syria has left 'colossal human tragedy' in its wake - UN refugee chief', UN News Centre, 8 March 2018
- 'Those responsible for war crimes in Syria 'will be held accountable for what they have done,' says UN rights chief', UN News, 2 March 2018
- 'UN unanimously demands a 30-day cease-fire across Syria', Associated Press, 24 February 2018; and 'The UN in Syria: years of impotence and failure', Agence France-Presse, 24 February 2018
- 'UN chief calls for Syria referral to International Court', Associated Press, 26 January 2018
- 'Russia uses veto to end UN investigation of Syria chemical attack', Guardian, 24 October 2017
- 'Over 600,000 displaced Syrians returned home so far this year - UN agency', UN News Centre, 11 August 2017
- 'UN Syria investigator quits over concern about Russian obstruction', Guardian, 6 August 2017
Ukraine
- UN seeks $4.2 billion for Ukraine refugees, AP, 15 Jan 24
- UN evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, Guardian, 21 Oct 2023
- Zelenskiy says peace requires fundamental UN reform, Guardian, 20 Sept 2023
- Zelensky says Security Council is useless with Russian veto, NYT, 20 Sept 2023
- UN official condemns latest indiscriminate attacks, UN News, 14 Aug 2023
- Russia defends against criticism in Security Council, NYT, 17 July 2023
- Resolution to end Ukraine war: who voted and how, Washington Post, 24 Feb 2023
- UN members endorse resolution to end war, DW, 23 Feb 2023
- UNs delivers lifesaving relief to Ukraine, UN News, 3 Feb 2023
- The UN and Russia's war in Ukraine, IISS, 4 Jan 2023
- UN says invasion uprooted 14 million Ukrainians, AP, 2 Nov 2022
- General Assembly demands Russia reverse illegal annexation, UN News, 12 Oct 2022
- UN limits on display in Security Council showdown, Politico, 22 Sept 2022
- UN is getting Ukraine surprisingly right, Washington Post, 20 Sept 2022
- Guterres calls for safety of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, UN News, 6 Sept 2022
- UN inspectors reach embattled Ukrainian nuclear plant, Washington Post, 1 Sept 2022
- Zelensky, Erdogan, Guterres meet in Ukraine, Deutsche Welle, 17 August 2022
- SC focuses on Zaporizhzhia nuclear threat, NYT, 23 Aug 2022
- UN ship will carry Ukrainian grain to countries worst affected, New York Times, 14 August 2022
- Guterres welcomes first grain ship, to ease food crisis, UN News, 1 August 2022
- The UN hasn't been useless on Ukraine, War on Rocks, 21 July 2022
- Act or dissolve, Zelensky challenges UN, France24, 7 April 2022
- Killings raise 'serious' questions about Russian war crimes, UN News, 4 April 2022
- Negotiate end to 'unwinnable' war in Ukraine, Guterres, UN News, 22 March 2022
- General Assembly again isolates Russia over Ukraine, Reuters, 24 March 2022
- General Assembly overwhelmingly censures Russia, NBC, 2 March 2022
- UN votes to demand Russia stop war in Ukraine, AP, 2 March 2022'
- Russia vetoes Ukraine, China, India abstain,' Reuters, 25 Feb 2022
- 'Ukraine crisis testing 'entire international system', UN News, 23 Feb 2022
- 'US, Russia clash over Ukraine at UN,' Washington Post, 31 Jan 2022
United States
- US vetoes Security Council on aid to Gaza, PassBlue, 17 Oct 2023
- US will rejoin UNESCO in July, New York Times, 12 June 2023
- US spied on UN Secretary-General, leaks reveal, Washington Post, 17 April 2023
- General Assembly rebukes US embargo on Cuba 185-3, Jazeera, 3 Nov 2022
- Sending back the gumbo, PassBlue, 25 Oct 2022
- US Secretary of State Blinken's homage to the UN, PassBlue, 7 June 2022
- Next steps the US should take to re-engage the UN, PassBlue, 9 Feb 2022
- Biden's first year at the UN, PassBlue, 25 Jan 2022
- 'US regains seat on Human Rights Council, reversing Trump', Washington Post, 14 Oct 2021
- The US is going backward at the UN', by Nikki Haley, Newsweek, 30 June 2021
- 'Turnabout in US foreign policy puts UN in the spotlight', PassBlue, 15 June 2021
- 'Blinken jousts with China and Russia in U.N. meeting', New York Times, 7 May 2021
- 'Diplomacy Is back: Linda Thomas-Greenfield confirmed as U.N. envoy', New York Times, 23 February 2021
- WTO set to gain new chief, but deep issues remain', New York Times, 14 February 2021
- 'U.S. rejoins U.N. Human Rights Council, reversing Trump-era policy', Washington Post, 8 February 2021
- 'Top UN officials saddened at mob violence during US Capitol breach; decry 'incitement' by political leaders', UN News Centre, 7 January 2021
- 'Spurned by Trump, U.N. sees redemption in Biden', New York Times, 3 December 2020
- 'Biden's choice for UN envoy signals return to US engagement', Associated Press, 23 November 2020
- 'Experts say the U.S. appears isolated at the U.N. General Assembly this year', NPR, 15 September 2020
- John Bolton, 'Iran 'Snapback' Isn't worth the risk', Wall Street Journal, 16 August 2020
- 'US sees embarrassing UN defeat over Iran arms embargo proposal', Guardian, 14 August 2020
- 'U.N. Security Council rejects U.S. proposal to extend arms Embargo on Iran', New York Times, 14 August 2020
- 'U.N. ambassador defends administration's response to protests', Washington Post, 5 June 2020
- 'US must address deep-seated grievances to move beyond history of racism and violence', UN News Centre, 3 June 2020
- 'US blocks vote on UN's bid for global ceasefire over reference to WHO', Guardian, 8 May 2020
- 'Trump expands battle with World Health Organization far beyond aid suspension', Washington Post, 25 April 2020
- 'Is Kelly Craft out of the loop on Trump's pandemic plans?', PassBlue, 4 April 2020
- 'US Ambassador Kelly Craft Resumes Campaign Donations with a Big Gift to Trump', PassBlue, 26 February 2020
- 'UN pansies up in arms as Trump goes 'America First' on Iran', Washington Times, 4 January 2020
- 'Trump makes it official: U.S. will withdraw from the Paris climate accord', Washington Post, 4 November 2019
- 'U.S. will remain in postal treaty after emergency talks', New York Times, 25 September 2019
