Ulf Laessing, head of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s Sahel program and based in Bamako, told PassBlue: “The US seems to be ...

Saudi peace push for Palestine; Israel threatens Palestinian “economic warfare”; US sanctions UN human rights expert; UN must attract young people. Plus: Gaza; Guatemala; Sudan; Myanmar; UN reform.

Francesca Albanese, an Italian and UN human rights expert, has been sanctioned by the United States for her work regarding the Occupied Palestinian territory. The UN has protested the US sanctions by ...

Finland Offers More Perks to Stop Its Declining Birth Rate. Women Shrug It Off - PassBlueFinnish lawmakers are pushing to increase the birth rate, but some have been criticized for aggressively ...

UN80 Plan Spells Doom for the Organization's Core Work, Insiders Say - PassBlueAt the same time, there’s consensus among member states and the broader UN community that the organization needs reform ...

Fogbow, a US Firm With Military Links, Eyes Maritime Plan for Gaza Aid - PassBlueFogbow’s Blue Beach proposal for a “temporary maritime delivery mechanism” to get aid into Gaza “at scale.” The ...

Washington's Bid for the Top Job at the UN's Migration Agency Is Raising Eyebrows - PassBlueUntil 2018, only one non-American led the IOM, which joined the UN system in 2016 and is an ...

As Russia’s war in Ukraine relentlessly continues, the essayist suggests seven ways President Vladimir Putin could fall from power, voluntarily or otherwise. KREMLIN After a year of the Ukrainian ...

How US Travel Bans Will Undermine UN Diplomacy: An Explainer - PassBlueUnder the agreement, the US cannot deny entry to any representative of a UN member state. But successive US administrations have ...

During the UN’s annual Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Bolivia held a press briefing on the country’s proposals to address such matters as asking the General Assembly to recognize the ...

I was fortunate to be sitting in the General Assembly Hall on Sept. 22, 2024, when the freshly minted Pact for the Future was adopted by the member states of the United Nations. The pact is an ...