Arthur Bassas

2 weeks ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

This Week @UN: Merge the UN refugee and migration agencies?; Israeli “accountability” in Gaza; Sebastião Salgado tribute. Plus: Gaza flotilla; High Seas Treaty; Pope Leo XIV; Israel pounds Iran; 2-state solution conference delayed; Mike Waltz nomination.

4 weeks ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

Some good news: The winners of the 2025 UN Nelson Mandela Prize are Brenda Reynolds, a social worker of Saulteaux heritage supporting the Indigenous communities in Canada; and Kennedy Odede, founder of Shining Hope for Communities, a Kenyan group working in urban slums. The prizes will be awarded as part of Nelson Mandela International Day, July 18. This Week @UN: Women persevere; US defense boss bashes “feminists”; US cuts UN midwife projects; US blocks UN Gaza ceasefire text.

1 month ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

When United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced in a post on X that he had “proudly ENDED” the Women, Peace and Security Act of 2017 by his department, he sparked immediate backlash from women’s rights advocates worldwide.

1 month ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

The good news: Memorial Day weekend is here, the advent of summer (and muggy NYC)! The UN is closed on Monday. We welcome your news tips: [email protected] Week @UN: UN reform survey; UN’s (English) relief chief; Argentina targets Indigenous people; UN80’s doomed plan. Plus: Gaza aid trickle; new pandemic pact; Haiti child rape; DC murders; Pope Leo; Rohingya drownings.

1 month ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

This Week @UN: Israel “weaponizes” aid in Gaza; a merger of 2 UN agencies?; reining in killer robots. Plus: Tough talk on UN80 reforms; peacekeeping ministerial in Berlin; Yemen calm; Syrians return home; Colombians fighting again. Please follow us on Blue Sky, Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn and share our posts and subscribe to PassBlue if you are not on our email list already.