- 'Trump's 2019 U.N address in 3 minutes', Washington Post, 24 September 2019
- 'Leak suggests UN agency self-censors on climate crisis after US pressure',Guardian, 11 September 2019
- 'New US envoy Kelly Craft says she will be voice for freedom', Associated Press, 12 September 2019
- 'America's vacuum at the U.N.' Politco, 20 June 2019
- 'Trump's U.N. nominee breaks with the president on climate change', Washington Post, 19 June 2019
- 'Trump announces nomination of Kelly Knight Craft to be ambassador to United Nations', Washington Post, 22 February 2019
- 'Heather Nauert withdraws from consideration as U.N. Ambassador', New YorkTimes, 16 February 2019
Yemen
- SC demands Houthi rebels stop Red Sea, AP, 10 Jan 24
- UN removes oil from deteriorating tanker off Yemen, AP, 11 Aug 2023
- UN raises $1.2bn from donors $4.3bn Yemen aid plan, Guardian, 27 Feb 2023
- Huge needs remain as fragile Yemen's peace extends, UN News, 16 Oct 2022
- Yemen's cease-fire challenges notions of how wars end, WPR, 18 April 2022
- UN urges world not to forget 19 million hungry Yemenis, AP, 15 March 2022
- UN accused of turning a blind eye to Yemen abuses', Al Jazerra, 6 Oct 2021
- 'No end to Yemen civil war on the horizon, SC', UN News, 23 August 2021
- Accepting UN peace would be surrender, says Houthi', Arab News, 10 August 2021
Themes
Africa
- Japan to push for Africa Security Council seat, Al Jazeera, 28 Aug 2022
- 'Russia urges UN reforms to raise Africa's voice,' AP, 26 July 2022
- SECURITY COUNCIL: 'UN fails to approve call to end Tigray violence', Associated Press, 6 March 2021
- 'How to curb the trade in endangered species', The Economist, 10 August 2019
- 'Keep Africa's guns 'from firing in the first place', UN chief urges', UN News, 27 February 2019
- 'Security Council outlines means to ensure African Union peace operations, end conflict on continent', UN New Centre, 27 February 2019
Climate & Environment
- UN climate chief: fewer loopholes, more cash to halt climate change, AP. 2 Feb 24
- Stop loopholes, UN warns, after Saudi hints end of fossil fuels just an option, Guardian, 2 Feb 24
- CoP28 deal won but 1.5C may be lost, FT, 13 Dec 23
- COP28 summit begins with conflict over fossil fuels, Washington Post, 30 Nov 2023
- UN plastic treaty talks on re-use, recycle, reduce, Reuters, 20 Nov 23
- Push to phase out fossil fuels at CoP28, Guardian, 9 Sept 2023
- UAE will allow climate activists at COP28, France24, 1 Aug 2023
- Deep-sea mining, France and Germany against China, Financial Times, 8 July 2023
- UN climate talks hit by harassment claims, Financial Times, 17 June 2023
- UN chief attacks UAE on oil and gas industry, Financial Times, 15 June 2023
- Is COP28 destined to be a flop? Financial Times, 27 May 2023
- Landmark GA resolution, legal obligations on climate change, France24, 29 Mar 2023
- Climate change is speeding. Next decade is crucial, UN panel, New York Tines, 20 Mar 2023
- UN states secure 'historic' deal to protect high seas, France24, 5 March 2023
- Nations agree on historic treaty to protect ocean life, NYT, 4 March 2023
- Russia fails over UN environment top job, Financial Times, 20 Jan 2023
- Ozone layer slowly healing: video, France24, 10 Jan 2023
- Russia blocks UN environment agency, Financial Times, 6 Jan 2023
- Negotiators take steps toward plastic pollution treaty, AP, 2 Dec 2022
- COP27 delivers breakthrough at cost of emissions, Reuters, 20 Nov 2022
- COP27 climate deal reached on 'loss and damage' fund, France24, 20 Nov 2022
- What is COP27? The big UN climate summit, New York Times, 31 October 2022
- Political wrangling clouds UN climate report, Financial Times, 4 April 2022
- 'Now or never' to avoid climate catastrophe: UN, Al Jazeera, 4 April 2022
- 'UN starts work on global treaty on plastics,' Washington Post, 8 Feb 2022
- 'Time running out to avert harrowing future; climate panel,' New York Times, 28 Feb 2022
- 'Russia blocks UN to treat climate as security threat', New York Times, 13 Dec 2021
- 'Ratchets, phase-downs and agreement at COP26', Guardian, 15 Nov 2021
- 'Climate promises in Glasgow rest with leaders', New York Times, 14 Nov 2021'
- Over 40 countries pledge at UN climate summit to end coal', New York Times, 4 Nov 2021
- 'Countries pledge to cut polluting coal, with caveats', Associated Press, 4 Nov 2021
- 'The COP26 Climate Talks Are Opening. Here's What to Expect', New York Times, 30 Oct 2021
- 'UN warns 'catastrophic pathway' despite climate pledges', New York Times, 17 Sept 2021
- 'Activists calls for U.N. climate talks to be postponed over pandemic', New York Tines, 7 Sept 2021
- Climate Change is developing nations', New York Tines, 9 August 2021
- 'Humans push climate to unprecedented territory, UN report', Washington Post, 9 Aug 2021
- 'The UN's leading role in tackling the climate emergency', Guardian, 6 July 2021
- 'Nations must drop fossil fuels, International Energy Agency says', New York Times, 18 May 2021
- 'Biden called climate an 'existential threat.' Can the Security Council help?' Washington Post, 2 March 2021
- 'May confirmed as warmest on record, CO2 levels hit new high despite COVID economic slowdown', UN News Centre, 5 June 2020
- 'UN: Ozone depletion briefly spiked over Arctic in March', Associated Press, 1 May 2020
- 'Canada hires staff in hopes it wins UN Security Council seat for 2021', Globe and Mail, 17 January 2020
Development
- UN warns world will not meet development goals, Deutsche Welle, 19 Sept 2023
- SDG summit and summit of the future, PassBlue, 3 April 2023
- A quarter of world lacks safe drinking water, UN report, AP, 22 Mar 2023
- 'Reform of the UN development system cries out', PassBlue, 8 Dec 2021
- 'Billions without clean water and sanitation a 'moral failure': UN General Assembly President', United Nations News Centre, 18 March 2021
- 'Trump cripples W.T.O. as trade war rages', New York Times, 8 December 2019
