UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Expresses Concerns Over Potential US Cuts to Torture Victims Fund Mark Leon Goldberg October 2, 2018The new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed concern that a potential cut of US...
PODCAST: How Facebook Abets Rodrigo Duterte’s Drug War in the Philippines Mark Leon Goldberg October 1, 2018If you want a glimpse of a dystopian future in which authoritarian leaders harness the power of social media to carr...
A Massive New Estimate of South Sudan’s Death Toll Is Released as the Country Takes Steps Toward Peace Kimberly Curtis September 28, 2018A new report details the deadly toll of the civil war in South Sudan, one of the world’s most overlooked conflicts. The ...
PODCAST: How Better Data Can Fight Global Hunger Mark Leon Goldberg September 26, 2018Every year during UN Week there are a number of substantive and important issues discussed, new initiatives launched...
How Donald Trump Weakened The United States in His Speech to the United Nations Mark Leon Goldberg September 25, 2018The speech by President Trump to the United Nations General Assembly began with the rest of the world laughing at the Pr...
One Tangible Outcome of UNGA? Strengthening UN Peacekeeping Mark Leon Goldberg September 25, 2018Though it will not likely make headlines, one of the tangible outcomes from UNGA this week will be a renewed global comm...
Donald Trump and the United Nations: What to Expect at the UN General Assembly This Week Mark Leon Goldberg September 23, 2018Donald Trump will spend three consecutive days at the United Nations. And this year, like last year, his speeches, off t...
A New UN Report Finds that a Child Under the Age of 15 Dies Every 5 Seconds Joanne Lu September 21, 2018Globally, children have a greater chance of survival than ever before. Yet because of growing inequality, in 2017, a chi...
PODCAST: These Stories Will Drive the Agenda at UNGA Mark Leon Goldberg September 20, 2018All eyes turn to the New York and the United Nations as world leaders gather for the opening of the United Nations...
