Now, a dramatic reshaping of UN development is unavoidable. As the financial plug is being pulled and patronage exposed, ...

The law was passed under the first Trump administration. It asserts that women’s involvement in conflict prevention and ...

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The United States is so far unwilling to agree to a draft resolution proposed by the 10 elected members of the Security ...

PassBlue’s informal readers’ survey on United Nations reforms offers insights into many of the choices being proposed in the ...

• Coming/going: The UK has a new ambassador arriving at the UN at the end of the year, Christian Turner, who succeeds Barbara ...

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In war-torn zones like Sudan, pregnant women are facing the devastating consequences of having no United Nations-supported ...

Some good news: The winners of the 2025 UN Nelson Mandela Prize are Brenda Reynolds, a social worker of Saulteaux heritage supporting the Indigenous communities in Canada; and Kennedy Odede, founder ...

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Mark Lowcock, head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, visiting a camp in South Kordofan, Sudan. Lowcock, who recently resigned to return home to England, is the ...