- 'Billions without clean water and sanitation a 'moral failure': UN General Assembly President', United Nations News Centre, 18 March 2021
Digital Tech
- UN Diplomacy on autonomous weapons heats up, Arms Control Today, April 2024
- General Assembly adopts first AI resolution, Deutsche Welle, 19 Mar 24
- Should the UN govern global AI? Brookings, 26 Feb 24
- The UN and international rules for AI, UN News, 1 Jan 2024
- UK Is for Global Regulation of AI in UN Security Council, PassBlue, 3 July 2023
- 'UNESCO first-ever global agreement on the ethics of artificial intelligence', UN News, 25 Nov 2021
- 'UNESCO first-ever global agreement on the ethics of artificial intelligence', UN News, 25 Nov 2021
- 'UN reports sharp increase in cybercrime during pandemic', Associated Press, 7 August 2020
Diplomacy
- The beastly history of diplomatic insults, The Economist, 12 Feb 2022
- 'The Zoom: Diplomacy has changed during the pandemic', The Economist, 1 May 2021
- 'China, Iran, North Korea support U.N. to push against unilateral force, sanctions', Reuters, 11 March 2021
- 'Coronavirus vs. multilateralism: who will win?' Pass Blue, 4 June 2020
- 'UN chief says lack of world leadership allowed the virus to spread', CBS News, 1 May 2020
Disarmament
- US-EU anti-satellite ban opposed in UN by China and Russia, SCMP, 23 Aug 2023
- 'AI-controlled military drone 'kills' operator in test,' Guardian, 2 June 2023
- Danger of nuclear weapons back in spotlight, warns UN, UN News, 3 Oct 2022
- Ukraine war and failure of the UN nuclear weapons conference, PassBlue, 31 August 2022
- Russia blocks nuclear treaty deal over Ukraine, Al Jazeera, 26 Aug 2022
- Philippines proposes treaty on autonomous weapons, Philippine News, 28 July 2022
- 'UN summit to reduce nuclear crisis risk?' Deutsche Welle, a August 2022
- 'Killer robots': Will they be banned? Deutsche Welle, 25 July 2022
- 'UN treaty states condemn nuclear threats,' ICAN, 23 June 2022
- 'N. Korea criticized as it leads UN disarmament body', AP, 2 June 2022
- 'Five nations pledge to avoid nuclear war', Guardian, 3 Jan 2022
- 'Why UN talks to ban 'slaughterbots' collapsed', CNBC, 22 Dec 2021
- 'Push to ban killer robots is growing', New York Times, 17 Dec 2021
- 'UN adopts 55 resolutions on denuclearization, disarmament', UN News, 6 Dec 2021
- 'Political will critical in stemming illicit small arms; SC', UN, 22 Nov 2021
- 'Mexico Puts small-arms control on the Security Council agenda', PassBlue, 2 Nov 2021
- 'Anger in First Committee as nuclear arms race continues', UN News, 11 Oct 2021
- 'UN calls for countries to sign ban on anti-personnel mines', France, 24, 8 April 2021
- 'Russia, West spar over vote to punish Assad for chemical weapons', Daily Sabah, 7 April 2021
- 'N Korea accuses UN of double standard on missiles', Al Jazeera, 29 March 2021
- UN nuclear weapons ban treaty in effect', West Australian, 22 January 2021
- Iran, Turkey block rivals from joining UN disarmament talks', Reuters, 19 January 2021
- 'How Russia undermined UN bioweapons investigations', Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 11 December 2020
- 'Alert over growing use of cluster munitions, despite reductions', UN News Centre, 25 November 2020
- 'Confronting the pandemic of militarism at the First Committee', Reaching Critical Will, 18 October 2020
- 'Treaty to ban nuclear weapons made official with 50th UN signatory', Guardian, 25 October 2020
- 'UN Chief Warns of Deadly Germs as Potential Bioterrorist Weapons', IPS, 9 July 2020
- 'China to join Arms Trade Treaty, supports multilateralism: Chinese ambassador', Global Times, 1 July 2020
- Tariq Rauf, 'Postpone the NPT Review Conference to 2021 and convene in Vienna', IDN, 16 March 2020
- 'Spread of 1 billion small arm remains major threat worldwide,', United Nations, 5 February 2020
- 'UN continues push for a Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone in the Middle East', Inter Press Service, 27 November 2019
- 'U.S. tries to thwart UN conference on WMD-free zone in Middle East', Xinhua, 27 November 2019
- 'UN reaffirms support for treaty banning chemical weapons', Associated Press, 22 November 2019
- 'The unbearable heaviness of hypocrisy', Reaching Critical Will, 9 November 2019
- 'Diplomat says Russian bid for new venue for UN's First Committee session may win support', TASS, 1 November 2019
- 'Russia submits proposal on moving UN GA First Committee's sessions from New York', TASS, 18 October 2019
- 'China seek U.N. Security Council meeting on U.S. missile developments', Reuters, 21 August 2019
- 'The United Nations and the future of warfare', Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 9 May 2019
- 'China says it's considering joining arms trade treaty', CGTN, 30 April 2019
- 'Trump withdraws from UN arms treaty as NRA crowd cheers in delight', Guardian, 26 April 2019
- 'Prospect of a nuclear war 'higher than it has been in generations', warns UN', UN News Centre, 2 April 2019
- 'UK, US and Russia among those opposing killer robot ban', Guardian, 29 March 2019
- 'The Guterres disarmament agenda', Arms Control Today, January/February 2019
Gender
- Decades of hard-won gains for women are unraveling fast, PassBlue, 15 May 2023
- Taliban bar women from UN, threatening Afghan lifeline, NYT, 7 April 2023
- UN leader decries global trampling of women's rights, AP, 20 Oct 2022
- Margot Wallstrom, Feminist foreign policy now more than ever, PassBlue, 1 Oct 2022
- 'Russia, the current big spoiler in advancing global gender rights', PassBlue, 12 April 2021
- 'The UN Must Select a Woman Secretary-General Now, Not Later', PassBlue, 23 February 2021
- 'Sudan bans female genital mutilation, UNICEF vows to help', UN News Centre, 2 May 2020
- 'U.N. Security Council 'missing in action' in Coronavirus fight', New York Times, 2 April 2020
- 'UN drastically curtails women's conference for 12,000 people', Associated Press, 2 March 2020
- 'Siri and Alexa reinforce gender bias, U.N. finds', New York Times, 22 May 2019
