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2 months ago | 
allafrica.com | Mavic Cabrera Balleza |Ben Donaldson |Anne Marie Goetz
The selection of the next UN Secretary-General (UNSG) will be a pivotal moment in global efforts to resist authoritarianism and work together to address shared problems. Where do UN Member States stand on appointing a feminist woman to this role? Informal campaigning is already underway for the position of the next UN Secretary-General. The race will officially kick off towards the end of the year; the successful candidate will take office on 1 January 2027.
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2 months ago | 
opiniojuris.org | Anne Marie Goetz
[Anne Marie Goetz is a Clinical Professor at the Center for Global Affairs, School of Professional Studies (NYU) and former Director of the peace and security section at UN Women.Sudarsana Kundu is a Co-founder/Director of GenderSphere, former Executive Director of Gender@Work, and former governance, peace and security specialist at UN Women.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
passblue.com | Anne Marie Goetz |Joanne Sandler
With almost 80 years of experience in convening and convincing countries worldwide to advance women’s rights, the Commission on the Status of Women desperately needs a makeover. Paula Naváez Ojeda, president of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and commission chair Abdulaziz bin Mohammed al-Wasel have asked member states for suggestions on the composition and agenda of a proposed task force to reform the CSW, as it’s known.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
passblue.com | Dawn Clancy |Anastasiia Carrier |Hasmik Egian |Mouin Rabbani |Anne Marie Goetz
As the threat of aggression haunts formerly occupied Baltic states that share a border with Russia and the war in Ukraine grinds toward its grim two-year anniversary, one country is trying to increase its influence at the United Nations by running for an elected seat on the Security Council. Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics visited UN headquarters in Manhattan recently to launch his country's candidacy for the Council's 2026-27 term.
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Dec 1, 2023 | 
passblue.com | Arthur Bassas |Anastasiia Carrier |Hasmik Egian |Mouin Rabbani |Anne Marie Goetz |Joe Penney
Welcome to This Week @UN, where we summarize the most important news coming from the organization while promoting our own articles that you may have missed in the last seven days. This week, we cover events in the Mideast, with an angle on the UN, as well as controversy over the head of the World Food Program; "peace" overtures in Armenia; the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court; and the UN's climate conference.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
passblue.com | Maja Groff |Eoin Jackson |Anastasiia Carrier |Hasmik Egian |Mouin Rabbani |Anne Marie Goetz | +2 more
The world is meeting for the annual United Nations conference on climate change, where global leaders and other attendees will tackle worsening global warming problems amid a dramatically shrinking " carbon budget" of scientifically recommended temperature limits. Since the first COP in 1995, the number and diversity of participants have grown, and COP28, which starts on Nov. 30 in the United Arab Emirates, is estimated to involve more than 70,000 participants.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
passblue.com | Anastasiia Carrier |Dawn Clancy |Anne Marie Goetz |Joe Penney |Joseph Chamie
By Anastasiia Carrier,Anastasiia Carrier and Dawn Clancy,Anne Marie Goetz,Joe Penney,Joseph Chamie,The Blue Smoke Team Anastasiia Carrier is a Detroit-based freelance reporter. She earned an M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and her work has appeared in Politico Magazine, The Wire China and The Radcliffe Magazine.
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Nov 26, 2023 | 
passblue.com | Joe Penney |Anastasiia Carrier |Anne Marie Goetz |Joseph Chamie |Arthur Bassas
YEREVAN, Armenia - Since Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan came to office in 2018 on the heels of a democratic revolution in which he played a central role, his administration has faced numerous security and political crises. The protracted conflict in the formerly Armenian-controlled breakaway republic of Artsakh, also known as the Nagorno-Karabakh, burst into a full-blown war in September 2020.
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Nov 25, 2023 | 
passblue.com | Anne Marie Goetz |Anastasiia Carrier |Hasmik Egian |Mouin Rabbani |Joe Penney
A new independent analysis of how the United Nations should deal with the wide-ranging challenges plaguing Afghanistan is likely to be debated privately in the Security Council on Nov. 28. Although the Taliban are unequivocal in their contempt for human rights standards, particularly gender equality, they want a seat at the UN. They also want UN sanctions to be lifted and foreign exchange reserves unfrozen. What is standing in their way? The Taliban's harsh treatment of women and girls.
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Nov 25, 2023 | 
passblue.com | Anne Marie Goetz |Anastasiia Carrier |Joseph Chamie |Arthur Bassas |Akshaya Kumar
By Opinion by Anne Marie Goetz,Anastasiia Carrier,The Blue Smoke Team,Joseph Chamie,Arthur Bassas,Akshaya Kumar Anne Marie Goetz is a clinical professor at New York University's Center for Global Affairs and was previously director of the peace and security section of UN Women. She is the author of seven books on gender, politics and policy in developing countries.
