Fueled by a feeling that they were sidelined, civil society members deplored a “lack of ambition,” they say, that could be ...

The United Nations Security Council is being increasingly criticized for failing to bring peace to many conflicts raging ...

Georgios Kostakos is a former senior UN official and member of the Peacemaking Reflection Group of former UN system staff (PRG), which is supported by the Foundation for Global Governance and ...

• A Zambian peacekeeper was killed by unidentified armed men on June 20, 2025, as they attacked a patrol of Minusca.

• Spokesperson’s briefing: Guterres will convene Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders and representatives of the guarantor powers Greece, UK and Türkiye in the UN’s New York City headquarters July 16-17 ...

The Commission on Narcotic Drugs, which governs the UNODC, took a historic step this year by approving a resolution calling for an independent panel to review how global drug-control treaties are ...

Stephen Schlesinger is a Fellow at the Century Foundation in New York City. He is the former Director of the World Policy Institute at the New School (1997-2006) and former publisher of the quarterly ...

PassBlue is a nonprofit, independent women-led media company that covers foreign affairs and the United Nations with a focus on women’s issues and the impact of major world powers on ordinary citizens ...

Fiona Curtin is the Communications Adviser of FUNDS, helping to coordinate the project's communications and social media activities. She worked for more than 10 years at the UN and in the NGO sector ...

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Damilola Banjo is an award-winning staff reporter for PassBlue who has covered a wide range of topics, from Africa-centered stories to gender equality to UN peacekeeping and US-UN relations. She also ...

Damilola Banjo is an award-winning staff reporter for PassBlue who has covered a wide range of topics, from Africa-centered stories to gender equality to UN peacekeeping and US-UN relations. She also ...