Dulcie Leimbach

New York

Editor at PassBlue

Featured in: Favicon

passblue.com Favicon

medium.com Favicon

nytimes.com Favicon

huffpost.com Favicon

thedailybeast.com Favicon

allafrica.com Favicon

ipsnews.net Favicon

thewire.in Favicon

menafn.com Favicon

eturbonews.com + 3 more

Articles

Women's Spotlight: A Cool Head Prevails

1 week ago | passblue.com | Dulcie Leimbach

PassBlue is persevering in its coverage of women’s rights globally, especially as the second Trump administration strives to pull many basic rights to the ground. Since Jan. 20, 2025, the American president’s policies have directly and indirectly affected women’s well-being in a wide variety of ways through the United Nations.
‘Weaponising aid’: New plan calls for private contractors to take over from UN in Gaza

3 weeks ago | france24.com | Jessica Le Masurier |damilola Banjo |Dulcie Leimbach

A new plan for providing humanitarian aid to Gaza using a private charity and US security firms could replace the United Nations by seizing control of the delivery of essential goods to the besieged…
The Mystery Man Behind the US Outburst Against South Sudan

1 month ago | passblue.com | Dulcie Leimbach

South Sudan, Africa’s youngest country, is heading into the lean growing season, when hunger can peak. It is also embroiled in a nasty power brawl between its president and the vice president as fighting in the northeast escalates, driving people from their villages to survive. The country is experiencing its worst cholera outbreak in two decades while having absorbed at least a million refugees from the civil war in its northern neighbor, Sudan.
This Serbian May Run for UN Secretary-General Again, Experts Say

2 months ago | passblue.com | Dulcie Leimbach

Vuk Jeremic, a former Serbian foreign minister, is the most prominent public official involved in a new project, DOGE-UN, tackling the “bureaucratic bloat, waste and inefficiencies.” The founder is Hugh Dugan, who was a diplomat at the United States mission to the United Nations and a former special presidential envoy for hostage affairs in the State Department.
For Latvia, Gender Equality Is the Path to Prosperity

2 months ago | passblue.com | Dulcie Leimbach

One of the first things Latvian Minister of Justice Inese Libina-Egnere will tell you is that she is a lawyer and not a diplomat. For a journalist interviewing her, that is a sigh of relief. Indeed, in an interview at Latvia’s mission to the United Nations on March 11, on the second beehive day of the Commission on the Status of Women’s annual gathering a few blocks away, Libina-Egnere, 47, was frank and eager to answer questions about why she is attending the CSW, as it’s known.
The Top US Seat Sits Empty, but Trump's Agenda Moves Ahead at the UN

Feb 27, 2025 | passblue.com | Dulcie Leimbach

As the American nominee for United Nations envoy remains glued to her Congressional seat, United States diplomats are carrying out Trump administration agendas at the UN. These range from exonerating Russia on its war in Ukraine and cutting language on gender and diversity in UN entities — striking at a core mantra of the organization’s “we the peoples.”Elise Stefanik, a member of the House of Representatives (R-New York), was nominated by President Donald Trump as the UN ambassador.
Ukraine's New UN Envoy to Face Russia Up Close in His Role

Jan 6, 2025 | passblue.com | Dulcie Leimbach

Andrii Melnyk has been nominated as Ukraine’s new envoy to the United Nations. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the news on Dec. 20 without fanfare, as he named other candidates for ambassadorships. The same day, Melnyk, 49, responded to fresh missile attacks by Russia in Ukraine, tweeting: “You are preparing for Christmas, you are looking forward to the presents, to a festive dinner with your family, you really want to go to midnight mass.
The Wide World of Violence Against Females in Sports

Oct 8, 2024 | passblue.com | Dulcie Leimbach

Throughout the world, sports for women and girls offer main avenues for their overall well-being as well as routes out of poverty, among numerous important benefits. Yet, the “safety, equality and dignity” for female participants in sports can be starkly compromised as they face many forms of discrimination in a sector dominated by men, according to a new report by the United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women and girls. Unveiled to the UN General Assembly on Oct.
How Record-Breaking Beryl Left Her Mark on Grenada

Sep 2, 2024 | passblue.com | Dulcie Leimbach

CARRIACOU, Grenada — On July 1, Beryl smacked into Carriacou, a tiny island of Grenada, as a high-end Category 4 storm. It jumped to Category 5 — the top tier for a hurricane — when it intensified rapidly back in the Eastern Caribbean Sea. During the time it swirled around Carriacou and its smaller sister island, Petite Martinique, Beryl brought sustained winds of 150 miles an hour as residents cowered in their homes while the tirade went on for several hours.
A Rare Frank Talk on Gaza and Sudan by Two Former UN Brass

Aug 19, 2024 | passblue.com | Dulcie Leimbach

They may sound at first like a couple of thoughtful guys settled into comfy chairs, talking about the war in Gaza. But in a rare instance of candid public conversation, two former United Nations officials who know the territory well reveal their frustrations over the siege by Israel and the failure of diplomacy to end the war.