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The UN Headquarters’ Incredibly Shrinking Dining Choices
Although the outdoor space of the Riverview Cafeteria at UN headquarters in New York features long views of the East River and parts of the boroughs, the critic found the cafeteria’s food less than...
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Kelly Knight Craft: A ‘Very Impressive Individual’ or ‘Unfit to Serve’?
Kelly Knight Craft, hosting an event in Ottawa, June 26, 2019, as US ambassador to Canada. On July 31, she was confirmed by the US Senate to be the next US ambassador to the UN, moving on to New York....
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Where’s Kelly Knight Craft? She Is Neither in Ottawa Nor at the UN
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, meeting US embassy staffers and families in Ottawa, Aug. 22, 2019. It was the last day of Kelly Knight Craft, right, as the American ambassador to Canada, yet...
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The UN Headquarters Says Adiós to Single-Use Plastic
At an entrance to the UN headquarters in New York, Indonesian diplomats passing one of the many signs, including some sterner than others, announcing the ban on single-use plastic in the UN dining...
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They Call It Multistakeholderism. Where Does That Leave the UN?
The United Nations headquarters showcasing the Sustainable Development summit, September 2015. The essayist, an expert in governance and democracy, bemoans the growing participation of multinational...
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Russia Is Busy as Security Council President, but Putin Is Staying Home
Dmitry Polyanskiy, the deputy permanent representative of Russia to the UN, photographed at the Russian mission, in Manhattan. Polyanskiy was interviewed in August on how his country would lead the UN...
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In Projecting the UN Through New Media, Is Quality at Stake?
In the Congo, celebrating the International Day of Women’s Rights, 2019. The author of this essay, who led the video unit for the UN mission in the country for nearly five years, warns against the UN...
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My Year in Africa: Why This Brazilian Woman Peacekeeper Wants to Return
Lieut. Comdr. Marcia Braga, left, a 45-year-old Brazilian naval officer, spent a year as a UN military gender adviser in the war-wracked Central African Republic, above. She called it “the most...
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A Tapestry About Chernobyl and the UN’s Bungled Response to the Nuclear Disaster
The “Chernobyl” tapestry by a Belarusian artist was gifted in 1991 to the United Nations in New York, five years after the cataclysmic nuclear explosion in Ukraine, which also affected Belarus and...
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Craving Ceviche and Other Delights During the UN General Assembly? A NYC...
The UN General Assembly Hall, packed with delegates from across the world’s nations. The diplomats all need to eat, but where, they may ask, in New York City? BASIL D. SONFI/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS New...
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Strongmen to Kick Off the UN General Assembly Session in September
President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil with President Donald Trump of the United States, March 19, 2019, in the White House. Both men are scheduled to attend the annual opening session of the UN General...
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Women Leaders to Watch at the UN’s Big Meet
Kersti Kaljulaid, the president of Estonia, after her country’s election to the UN Security Council, June 7, 2019. She is scheduled to speak at the UN General Assembly on Sept. 25. Eastern Europe...
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Stalling the UN Report on Dag Hammarskjold’s Death Is Regrettable
Hours before the crash that killed UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold (with sunglasses) waiting to board the DC-6 Albertina, Ndjili airport, Léopoldville (now Kinshasa, Congo), Sept. 17, 1961. TARA...
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Highlights of the UN General Assembly’s Opening Session: A Podcast on What to...
Secretary-General António Guterres giving a toast at the annual heads of state luncheon during the opening session of the UN General Assembly, Sept. 25, 2018. This year, the session will include...
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By Using an Overseas Territory, France Tries to Save the Amazon
President Emmanuel Macron of France, left, with President Evo Morales of Bolivia at the Alliance for Rainforests event at the UN, which took place in conjunction with the Climate Action Summit, Sept....
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At the UN’s Major Climate Event, Greta Thunberg Asks, ‘How Dare You?’
UN Secretary-General Guterres speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Climate Action Summit in the General Assembly Hall, Sept. 23. His first words to the scores of international leaders and...
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Globalists vs. Patriots at the UN: A ‘Great Fracture’ Revealed
President Trump at the General Assembly lunch, Sept. 24, 2019, only hours before the US House of Representatives announced it would begin an impeachment inquiry of Trump. LI MUZI-XINHUA/UNCA POOL After...
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O, Canada, Where Are You at the #UNGA?
Prime Minister Trudeau addressing the Unifor Constitutional Convention in Quebec City, Aug. 19, 2019. He was not scheduled to come to the UN General Assembly opening session in September, but deciding...
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Women Sighted at #UNGA. Plus: Iran’s Warnings to the US and Russians Denied...
A historic first at the UN General Assembly high-level debate: an all-female bench from Norway. From left front row: Prime Minister Erna Solberg; Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide; Ambassador...
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The Oscars of International Politics: A #UNGA74 Recap
António Guterres, the UN secretary-general, and Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany, at the VIP luncheon during the annual UN General Assembly opening session, Sept. 24, 2019. It was Merkel’s...
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