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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

UN Security Council

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Africa

Can Congo’s ‘Miracle Doctor’ Keep Saving Women’s Lives Without UN Security?

Dr. Denis Mukwege, the founder of Panzi Hospital in South Kivu, Congo, which has been treating women for more than two decades for gynecological needs, include rape by fighters in the region. Until recently, he and the hospital were provided limited security by United Nations peacekeepers, but that may end as they exit Congo this year. PANZI HOSPITAL/INSTAGRAM     By Ilgin Yorulmaz   For nearly 26 years, Dr. Denis Mukwege, […]

todayApril 10, 2024 24

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World

The United States has tabled a revised Gaza ceasefire resolution

The United States yesterday tabled a revised ceasefire resolution to be voted on by the UN Security Council. Jody Jacobs reports that with the document calling for an "immediate ceasefire" tied to the release of all hostages, and Washington having blocked previous attempts to pass such a ceasefire resolution, this could mark a significant change in its approach to the conflict, though a date for the vote has yet to […]

todayMarch 22, 2024 15

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World

Toward a World Without Nuclear Weapons

At the United Nations, the 13th conference on facilitating the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, Sept. 22, 2023. The essayist, the foreign minister of Japan, will preside over a UN Security Council session on March 18, concentrating on working toward a nuclear-free world by building on the momentum from the G7 Hiroshima Summit in 2023. UN PHOTO     Prospects for a world without nuclear weapons are […]

todayMarch 19, 2024 20

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Opinion Pieces

The Key to Security Council Reform Is Fewer Permanent Members, Not More

The Security Council meeting on Dec. 8, 2023, on the war in Gaza. The author, a former United Nations under-secretary-general, proposes that amid the current intensified negotiations on Council reform, member states could “recognize that France and Britain no longer qualify geopolitically to be two of five permanent members of a post-colonial Council.” JOHN PENNEY/PASSBLUE By Ian Martin via PassBlue As the United Nations approaches its Summit of the Future in September, the […]

todayFebruary 27, 2024 21

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Guyana, Leading the UN Security Council, Is Not Giving Up on a Ceasefire in Gaza

Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, permanent representative of Guyana, photographed at the country’s mission to the UN, Jan 22, 2023. “We would very much like to see a ceasefire for the people to receive the necessary humanitarian aid,” she said about Gaza in an interview. “We are not at that point yet, and that is really regrettable.” JOHN PENNEY/PASSBLUE By Damilola Banjo via PassBlue The United Nations Security Council’s continuing failure to agree […]

todayFebruary 1, 2024 5

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International Court of Justice to hear South Africa’s plea against Gaza ‘massacre’

The International Court of Justice will begin arguments on South Africa's bid to stop what it calls the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza. South Africa’s International Relations Director General, Zane Dangor told Newzroom Africa that institutionalised impunity has allowed a ‘textbook genocide to unfold in Gaza.’Separately, Al Jazeera reports that the United Nations’ humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths says Gaza has become a place of “death and despair” for Palestinians as […]

todayJanuary 8, 2024 9

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U.N Security Council vote on Gaza postponed again

The United Nations Security Council has officially postponed the vote on a humanitarian resolution on Gaza to Thursday. The vote was first scheduled for Monday but due to "intense" negotiations between member states the vote has been postponed several times. These delays come amid reported disagreements by the United States which has been trying to change the language of the resolution. Jody Jacobs reports from the United Nations.

todayDecember 21, 2023 18

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South Africa

South Africa’s foreign policy under Ramaphosa has seen diplomatic tools being used to provide leadership as global power relations shift

By Anthoni van Nieuwkerk, University of South Africa Leadership plays a critical role in diplomacy. What quality of leadership does South Africa need if it’s to secure its international interests? This is a question my colleagues and I have had the opportunity to reflect on in researching and writing about foreign policy since the late 1980s. Presidents Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki displayed assertive African and global south leadership. Their […]

todayDecember 12, 2023 6

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