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In Sudan, Some Women and Girls Are Choosing Suicide to Avoid Rape

Nov 25, 2024 | passblue.com | Mona Khalil

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It is tragically appropriate to take stock of two decades of war and genocide in Sudan and to commit to ending the violence against civilians, including the raping of women and girls. Since 2003, the leaders of Sudan and others throughout the world have been failing to protect the women and girls of Sudan.
It Happened at the UN: Week Ending Nov. 29

Oct 29, 2024 | us4.campaign-archive.com | Mona Khalil |Banjo Damilola

The yearly NewsMatch giving campaign for nonprofit news sites is here, so please take a minute to donate. It’s your chance to be twice as generous (yes!) while showing your full support to PassBlue by doubling your gift, up to $1,000. Thank you, thank you, thank you from our hardworking, dedicated, women-led team. Welcome to This Week @UN: Peacekeeping’s future; rapes in Sudan; femicide epidemic; Iraq’s underage marriage bill. Plus: Haiti; genocide; Israel-Lebanon.
The UN Security Council Is Running Out of Time

Oct 21, 2024 | passblue.com | Mona Khalil

Reforms that require amendments to the United Nations Charter will not yield change in time to save us from what Secretary-General António Guterres has called the “confluence of challenges” that the world is facing: from war, terrorism and genocide to climate change, pandemics, autonomous weapons and other artificial intelligence.
This Is the Peace Plan for Israel and Palestine That Could Work

Sep 5, 2024 | passblue.com | Mona Khalil

Israeli newspapers recently reported that the country’s former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and the former Palestinian Minister for Foreign Affairs Nasser Al-Kidwa “agreed to work together to promote the achievement of peace between the Palestinian and Israeli peoples and peace in the Middle East in general.”International media has largely ignored this potentially significant development.
Is This the Peace Plan for Israel and Palestine That Could Work?

Sep 5, 2024 | passblue.com | Mona Khalil

Israeli newspapers recently reported that the country’s former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and the former Palestinian Minister for Foreign Affairs Nasser Al-Kidwa “agreed to work together to promote the achievement of peace between the Palestinian and Israeli peoples and peace in the Middle East in general.”International media has largely ignored this potentially significant development.
What the UN Chief can do for Gaza

Aug 9, 2024 | johnmenadue.com | Mona Khalil

Secretary-General António Guterres has limited his role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to that of a town crier, expressing “grave concern” from time to time regarding the terrible Hamas attacks against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 and Israel’s collective punishment of the Palestinian people in Gaza every day since then and long before.
What The United Nations Chief Can Do For Gaza

Aug 7, 2024 | popularresistance.org | Mona Khalil

Above photo: U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres on Dec. 8, 2023, as the Security Council met on a letter he had written invoking Article 99 of the U.N. Charter, asking the council to act on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. UN Photo/Loey Felipe. Mona Ali Khalil urges António Guterres to invoke Article 99 again. This time not to make exhortations, but to account for what has happened on and since Oct. 7 and chart a path to lasting peace.
The UN Secretary-General Can Get Us to the 'Day After' in Gaza

Jul 26, 2024 | passblue.com | Mona Khalil

Secretary-General António Guterres has limited his role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to that of a town crier, expressing “grave concern” from time to time regarding the terrible Hamas attacks against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 and Israel’s collective punishment of the Palestinian people in Gaza every day since then and long before.
The UN Secretary-General Can Get Us to the 'Day After' in Gaza

Jul 24, 2024 | passblue.com | Mona Khalil

Secretary-General António Guterres has limited his role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to that of a town crier, expressing " grave concern " from time to time regarding the terrible Hamas attacks against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 and Israel's collective punishment of the Palestinian people in Gaza every day since then and long before.
Creating a Better Pact for a Better Future

Jun 27, 2024 | passblue.com | Mona Khalil

As we approach the Summit of the Future in September, it is time to measure the distance between the United Nations’ vision and today’s reality. The UN is not on track to implement the Paris Agreement on climate change or the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. While SDG5 and Security Council Resolution 1325 ushered in a new millennium filled with hope for the empowerment of women, the UN is also far from achieving full gender parity by 2030.