UN Special Envoy to Syria Says There is A Rare "Window of Opportunity" to End Fighting

“Ten years after the conflict began, the United Nations special envoy to Syria now claims there may be a ‘window of opportunity’ to end the fighting. In an interview with the BBC, Geir Pedersen has pointed to the fact that there is a fragile ceasefire in place between Assad’s forces and rebels in the northwestern province of Idlib. Idlib is the last province under rebel control. ‘For the first time in 10 years, the frontlines in Syria have not changed,’ Mr. Pedersen said. ‘This creates an opportunity.’”

GlobalKay LangleyApril 5, 2021Syria, United NationsComment

Biden & Blinken’s UN Human Rights Council Plan

“Last Wednesday, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the United States would be seeking a seat on the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, a council that President Trump pulled out of in 2018. In Blinken’s video announcement, the diplomat stated that the U.S will be looking to be on the Council for the 2022 to 2024 period, even though it admittedly needs reform.”

GlobalManav ShahMarch 8, 2021United NationsComment

UN Official Says Terrorists Are Using COVID to Inspire Extremism

“Earlier this month, UN counter-terrorism chief Vladimir Voronkov warned of terrorists exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic and appealing to new “racially, ethnically and politically motivated extremist groups.””

GlobalManav ShahJanuary 21, 2021United Nations, TerrorismComment

Why U.S. involvement in the World Health Organization is critical now more than ever

“Last month, senior U.S. health official Garrett Grisby claimed that the World Health Organization (WHO) was not sharing enough information on an investigation into the origins of COVID-19. Despite the WHO’s shortcomings, it would be a major policy blunder for the United States to limit their involvement in the organization. Permanently cutting all funding to the WHO as Trump vowed in May and permanently withdrawing from the organization would be ceding influence to China, which would dramatically increase their power on the world stage.”

GlobalAaron SugarmanDecember 9, 2020WHO, United NationsComment

U.N. Tribunal issues verdict on assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister

“After a lengthy and expensive investigation, a U.N. tribunal in The Hague has convicted just one of the four Hezbollah suspects in the assassination of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri in 2005.”

GlobalMichael WoodardAugust 28, 2020Lebanon, United NationsComment