- 'Damaged in Scandal, Head of U.N. AIDS Agency Resigns Suddenly', New York Times, 8 May 2019
- 'U.N. leader's grade from feminist group: B-minus', New York Times, 23 January 2019
Human Rights
- UN rights chief denounces Russia banning LGBT movement, UN News, 30 Nov 2023
- UN Human Rights Council puts abusers in guardian role, DW, 10 Oct 2023
- Russia defeated in bid for top human rights body, AP, 10 Oct 2023
- Iran chairs Human Rights Council forum, Deutsche Welle, 17 May 2023
- Press freedom under attack world-wide, UN says, France24, 3 May 2023
- UN HRC condemns Iran, orders international probe, France24, 24 Nov 2022
- Council rejects bid to debate China and Uyghurs, AP, 6 Oct 2022
- Austrian takes over as top UN human rights official, NYT, 9 Sept 2022
- UN says China crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, NYT, 31 August 2022
- UN accuses China on Uyghurs human rights, Financial Times, 31 Aug 2022
- UN report on abuses in Xinjiang delayed again, NYT, 25 Aug 2022
- UN rights chief Bachelet will not seek second term, Al Jazeera, 13 June 2022
- Credibility of UN human rights chief's visit at risk, HRW, 19 April 2022
- UN votes to suspend Russia from rights council, New York Times, 7 April 2022
- War crimes in Ukraine: the campaign to charge Russia, Financial Times, 8 April 2022
- US push to suspend Russia from Human Rights Council, Reuters, 4 April 2022
- 'China, Canada spar at UN body over human rights failings', AP, 22 June 2021
- UN to launch inquiry into systematic discrimination in Israel and Palestine', Guardian, 27 May 2021
- 'China tries to scupper UN talk on plight of Uyghurs', Guardian, 8 May 2021
- 'Countries slam Russia at UN over Navalny case', Moscow Times, 12 March 2021
- 'WTO set to gain new chief, but deep issues remain', New York Times, 14 February 2021
- 'U.S. rejoins U.N. Human Rights Council, reversing Trump-era policy', Washington Post, 8 February 2021
- 'Fiji will lead U.N. Rights Body, over Russian and Chinese opposition', New York Times, 15 January 2021
- 'UN hits Trump over Blackwater pardons, says move 'contributes to impunity', Fox News, 27 December 2020
- 'Leadership of U.N. human rights body becomes proxy battle for world powers', New York Times, 29 November 2020
- 'China and Russia win seats on UN rights council, Saudis lose', Associated Press, 13 October 2020
- 'African nations call for racism debate at UN Human Rights Council', Al Jazeera, 13 June 2020
- 'U.N. regrets Trump move against ICC, says court must be protected', Reuters, 12 June 2020
- 'Coronavirus pandemic is becoming a human rights crisis, UN warns', Guardian, 23 April 2020
- 'Venezuela wins seat on UN Human Rights Council; US brands it an 'embarrassment', Fox News, 17 October 2019
- 'Venezuela, Poland and Sudan amongst 14 new Human Rights Council members', UN News Centre, 17 October 2019
- 'UN Human Rights Council firm on LGBTI violence, Syria detainees and Philippines', UN News Centre, 12 July 2019
- 'U.N. Rights Council to investigate killings in Philippine drug war', New York Times, 11 July 2019
- 'Saudi Arabia rebuked by U.N. Rights Council', New York Times, 7 March 2019
- U.N. rights chief, denouncing 'gross inequalities,' jabs at China and Israel', New York Times, 6 March 2019
Humanitarian Relief
- Half UN members abstain US pledge not to weaponize food, PassBlue, 6 Aug 2023
- UN's $7bn appeal for Horn of Africa food crisis, Al Jazeera, 23 May 2023
- Nafis Sadik, UN official and 'champion of choice,' dies, NYT, 19 Aug 2022
- UN faces aid shortfall, because of Ukrainian? NYT, 22 Aug 2022
- 'World population 8 billion on November 15: UN', France24, 11 July 2022
- '18 million in Africa's Sahel on 'the brink of starvation', UN News, 20 May 2022
- '193 million people faced hunger in 2021', Al Jazeera, 4 May 2022
- 'World rushes aid to tsunami-hit Tonga', France24, 21 Jan 2022
- 'Italian ambassador among three killed in attack on U.N. convoy in congo', New York Times, 22 February 2021
- 'World Food Program awarded Nobel Peace Prize for work during pandemic', New York Times, 9 October 2020'
- 'Global hunger could double due to COVID-19 blow: U.N.', Reuters, 21 April 2020
- 'UN agency to take 'aggressive' action if sexual abuse claims substantiated', Guardian, 13 November 2019
- 'More children killed by unsafe water, than bullets, says UNICEF chief', UN News Centre, 21 March 2019
Migration
- Record 110 million people forcibly displaced: UN, UN News, 14 June 2023
- US bid for UN migration agency is raises eyebrows, PassBlue 29 Mar 2023
- 'UN rights office concerned over migrant boat pushbacks in the Mediterranean', UN News Centre, 8 May 2020
- 'Leak suggests UN agency self-censors on climate crisis after US pressure',Guardian, 11 September 2019
- 'Bolsonaro pulls Brazil from U.N. migration accord', New York Times, 9 January 2019
Peacekeeping
- Challenging year for UN peacekeepers in Africa, Deutsche Welle, 25 Dec 23
- Growing divisions challenge UN peacekeeping, UN News, 7 Sept 2023
- UN peacekeeping 75th anniversary: successes, failures, challenges, AP, 25 May 2023
- Russia aviation sanctions leave UN with tough choices, PassBlue, 16 Aug 2022
- 'UN peacekeeping is working better than you think', Conversation, 26 May 2022
- At least 25 peacekeepers killed in attacks during 2021, UN News, 3 Feb 2022
- '7 UN peacekeepers killed in Mali', Associated Press, 8 Dec 2021
- 'We need UN peacekeeping in Afghanistan', Los Angeles Times, 29 August 2021
- Accepting UN peace would be surrender, says Houthi, Arab News, 10 August 2021
- No deal on UN peacekeeping budget: diplomats', France24, 28 June 2021
- 'Cholera forever destroyed' UN image in Haiti: Ban Ki-moon', New York Times, 6 June 2021
- 'UN peacekeeping is hamstrung by national rules', The Economist, 21 March 2021
- '4 UN peacekeepers killed in north Mali and 19 hurt', Associated Press, 2 April 2021
- 'UN council approves cut in Lebanon peacekeepers US sought', Associated Press, 30 August 2020.
