As Panama assumes the helm of the United Nations Security Council for August, its top envoy is placing maritime security ...

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

Two weeks after the United States imposed sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the ...

Dulcie Leimbach is a co-founder, with Barbara Crossette, of PassBlue. For PassBlue and other publications, Leimbach has reported from New York and overseas from West Africa (Burkina Faso and Mali) and ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The UN system is contending with “unprecedented scrutiny” as it deals with a major financial problem and plans for structural reforms. “Once a taboo subject,” the essayist writes, “even the potential ...