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Better Know Heather Nauert, Donald Trump’s Pick for UN Ambassador

Mark Leon Goldberg
December 20, 2018
Heather Nauert is a former Fox News personality who has been tapped by Donald Trump to serve as the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations. If confirmed, she will replace Nikki Haley who served in the post for nearly two years. Nauert's backgro...

Here’s How Trump’s Budget Request Would Impact the United Nations

Mark Leon Goldberg
February 13, 2018
The White House released its budget request to Congress this week. The document is a formal expression of the Trump administration's budget priorities for the next fiscal year, FY 2019. And when it comes to foreign affairs spending, those priorities are hea...

As President Trump Announces a New US Military Strategy, Here’s What the United Nations is Doing in Afghanistan

Mark Leon Goldberg
August 21, 2017
President Trump is set to unveil a new US military strategy for Afghanistan in a primetime speech tonight. When he does, he should take heed of the behind-the-scenes work of the United Nations in Afghanistan. The United Nations has fielded a mission to Afgh...

Obama: “Development works”

Penelope Chester
September 27, 2015
Obama addresses the United Nations on the topic of the Sustainable Development Goals.

The Ninth Time Is Not A Charm: Elusive Peace in South Sudan

Penelope Chester
September 1, 2015
Following months of meditation and efforts by South Sudanese and international negotiators, a long-awaited peace agreement was finally signed last week, and a cease-fire began over the weekend. However, barely hours after the official beginning of the cease-fi...

Can Peace and Democracy Prevail in Burundi?

Penelope Chester
May 1, 2015
Burundi on the edge.

Palestine Poised to Join UN Bodies

Mark Leon Goldberg
April 28, 2014

How this will affect the USA, the UN and Palestine.

Security Council Suddenly the Center of Syria Diplomacy

Mark Leon Goldberg
September 10, 2013

Here's the latest, and what it may mean.

General Assembly Upgrades Palestine’s Status at UN. Now What?

Mark Leon Goldberg
November 29, 2012

An upgrade from Palestine's current status at the United Nations will change next to nothing about Palestine's relationship with the United Nations, neither will it move the International Criminal Court.

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