- 'What is this thing called peace?' Survival, June-July 2020
- 'UN chief:16 armed groups have responded to cease-fire appeal', Associated Press, 30 April 2020
- '9 countries delay rotating troops and police over virus', Associated Press, 6 March 2020.
- 'Secretary-General condemns attacks on UN peacekeepers in Mali', UN News Centre, 6 October 2019
- 'Five myths about peacekeeping', Washington Post, 12 July 2019
- 'Can the UN maintain peace around the world?' Al Jazeera, 21 January 2019
- 'The crisis of peacekeeping: why the UN can't end wars', Foreign Affairs, January/February 2019
Peace & Security
- NIGER: Security Council strongly condemns coup, UN News, 29 July 2023
- US and China clash at UN over South China Sea, AP, 10 August 2021
- 'UN Security Council keeps Guterres for second term', New York Times, 8 June 2021
- 'Pandemic fails to damp armed conflicts despite truce call', Financial Times, 13 May 2020
- 'Germany Joins the Security Council: but is the UN broken?', Deutsche Welle, 10 January 2019
Population
- Feeling crowded? World population passed 8 billion, AP, 9 Nov 23
- Population polices harmful says UN, Financial Times, 18 April 2023
- India's population overtakes China mid-2023, UN says, Reuters, 19 April 2023
- World population reaches 8 billion, UN says, New York Times, 15 Nov 2022
- UN warns against alarmism as world reaches 8bn people, Guardian, 18 Oct 2022
Public Health
- We cannot give up on the global pandemic treaty, Financial Times, 31 Aug 2023
- 'UN health chief declares monkeypox global emergency,' AP, 23 July 2022
- UN urges cut 1.3 million road deaths in half, UN News, 1 July 2022
- 'Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus set to stay on as WHO chief', Al Jazeera, 29 Oct 2021
- 'UN chief appeals for $8 billion to vaccinate 40 percent of global population', France24, 8 Oct 2021
- 'UN adopts first resolution on vision, to help 1 billion', Washington Post, 24 July 2021
- 'European leaders back efforts to strengthen the W.H.O.', New York Times, 24 May 2021
- WHO: experts call for reforms to prevent the next pandemic, New York Times, 12 May 2021
- 'World leaders call for international treaty to combat future pandemics', New York Times, 30 March 2021
- 'UN chief warns `vaccine nationalism' is moving at full speed', Associated Press, 9 December 2020
- 'UN summit to push action on COVID-19 pandemic', Associated Press, 5 November 2020
- EU: WHO should have more power to investigate outbreaks', Associated Press, 30 October 2020
- 'What's wrong with the WHO', The Economist, 12 September 2020
- 'UN bemoans lack of action on call for broad ceasefire to fight virus', AFP, 9 September 2020
- 'WHO struggles to prove itself in the face of Covid-19', Financial Times, 13 July 2020
- 'WHO launches inquiry into pandemic', Financial Times, 9 July 2020
- Eastern Ebola outbreak defeated, 'mission impossible' now a 'sign of hope', UN News Centre, 25 June 2020
- 'WHO members reject Trump's demands but agree to study its virus response', New York Times, 19 May 2020
- 'Donald Trump threatens to quit WHO over China links', Financial Times, 19 May 2020
- 'The World Health Organization can be reformed', Financial Times, 6 May 2020
- 'How China Deceived the WHO', The Atlantic, 12 April 2020
- 'Trump expands battle with World Health Organization far beyond aid suspension', Washington Post, 25 April 2020
- U.N. regrets Trump move against ICC, says court must be protected', Reuters, 12 June 2020
- 'WTO chief Roberto Azevedo to depart a year early', Reuters, 14 May 2020
- 'Criticized for pandemic response, Trump tries shifting blame to the WHO', New York Times, 14 April 2020
- 'Trump slammed the W.H.O. over coronavirus. He's not alone', New York Times, 8 April 2020
- 'Why is President Trump lashing out at the World Health Organization?' Washington Post, 8 April 2020
- 'UN health agency settles in for long fight with virus', Associated Press, 27 March 2020
- 'The world has a plan to fight coronavirus. Most countries are not using it', New York Times, 14 March 2020
- 'UN chief: New virus outbreak is 'a very dangerous situation'', Associated Press, 18 February 2020
- 'WHO: Director-General's remarks at the media briefing on coronavirus on 8 February 2020', WHO, 8 February 2020
Refugees
- 'Over six million refugees have fled Ukraine', France24, 13 May 2022
- 'UN agency: number of displaced tops 100 million', AP, 23 May 2022
- 'UN agencies registering asylum seekers at US-Mexico border', UN News, 25 February 2021
- 'Despite global truce appeal, 661,000 people newly displaced', Associated Press, 22 May 2020
- 'Venezuelans brave river, exploitation, abuse - UN urges protection', UN New Centre, 5 April 2019
United Nations
- As the world changes, not much at the UN, NYT, 27 Sept 2023
- Can the UN stay relevant? Carnegie, 28 Sept 2023
- UN reform? Think 'Alice in Wonderland', PassBlue, 26 Sept 2023
- UN officials urge regulation of artificial intelligence, NYT, 18 July 2023
- Rumors of the UN's death have been greatly exaggerated, PassBlue, 26 Mar 2023
- UNESCO chief urges tougher regulation of social media, AP, 22 Feb 2023
- Will Security Council reform happen this year? PassBlue, 31 Jan 2023
- The UN (as we know it) won't survive the Ukraine war, Foreign Policy, 4 Nov 2022
- Serious UN reform: going beyond minor fixes?' PassBlue, 27 Oct 2022
- Crisis of faith shakes the UN in its big week, Foreign Policy, 19 Sept 2022
- 'Liechtenstein's veto initiative wins approval', PassBlue, 26 April 2022
- 'The coming 2023 UN Summit of the Future', PassBlue, 20 April 2022
- 'Handling Zelensky: the UN's dilemma', PassBlue, 18 April 2022
