Global Dispatches Live From UNGA — Day 2 | Joe Biden’s UN Speech | Antonio Guterres’ Big Warning to the World and More! Mark Leon Goldberg September 21, 2021 The annual opening of the UN General Assembly is always one the most important weeks on the diplomatic calendar. This year the Global Dispatches podcast has partnered with the United Nations Foundation to provi...
Global Dispatches Live From UNGA — Day 1 | Deputy Secretary General Amina J. Mohammed | Climate Diplomacy Expert Yamide Dagnet Mark Leon Goldberg September 20, 2021 The annual opening of the UN General Assembly is always one the most important weeks on the diplomatic calendar. This year the Global Dispatches podcast has partnered with the United Nations Foundation to provi...
What is Angela Merkel’s Legacy in International Affairs and Foreign Policy? Mark Leon Goldberg September 13, 2021 Later this month, Angela Merkel will step down after having served as chancellor of Germany since 2005. Her time in office coincided with a number of major world events, including the global financial crisis; t...
Global Dispatches Podcast at the 76th United Nations General Assembly Mark Leon Goldberg September 12, 2021 Join the Global Dispatches Podcast at #UNGA76 for a special week of programming, in partnership with the UN Foundation. Daily news from United Nations during High Level Week Expert analysi...
What Happened At the United Nations on September 11, 2001 Mark Leon Goldberg September 10, 2021 Stephane Dujarric is a long serving United Nations spokesperson who on September 11th, 2001 was at his office at the United Nations when planes struck the World Trade Center. I've known Stephane Dujarric a long...
What Comes Next for the United Nations in Afghanistan? | Mark Malloch Brown Mark Leon Goldberg September 7, 2021 As Afghanistan enters a perilous and uncertain future, the United Nations has promised to "stay and deliver." To be sure, the needs are immense. The country's humanitarian emergency is worsening by the day. On ...
What Comes Next for Humanitarian and Development NGOs in Afghanistan? Mark Leon Goldberg September 2, 2021 Zuhra Bahman was out of the country on a business meeting when the Taliban took control of Kabul. She is the Afghanistan country director for Search for Common Ground, an NGO that engages in community based ...
Eritrean Refugees in Tigray Are Trapped Mark Leon Goldberg August 30, 2021 By Refugees International Senior Fellow Dr. Sarah Miller, Being in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region right now is difficult for anyone. Famine, conflict, and sexual violence are prevalent, and communications...
“They Are Missing Our Side Of The Story” — An Afghan Human Rights Activist Speaks Out Mark Leon Goldberg August 25, 2021 Zubaida Akbar is an Afghan human rights activist living in Washington, D.C. She is desperately trying to get vulnerable people out of the country, including a group of female journalists who are almost certainl...
