The Yemen Agreement Demonstrates the Continued Relevance of the United Nations Mark Leon Goldberg December 13, 2018Representatives of Yemen's warring factions signed an agreement in Sweden in the first major diplomatic breakthrough of Yemen's devastating civil war. The agreement is not a peace deal. Rather, the parties agre...
European Union Releases Facts and Figures for Migrant and Refugees Arrivals in 2018 Mark Leon Goldberg December 11, 2018The European Commission released updated statistics about the numbers of refugees and migrants who tried to make their way to Europe in 2018, via the Mediterranean sea.In all, there were about 134,000 migra...
Heather Nauert Would Bring Something Unique to the Role of UN Ambassador Mark Leon Goldberg December 7, 2018UPDATE: It's official. In a Tweet, Donald Trump said he is nominating Heather Nauert as UN Ambassador. Heather Nauert has reportedly been tapped by Donald Trump to serve as his Ambassador to the U...
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered what was billed as a “major address” in Brussels in which he took aim at the liberal international world order. He missed. Mark Leon Goldberg December 5, 2018The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered what was billed as a major address in Brussels yesterday in which he took aim at the liberal international world order.He missed.Stewart Patrick from the ...
The UN Releases Its Estimate of How Much Money Will Be Needed to Pay for Humanitarian Crises in 2019 Mark Leon Goldberg December 4, 2018The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, better known as OCHA, is the branch of the UN system that facilitates global responses to humanitarian crises. Today, that office released...
George H.W. Bush Was the Strongest Supporter of the UN of Any Modern US President Mark Leon Goldberg December 1, 2018A reader was sifting through the President George H.W. Bush Library archives and passed along a few interesting links of conversations between President Bush and Secretary General Perez de Cuellar.
What is on the Agenda for the COP24 Climate Conference in Katowice, Poland John Light November 30, 2018The UN's followup to the Paris Climate Agreement kicks off next week for the Conference of Parties climate negotiations.This site of this year's meeting, known as COP24, will be in Katowice, a city in south...
The Trump Administration Supported a Ceasefire in Yemen and Then It Did Not Mark Leon Goldberg November 28, 2018The Trump administration has put the breaks on negotiations in the Security Council over a UK-drafted resolution calling for a limited ceasefire in parts of Yemen. The thing is, this ceasefire resolution was dr...
Is there a Responsible Way to Make Contact with “Uncontacted” Indigenous Peoples? Kimberly Curtis November 27, 2018The recent death of an American missionary at the hands of tribespeople on North Sentinel Island in India has brought the issue of uncontacted peoples back into the news. Often referred to as some of the most v...