- 'Russia-Ukraine war is an opportunity to reform the UN', Al Jazeera, 14 April 2022
- 'The UN can punish Putin. This is how', Guardian, 6 April 2022
- 'Guernica' antiwar tapestry rehung at UN, New York Times, 5 Feb 2022
- 'Multilateralism 'struggling' to solve challenges', UN News, 24 Oct 2021
- 'Liverpool loses UNESCO World Heritage status', New York Times, 21 July 2021
- 'New ECOSOC President to maximize relevance and impact', UN News, 23 July 2021
- 'The UN doesn't practice the democracy it preaches', Washington Post, 13 May 2021
- 'Making the UN more relevant is within our reach', PassBlue, 21 June 2021
- 'UN re-elects Antonio Guterres as secretary-general', Associated Press,18 June 2021
- 'Edward C. Luck, architect of UN code on genocide, dies at 72', New York Times, 16 March 2021
- 'UN adopts $3.2 billion budget over US and Israel objections', The Hindu, 5 January 2020
- 'UN mourns 'legendary' official: Sir Brian Urquhart dies at 101', UN News Centre, 3 January 2020
- UNDP:'UN agency hit with corruption allegations at climate projects', Financial Times, 30 November 2020
- 'Restoring (some) impartiality to UN senior appointments', Brookings Institution, 29 October 2020
- 'As the United Nations turns 75, the celebration is muted by conflict ', New York Times, 15 September 2020
- 'U.N. relevance depends on U.S. leadership', Foreign Service Journal, September 2020
- 'What is the future of the UN in the age of impunity?' Guardian, 24 July 2020
- 'The UN's 75th birthday: a critical chance for the globe to save itself', PassBlue, 23 July 2020
- 'UN states reach deal on declaration marking 75th anniversary', Associated Press, 8 July 2020
- 'UN marks 75-year milestone anniversary of founding Charter', UN News Centre, 26 June 2020
- 'Film review: A sober diplomacy drama in 'Sergio'', Associated Press, 15 April 2020
- 'Global institutions are flailing in the face of the pandemic', Washington Post, 15 April 2020
- 'Can Global Diplomacy Survive Covid-19? Our Latest Podcast Episode, Pass Blue, 19 March 2020
UN Secretary-General
- UN chief calls on Israel to open aid to Gaza, Al Jazeera, 20 Oct 2023
- 'Israeli UN ambassador demands UN secretary-general resign', Fox, 24 Oct 2023
- Guterres calls for ceasefire in Gaza, Guardian, 24 Oct 2023
- Guterres warns SC law protecting civilians in conflict not upheld, UN, 23 May 2023
- UN chief: Rule of law becoming `rule of lawlessness', AP, 12 Jan 2023
- UN chief warns world of 'nuclear annihilation', AP, 2 August 2022
- 'Security Council backs Guterres on Ukraine', AP, 6 May 2022
- 'Deputy SG on criticism over Ukraine war', CNBC, 29 April 2022
- 'Guterres urged to lead in Ukraine or risk future of UN', Guardian, 20 April 2022
- 'Negotiate end to 'unwinnable' war in Ukraine, Guterres', UN News, 22 March 2022
- 'Where Is the UN's Guterres?' PassBlue, 15 March 2022
- 'Nuclear war is 'back within the realm of possibility', UN News, 15 March 2022
- 'Ukraine crisis testing 'entire international system', UN News, 23 Feb 2022
- 'UN chief speaks to Russia, Ukraine, believes there will not be conflict,' Reuters, 14 Feb 2022
- 'UNGA: what about our Common Agenda?' UNA-NCA, 15 Sept 2021
- 'The future of the UN: Time to think big, urges Guterres', UN News Centre, 10 Sept 2021
- 'SG's report on "Our Common Agenda', United Nations, 10 Sept 2021
- 'What now, António?' PassBlue, 16 June 2021
- 'UN Security Council keeps Guterres for second term', New York Times, 8 June 2021
- 'Estonia to for Guterres second term', PassBlue, 31 May 2021
- 'Guterres, incumbent with strong backing, bound to win another term', Passblue, 9 May 2021
- 'The UN Must Select a Woman Secretary-General Now, Not Later', PassBlue, 23 February 2021
- 'Coronavirus pandemic is becoming a human rights crisis, UN warns', Guardian, 23 April 2020
- 'UN Chief says COVID-19 is worst crisis since World War II', New York Times, 31 March 2020
- 'In a Crisis, Does the UN Have a Leadership Succession Plan? Is there a line of succession?' PassBlue, 23 March 2020
- 'Javier Pérez de Cuéllar dies at 100; U.N. chief brokered peace pacts', New York Times, 6 March 2020
- 'Photo story: Javier Pérez de Cuéllar: Leading the UN in a decade of upheaval', UN News Centre, 6 March 2020
- 'UN chief outlines solutions to defeat 'four horsemen' threatening global future', UN News Centre, 22 January 2020
- '2019 second hottest year on record, UN confirms', UN News Centre, 15 January 2020
- 'MI6 accused of thwarting effort to solve 1961 death of UN chief', Guardian, 12 October 2019
- 'In 'world of disquiet', UN must deliver, Guterres tells GA', UN News, 24 September 2019
- 'UN committed 'to support the Libyan people' as Guterres departs', UN News Centre, 5 April 2019
- 'The climate strikers should inspire us to act at the next UN summit', Guardian, 15 March 2019
UN General Assembly
- GA votes for Israel-Hamas cease-fire, countering US veto, NYT, 12 Dec 2023
- First Committee prepares to meet, IANSA, 27 Sept 2023
- If you live near the UN, it's a good week to get out of town, NYT, 18 Sept 2023
- What to expect at the UN General Assembly, France24, 18 Sept 202
- Five things at the General Assembly opening, Carnegie, 14 Sept 2023
- Venezuela, Lebanon, S.Sudan lose UN voting rights over dues, AP, 19 Jan 2023
- 'UN chief appeals for cooperation for 'world in peril', Al Jazeera, 14 Sept 2022
- 'New GA president warns world in dangerous crisis', AP, 7 June 2022
- 'Solidarity, sustainability, science, guide GA President', UN News, 7 June 2022
- GA mandates meetings after Security Council veto, UN News, 26 April 2022
- 'UN condemns Holocaust denial', New York Times, 20 Jan 2022
- 'Iran, Venezuela and Sudan lose UN voting rights', AP, 12 Jan 2022
