As Panama assumes the helm of the United Nations Security Council for August, its top envoy is placing maritime security ...

Ulf Laessing, head of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s Sahel program and based in Bamako, told PassBlue: “The US seems to be ...

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more than 80,000 people and set development indicators back 69 years, the UN says. As of 2024 ...

Two weeks after the United States imposed sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the ...

Yet, the first day of the conference yielded mostly speeches in a packed session supporting the two-state path to peace with ...

The Trump administration’s reckless inclination to withdraw from United Nations institutions is damaging United States ...

IOM’s controversial hire; Gaza aid profiteer wants a UN meet-up; Trump’s Human Rights Council problem. Plus: Gaza’s deepening death spiral; US drops UNESCO; water & peace in W. Africa; Pacific ...

Dulcie Leimbach is a co-founder, with Barbara Crossette, of PassBlue. For PassBlue and other publications, Leimbach has reported from New York and overseas from West Africa (Burkina Faso and Mali) and ...

The Trump administration symbolically withdrew from the Geneva-based Human Rights Council in February, accusing the 47-member ...

An IOM spokesperson told PassBlue in an email on July 11 that Sison’s new role was created in September 2024 to expand operations in the organization’s Washington office. “IOM has had a DC office for ...

China and Russia Win Human Rights Council Seats, but the Saudis Get Rejected - PassBlue“It’s no surprise that States that have worked for decades to weaken human rights norms and UN human rights ...