Arthur Bassas

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It Happened at the UN: Week Ending May 9

1 week ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

This Week @UN: Greece backs woman SecGen; FGM out of US shadow; saving the UN; Bolivia’s SG candidate; Mike Waltz’s UN arrival. Plus: India/Pakistan fight; Gaza squeeze; Pope Leo XIV; Nicaraguan refugees in Costa Rica; UN80 goes public.
It Happened at the UN: Week Ending May 2

2 weeks ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

This Week @UN: Women tackling human trafficking; US anti-DEI demands at FAO; US retaliates against South Sudan peacekeeping; Greece’s unity push. Plus: Israel/Gaza; India/Pakistan; US disses “feminists”; Syria; Afghanistan; UN streamlining ideas; US-UN envoy nominee.
FAO Faces the Latest Anti-DEI Demands by US at the UN

2 weeks ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

The United States is extending its reach to radically shift its role in the United Nations system to reflect its policies on language, culture and funding under the Trump administration.
It Happened at the UN: Week Ending April 25

3 weeks ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

This Week @UN: South African coal to Israel; AI’s big flaw for UN use; an NGO’s genius in Darfur. Plus: Mourning Pope Francis; good news amid terrible news in Gaza; US bombings in Yemen; DR kicking out Haitians; US on UNRWA immunity; the beauty of cherry trees.
It Happened at the UN: Week Ending April 18

4 weeks ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

This Week @UN: South Sudan vs US; US forsaking Somalia?; the eroding landmines treaty; UN’s serious budget woes. Plus: Sudan atrocities by RSF; Gaza hospitals bombed by Israel; WHO’s new pandemic treaty; Mediterranean refugees remembered.
It Happened at the UN: Week Ending April 11

1 month ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

This Week @UN: Gambians’ journey to justice; postwar Gaza with Gazans; France helms the UN Security Council amid global turmoil. Plus: Gaza killing fields; cholera in Haiti; Syria surviving; slashing UNOCHA workforce.
It Happened at the UN: Week Ending April 4

1 month ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

This Week @UN: Beware Trump’s UN plan; Bucha’s revival; Myanmar quake; aid workers slaughtered in Gaza. Plus: Myanmar; Gaza; Kenyan peacekeeper; Sudan; UN tour guides go Swedish. Follow us on Blue Sky, X, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.Got tips?: [email protected]• Our #1 story this week and month: Mexico’s President Unites the Nation Against Trump, While Facing Other Crises at Home, by Mariana Hernández AmpudiaFrom PassBlue this week:• How Will Trump 2.0 Handle the UN?
It Happened at the UN: Week Ending March 28

1 month ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

This Week @UN: De-mining blows in Laos; Trump’s UN loyalty Qs; Mexico’s Trump resistance; Congo on Rwanda. Plus: Gaza; South Sudan; child deaths; US envoy pulled; Myanmar.
It Happened at the UN: Week Ending March 21

1 month ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

This Week @UN: Latvia prioritizes gender equality; US pushback on women’s rights; UN’s failed mediation in Syria; South Africa’s golf envoy?; a Serbian SecGen? Plus: Yemen; Cyprus; Gaza/Israel; Ukraine; US.
It Happened at the UN: Week Ending March 14

2 months ago | passblue.com | Arthur Bassas

This Week @UN: A woman UN leader?; Europe rearms; Afghan women’s anger; US-Canada tariff tiff. Plus: US aid hits to UN; Haiti endures; UN goes lean; more measles; coffee jitters; US loyalty questions; CSW.