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In Defense of Reformed Multilateralism

4 days ago | passblue.com | Richard Ponzio |Nudhara Yusuf

The deepening fiscal crisis is even more jarring when juxtaposed against recent signs of renewed multilateral commitment. At the World Health Assembly, member states adopted the first agreement to prevent and respond to future pandemics, while the International Maritime Organization finalized a legally binding commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
A UN Housing Project in Kenya Promised 100,000 Homes. It Delivered None.

1 week ago | passblue.com | Maurice Oniang'o

NAIROBI — In December 2019, President Uhuru Kenyatta joined United Nations officials and developers at a 103-acre site in Lukenya, outside the capital of Nairobi, to launch Habitat Heights, a planned 8,888-unit housing project. Today, the site sits abandoned amid new actions by the United States related to a broader scandal encompassing the project that further implicates a former UN official.
The French-Saudi Two-State Solution Debate at the UN: Postponed or Canceled?

1 week ago | passblue.com | Banjo Damilola

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres restated his commitment to the two-state solution, a much-debated path toward the peaceful co-existence of Israel and Palestine as two sovereign nations. A UN conference led by France and Saudi Arabia and mandated by a General Assembly resolution last year, was scheduled to be held from June 17-20. But it was postponed on June 13, immediately after the recent escalation between Israel and Iran began.
The Human Rights Council Opens Amid More Budget Cuts

1 week ago | passblue.com | Michelle Langrand

The Human Rights Council opens its summer session in Geneva on Monday. Once again, nations will turn their attention to the rights of women, migrants, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQI and other marginalized groups. But even for a body accustomed to crises, the Geneva-based council – and the whole UN human rights machinery – is bracing for one of a whole other magnitude.
It Happened at the UN: Week Ending June 13

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.
UN General Assembly to Vote on 'Accountability' by Israel in Gaza

2 weeks ago | passblue.com | Banjo Damilola

The United Nations General Assembly will vote soon on a draft resolution that calls on countries to take steps to force Israel to comply with international law and the UN Charter in its war on Hamas. The text also calls for an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave, alongside other sweeping demands in the multipage document.
The Saudis and French Revive the Two-State Solution: A Video With Guyana's Envoy

3 weeks ago | passblue.com | Banjo Damilola

As Israel’s war on Gaza intensifies, Guyana’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, reaffirmed the need for a two-state solution as the only lasting path to end the conflict. “I know that there are many who seem to think that the two-state solution is fading, but this is not what Guyana believes, and this is not what the majority of the United Nations member states believe,” she told PassBlue in an exclusive interview.
The Saudis and French Revive the Two-State Solution

3 weeks ago | passblue.com | Banjo Damilola

As Israel’s war on Gaza intensifies, Guyana’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, reaffirmed the need for a two-state solution as the only lasting path to end the conflict. “I know that there are many who seem to think that the two-state solution is fading, but this is not what Guyana believes, and this is not what the majority of the United Nations member states believe,” she told PassBlue in an exclusive interview.
Guyana Empowers an Afro-Caribbean Alliance Through A3+

3 weeks ago | passblue.com | Banjo Damilola

The Guyana delegation to the United Nations is building a strong alliance with Africa through the country’s two-year term on the Security Council. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Guyana’s permanent representative to the UN, counted enhancing the Afro-Caribbean alliance as one of her country’s proudest diplomatic accomplishments during its tenure, which ends on Dec. 31, 2025.
It Happened at the UN: Week Ending May 30

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.