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What a Second Trump Presidency Means for the UN
3 days ago · The important thing to understand about Donald Trump’s approach to the United Nations is that he is not intrinsically hostile to it. In his first administration, he had several productive engagements with the UN, working through the Security Council on sanctions for North Korea and Iran, for instance. He also had a good working relationship with António Guterres, whom he invited to the ...
Global Dispatches Podcast | UN And World News Interviews Podcast
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency, better known as UNRWA, was established in 1949 to support Palestinians displaced during... Global Dispatches Podcast interviews main players and experts about the United Nations, international relations, global affairs, and the news that matters.
The UN Offers an Off-Ramp from All-Out War Between Hezbollah …
Jul 29, 2024 · We are as close as ever to an all out war between Israel and Hezbollah. A Hezbollah rocket attack killed 12 children and teenagers at a soccer field in the Golan Heights this weekend. The victims were all Druze and in a village that Israel annexed, but is internationally recognized to be an occupied territory. While Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire on a near daily basis since Hamas ...
Here is Where Every Country Now Stands on a Ceasefire in Gaza
Dec 12, 2023 · Moments ago, the United Nations General Assembly voted on a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Israel and Gaza. This vote at the General Assembly comes after the United States cast a lone veto at the Security Council last week, blocking a ceasefire resolution put forward by the United Arab Emirates. Unlike the Security Council, no country holds a veto at the General ...
What Kamala Harris Thinks About the United Nations
Jul 23, 2024 · What we know about Harris’s record vis-à-vis the UN is basically that she did the first big pandemic-era outing of the Biden administration to the UN. On March 16th, 2021, she addressed the Commission on the Status of Women. And she gave a speech tying democratic flourishing to women’s equality. She gave a speech where she said “the ...
In-depth Analysis Archives - UN Dispatch
When Sudan’s civil war erupted in April 2023, something at once very common and profoundly extraordinary took place. In the... When President Biden approached the General Assembly dais, I expected a bit of a historical tour of his 50-year career... For …
Global Dispatches Podcast at the 76th United Nations General Assembly
Sep 12, 2021 · Join the Global Dispatches Podcast at #UNGA76 for a special week of programming, in partnership with the UN Foundation. Daily news from United Nations during High Level Week Expert analysis to give you the context you need to understand what is driving the agenda at the 76th United Nations General Assembly Taped Live every day during UN High Level Week, from Monday September 20th to Friday ...
The War in Ukraine is Entering a New Phase - UN Dispatch
Nov 9, 2023 · The war in Ukraine has reached a turning point — at least from the perspective of Ukraine’s top military commander Valery Zaluzhny. In wide ranging remarks last week in The Economist, Zaluzhny described the war as as stalemate, likening it to the trench warfare of World War I.“The war is now moving to a new stage: what we in …
And No Other Country had to “Lose.” - UN Dispatch
Jul 10, 2018 · Something increasingly rare happened last week: The Trump administration worked cooperatively with the rest of the world to advance the common good. On July 5th, the United Nations approved approved a major overhaul of how the institution organizes itself to prevent conflict and promote peace and security. This was the first major reform of the UN’s peace and security apparatus in decades ...