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...
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...
Kashmir is on the Brink Mark Leon Goldberg July 26, 2021 In March 2020, when countries around the world started imposing COVID-19 lockdowns Kashmir was just emerging from a lockdown of its own. Several months prior, in August 2019 the government of India revoked th...
The Head of COP 26 Alok Sharma Previews His Agenda For the Major Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland Mark Leon Goldberg July 21, 2021 This November, the United Kingdom will host COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. This will be the most signifiant moment in international climate diplomacy since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015. Just four mon...
A Crisis Mounts in Africa’s Only Absolute Monarchy, Eswatini (Formerly Known As Swaziland) Mark Leon Goldberg July 15, 2021 Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) is a small country in Southern Africa nestled on the border between South Africa and Mozambique. It is notably Africa's only absolute monarchy. The king effectively rules by decree...
UNICEF Chief Henrietta Fore, An Appreciation Mark Leon Goldberg July 14, 2021 UNICEF executive director Henrietta Fore announced her plan to step down from a post in which she has served since January 2018, in order to care for her ill spouse. With a heavy heart, I have informed the U...
What To Expect From the UN’s Generation Equality Forum On Gender Equality Joanne Lu June 29, 2021 On Wednesday, tens of thousands of people from around the world will gather in Paris and online for UN Women’s Generation Equality Forum to kick off five years of action toward gender equality. According to or...
In Sri Lanka, The COVID Response is Exacerbating Religious and Ethnic Tensions Mark Leon Goldberg June 22, 2021 In May 2009, the long running civil war in Sri Lanka ended with the defeat of ethnic Tamil insurgents by the Sinhalese dominated Sri Lankan armed forces. The manner of this defeat was a mass atrocity event. T...
What To Expect from the World Health Assembly Joanne Lu May 24, 2021 Monday marks the beginning of the 74th World Health Assembly, where delegations from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 194 member states will gather to set the agency’s policies. The Assembly will consider ...
