The UN Is Unsure If Hamas Leader’s Death Will Mean a Ceasefire in Gaza
The UN would welcome any development that can bring about a lasting ceasefire.
A Radical Way to Change the UN Security Council, Including Its Name
The proposal advocates UN Security Council reform for planetary sustainability. It suggests permanent members giving up veto power and a Sustainability Council. Likelihood of acceptance varies among members.
A Movement to Suspend Israel From the UN Needs a Country to Take the Lead
"No country had more consistently violated the principles of the UN Charter than Israel."
More Countries Are Voting ‘No’ on Advancing Human Rights in Africa
By Kasmira Jefford / Geneva Solutions African and Asia-Pacific countries are increasingly opposed to resolutions on human rights issues on the African continent, according to findings by two nongovernmental organizations.…
The Ukraine Peace Summit Must Now Become a Great-Powers Summit
By Tapio Kanninen / PassBlue Some 90 countries, mostly from NATO and its allies as well as the global South, participated in the peace summit hosted by the Swiss government…
The US Presidential Candidates’ UN and Foreign Policy Stances
By Laura E. Kirkpatrick / PassBlue On Nov. 5, American voters will choose their 47th president. Combined, the likely candidates, Joe Biden, a Democrat and the incumbent, and Donald Trump,…
War Surgery Is Not Peace Surgery: An American Doctor in Gaza
By Catherine Mullaly / PassBlue Dr. Feroze Sidhwa is a 42-year-old critical care and trauma surgeon based at San Joaquin General Hospital, a level-two trauma center, in San Joaquin County,…
Top UN News: A Week in Review
Palestine’s triumph; UN’s political lapse in Gaza; Summit of the Future; more genocide in Gaza? Plus: The Caribbean; Guatemala; Sudan; UNRWA.
Is the UN Failing in Gaza?
By Dawn Clancy / PassBlue As the war on Gaza enters its seventh month, 35,000 Palestinian civilians have been killed, warnings of genocide and famine are mounting and reports of…
Can the UN Security Council Finally Wrap Its Mind Around Haiti? It’s Trying
By Damilola Banjo / PassBlue The United Nations Security Council endorsed an international police mission last fall to try to regain control of Haiti from the powerful armed gangs dominating…
Palestine Never Had a Chance for Statehood, Legally Speaking, an Expert Argues
By Darsen Hover / PassBlue Did Palestine ever have a chance to gain its full rights as a state? In his new book, “The United Nations and the Question of…
Ending Impunity for the Crimes Against Palestinian and Israeli Civilians, From A to Z
Mona Ali Khalil lists Israel’s crimes from A to Z and says the U.N. must fulfill its responsibility to protect the civilians in Gaza and hold all perpetrators of mass…