- 'UN General Assembly as it happened', Deutsche Welle, 23 Sept 21
- 'What to expect at the 76th UN General Assembly', Al Jazeera, 14 Sept 2021
- 'Despite COVID, leaders plan to attend UNGA', New York Times, 12 Sept 2021
- 'What to expect at this year's UN General Assembly', UN Foundation, 7 Sept 2021
- 'Why the UN's 75th general assembly could be the world's worst Zoom meeting', Guardian, 21 September 2020
- 'World powers set to take the stage, virtually, at UN debate', Associated Press, 21 September 2020
- 'The 75th session of the UN General Assembly opens', Foreign Policy, 15 September 2020
- 'Quiet corridors but a full programme at virtual UNGA75: five things you need to know', UN News Centre, 6 September 2020
- 'UN leaders to meet virtually; Trump might attend in person', Associated Press, 30 July 2020
- 'World leaders to send videos instead of traveling to U.N. in September', Reuters, 22 July 2020
- 'Turkish diplomat elected President of historic 75th UN General Assembly', UN News Centre, 18 June 2020
- 'World leaders won't gather at UN for annual debate', Associated Press, 8 June 2020
- '7 countries lose vote in UN General Assembly over arrears', Associated Press, 10 January 2020
- 'UN General Assembly 2019: All the latest updates', Al Jazeera, 30 September 2019
- '74th Session of the UN General Assembly - In a Changing World Order?', Metro, 18 September 2019
- 'Newly-elected Nigerian UN General Assembly President on 'peace and prosperity' for most vulnerable', UN News Centre, 4 June 2019
- 'Diplomats walk out as Venezuela hits US in UN speech', France 24, 24 April 2019
UN Security Council
- SC approves aid to Gaza without ceasefire, AP, 22 Dec 23
- Should Germany be a permanent Security Council member? DW, 17 Sept 2023
- UK calls for expansion of Security Council, Guardian, 29 June 2023
- S. Korea hopes to win UN Security Council seat, DW, 6 June 2023
- Russian-led UN meeting draws accusations of hypocrisy, NYT, 24 April 2023
- Strange days, Russia takes helm of Security Council, NYT, 3 April 2023
- SC focuses on Zaporizhzhia nuclear threat, NYT, 23 Aug 2022
- SC elects new members including Japan, Switzerland, AP, 10 June 2022
- SC inaction on Ukraine prompts reform questions, ABC, 26 April 2022
- UN puts veto under global spotlight, AP, 27 April 2022
- Ukraine war spurs bid to look at UN vetoes AP, 21 April 2022
- 'Ukraine: Security Council lacks teeth', Deutsche Welle, 16 April 2022
- 'Russia vetoes Ukraine, China, India abstain,' Reuters, 25 Feb 2022
- 'Russia-Ukraine tensions: powers clash at Security Council,' BBC, 1 Feb 2022
- 'Russia and US jab in Security Council over Ukraine,' PassBlue, 31 Jan 2022
- 'Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, UAE join SC', AP, 5 Jan 2021
- 'How Arria-Formula meetings changed the SC', PassBlue, 17 August 2021
- 'Brazil, UAE, Albania, Ghana and Gabon win UN council seats', Associated Press, 11 June 2021
- 'Russia, West spar over vote to punish Assad for chemical weapons', Daily Sabah, 7 April 2021
- 'UN fails to approve call to end Tigray violence', Associated Press, 6 March 2021
- 'Macron says UN Security Council out of 'useful solutions', Agence France Presse, 16 November 2020
- 'India, 3 nations call for UN Security Council reform', Hindustan Times, 2 September 2020
- John Bolton, 'Iran 'Snapback' Isn't worth the risk', Wall Street Journal, 16 August 2020
- 'Iran nuclear deal: UN rejects U.S. bid to 'snapback' Iran sanctions', BBC, 26 August 2020
- 'Iran nuclear deal negotiator: U.S. lacks UN standing and 'cannot snap back sanctions', The World, 24 August 2020
- 'US sees embarrassing UN defeat over Iran arms embargo proposal', Guardian, 14 August 2020
- 'U.N. Security Council rejects U.S. proposal to extend arms Embargo on Iran', New York Times, 14 August 2020
- 'Months later, U.N. Security Council backs call for coronavirus truce', Reuters, 1 July 2020
- 'Mexico, India, Ireland and Norway win seats on U.N. Security Council', New York Times, 17 June 2020
- 'France's Macron says he hopes to secure Putin backing for UN truce plea', Reuters, 15 April 2020
- 'U.N. Security Council 'missing in action' in Coronavirus fight', New York Times, 2 April 2020
- 'UN council holds first video briefings of coronavirus era', Associated Press, 24 March 2020
- 'Spread of 1 billion small arm remains major threat worldwide,', United Nations, 5 February 2020
- 'Trudeau to visit Africa amid campaign for UN Security Council seat', Globe and Mail, 1 February 2020
- 'Russia scores victory for ally Syria in UN vote cutting aid', Washington Post, 10 January 2020
- 'Pakistan and India trade barbs after rare UN Kashmir talks', Al Jazeera, 16 August 2019
- 'China, Russia reject calls for freeze on UN pullout from Sudan', AFP,15 June 2019
- 'U.S., Russia say cannot support a U.N. call for Libya truce: diplomats', Reuters, 18 April 2019
- 'UN Security Council: Germany, France share presidency', Deutsche Welle, 1 April 2019
- 'Keep Africa's guns 'from firing in the first place', UN chief urges', UN News, 27 February 2019
- 'Security Council outlines means to ensure African Union peace operations, end conflict on continent', UN New Centre, 27 February 2019
- 'Germany joins a dysfunctional Security Council', Der Spiegel, 10 January 2019
- 'UN Security Council gets new members, and 1 gets presidency', Associated Press, 2 January 2019
UN Agencies
WHO news is at Public Health, above
- SG Guterres calls UNRWA essential, appeals for funding, UPI, 1 Feb 24
- Which countries cut funding to UNRWA, Al Jazeera, 28 Jan 24
- World court calls for prevention of genocide in Gaza, UN News, 26 Jan 24
- YEMEN: SC demands Houthi rebels stop Red Sea, AP, 10 Jan 24
