Colum Lynch
Senior Global Reporter at Devex
Senior global reporter at @Devex. Priors: @foreignpolicy & @washingtonpost. Signal: 917-439-4531; follow me @columlynch.bsky.social
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4 days ago |
devex.com | Colum Lynch
Washington poked the panda on Tuesday, publicly criticizing the legacy of Beijing’s now-defunct one-child policy, and triggering a sharp Chinese rebuttal accusing the United States of risking millions of lives with its steep aid cuts.
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1 week ago |
devex.com | Colum Lynch
The State Department is planning a sweeping reorganization of its global operations, eliminating thousands of posts, downgrading the role of human rights and democracy promotion, and bolstering its ability to advocate American and Western values on the world stage, according to a leaked copy of the department’s formal notification to Congress. The move portends something of a cultural revolution within the United States' oldest federal department.
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1 week ago |
devex.com | Colum Lynch
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is seeking to eliminate 20% of jobs across the , which employs some 35,000 people, and reduce spending in the U.N.’s nearly $3.7 billion regular budget by up to 20% in 2026, according to an internal memo by the U.N. comptroller. The proposed cuts — which could result in the loss of thousands of jobs — are part of Guterres’ reform initiative, dubbed UN80, designed to prepare the world body for a massive reduction in U.S. financial support.
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1 week ago |
devex.com | Colum Lynch
Martin Griffiths, the former United Nations emergency relief coordinator, is concerned that the world body is going about its latest reform initiative in the wrong way, prioritizing numerical downsizing targets over forging a clear vision for the future that demonstrates its usefulness. “The U.N. system gets mired in mandates, and it gets mired in competition. We all know that,” Griffiths said in an interview with Devex on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.
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2 weeks ago |
devex.com | Colum Lynch
Rwanda, Qatar, and others make offers to house financially strapped U.N. agencies. Wanted: cheap housing in an affordable city for U.N. institutions, diplomats, and civil servants forced by high rents out of Geneva and New York City.
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AT UNHQ, the cost of small cup of coffee, espresso, and items in the lunch buffet will increase by 5%, reducing a UN subsidy that has underwritten their costs. Also, inflation.
RT @AnnaGorisch: @ComfortablySmug @jonkarl WSJ covered this on May 1: https://t.co/7UzeNTtQhl
UN says scores of civilian casualties in UD air strikes on Yemeni port, including five injured humanitarian workers. UN also voiced concern about possible oil leaks in Red Sea. https://t.co/rzb4bMw3Uf
