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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 ...
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 ...
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These Stories Will Drive the Agenda During UN Week
Sep 23, 2024 · As I write, hundreds of world leaders are on their way to New York for the opening of the 79th United Nations General Assembly. This is always one of the most important moments in international diplomacy, and this week will be no different. For today’s newsletter, I want to share some of the stories I believe will drive the agenda in New York during what is known as “High-Level Week” at ...
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 ...
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Russia Assumes the Presidency of the Security Council - UN Dispatch
Jul 3, 2024 · A new month means a new president of the UN Security Council. On July 1, Russia took the helm of the most powerful body in the United Nations system and announced that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would chair two Security Council meetings during Russia’s presidency. The problem is, Lavrov is under a travel ban and asset freeze by the United States for his actions related to Russia’s ...
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 …
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 ...