- UNESCO readmits United States after 2017 withdrawal, Al Jazeera, 1 July 2023
- UNESCO: Why the US wants back in UNESCO, France24, 13 June 2023
- UNESCO: US will rejoin UNESCO in July, New York Times, 12 June 2023
- US will rejoin UNESCO in July, New York Times, 12 June 2023
- American elected first woman to head UN migration agency, Reuters, 14 May 2023
- UNESCO chief urges tougher regulation of social media, AP, 22 Feb 2023
- UN official fired in investment scandal, New York Times, 26 Jan 2023
- US candidate beats Russian to head UN tech agency, Reuters, 29 Sept 2022
- IAEA board votes for Russia to leave Zaporizhzhia, Reuters, 15 Sept 2022
- Reforms are imposed on UN agency UNOPS, New York Times, 10 June 2022
- 'ITU: Russia's powerful perch at the UN is crumbling', PassBlue, 16 May 2022
- 'UNOPS: UN money, risk-taking officials, questions', NYT, 7 May 2022
- 'Moscow fails to secure support for UN text, scraps vote', France24, 18 March 2022
- 'UN votes for formal presence in Taliban-Afghanistan', Al Jazeera, 17 March 2022
- 'Where Is the UN's Guterres?' PassBlue, 15 March 2022
- 'International Court of Justice orders Russia to suspend invasion of Ukraine', DW, 15 March 2022
- 'New ECOSOC President to maximize relevance and impact', UN News, 23 July 2021
- 'Interview with UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay', 2 June 2021
- 'WTO: What's Next for the WTO?' Council on Foreign Relations, 16 February 2021
- 'WTO set to gain new chief, but deep issues remain', New York Times, 14 February 2021
- 'U.S. rejoins U.N. Human Rights Council, reversing Trump-era policy', Washington Post, 8 February 2021
- UNDP:'UN agency hit with corruption allegations at climate projects', Financial Times, 30 November 2020
- 'Alert over growing use of cluster munitions, despite reductions', UN News Centre, 25 November 2020
- 'Biden's choice for UN envoy signals return to US engagement', Associated Press, 23 November 2020
- 'UK, Australia among 72 nations offering ICC 'unwavering support', Al Jazeera, 3 November 2020
- 'EU: WHO should have more power to investigate outbreaks', Associated Press, 30 October 2020
- 'The WHO has become a scapegoat', Financial Times, 16 October 2020
- 'World Food Program awarded Nobel Peace Prize for work during pandemic', New York Times, 9 October 2020
- 'US asks UN's highest court to dismiss sanctions case by Iran', Al Jazeera, 14 September 2020
- 'US under fire over sanctions on top ICC officials', Financial Times, 3 September 2020
- 'OSCE faces crisis as infighting leaves it rudderless', Financial Times, 27 July 2020
- 'U.N. regrets Trump move against ICC, says court must be protected', Reuters, 12 June 2020
- 'Criticized for pandemic response, Trump tries shifting blame to the WHO', New York Times, 14 April 2020
- 'UN health agency settles in for long fight with virus', Associated Press, 27 March 2020
- 'The world has a plan to fight coronavirus. Most countries are not using it', New York Times, 14 March 2020
- 'US-backed candidate to lead UN body after anti-China campaign', Financial Times, 4 March 2020
- 'UN chief: New virus outbreak is 'a very dangerous situation'', Associated Press, 18 February 2020
- 'UN heath agency: Time is now to 'act as one' in fighting infectious coronavirus', UN News Centre, 25 January 2020
- 'Aung San Suu Kyi pleas with court to dismiss genocide claims', Guardian, 12 December 2019
- 'Trump cripples W.T.O. as trade war rages', New York Times, 8 December 2019
- 'The new boss at the UN's nuclear-power watchdog is inheriting many problems', Pass Blue, 1 December 2019
- 'UN nuclear watchdog approves Argentine diplomat as new chief', Xinhua, 2 December 2019
Wildlife
- Nearly half of migratory species in decline, UN', AP, 12 Feb 24
- Efforts to pass global ocean protection treaty fail, BBC, 27 Aug 2022
- UN high seas biodiversity session ends without agreement, France24, 27 Aug 2022'
- The most important global meeting you've never heard of', New York Times, 13 Oct 2021
- 'China pledges $230 million for biodiversity at UN', France24, 12 Oct 2021
- 'Anger in First Committee as nuclear arms race continues', UN News, 11 Oct 2021
UN Books
United Nations System Funding: Congressional Issues, Marjorie Ann Browne, (Washington: Congressional Research Service, 15 January 2013) |
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The UN Security Council in the 21st Century Sebastian von Einsiedel, David M. Malone, and Bruno Stagno Ugarte, eds., (Lynne Rienner, 2016) Review: International Peace Institute |
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The Fog of Peace: A Memoir of International Peacekeeping in the Twenty-First Century Jean-Marie Guéhenno (Brookings Institution Press, 2015) Review: New York Review of Books |
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An Insider's Guide to the UN: Third Edition Linda Fasulo (Yale University Press, 2015) |
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The United Nations and Changing World Politics Seventh Edition, Seventh Edition Thomas G Weiss, David P Forsythe, Roger A Coate, and Kelly-Kate Pease (Westview Press, 2013) Review: Global Policy Journal |
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Videos
- Jean Gazarian's 67th anniversary at the UN, and the 50th anniversary of UNITAR, with SG Ban Ki-moon. "Special event on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of UNITAR", 4 December 2013.
- Interview with "Jean Gazarian: The Youngest Member of the United Nations", United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).
Part 1: The Evolution of the UN since 1946
Part 2: The Role of Training in Diplomacy