Thursday, July 19th, 2018
On Thursday, July 19th, the United Nations Correspondents Association held a press conference with Human Rights Watch to launch their newest report titled ‘These Killings Can be Stopped’ on the crisis in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions based on an April 2018 mission to the country. Speakers were: (left to right in photo below) Akshaya Kumar, Deputy
Thursday, July 19th, 2018
On Thursday, July 19th, the United Nations Correspondents Association held a press conference with the Walk Free Foundation to launch the Global Slavery Index 2018 which uses world-leading research to estimate the prevalence of modern slavery country...
Friday, July 13th, 2018
The United Nations Correspondents Association marks its 70th anniversary in 2018 – seven decades of journalism committed to reporting on the UN and its many causes and objectives. On Tuesday, June 26th, UNCA hosted the launch of...
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
The United Nations Correspondents Association hosted a special screening of the feature film The Journey is the Destination about the life of Reuters photojournalist Dan Eldon. The screening was followed by a conversation with director Bronwen Hughes, producer Kathy Eldon and...
Wednesday, May 9th, 2018
On Wednesday, May 9th, 2018, the United Nations Correspondents Association held a press conference with Nihal Saad, the Spokesperson for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) over allegations of UN censorship of a postponed World Press Freedom...
Tuesday, May 8th, 2018
On Tuesday, May 8th, the United Nations Correspondents Association held a press conference with Human Rights Watch, Fortify Rights, Amnesty International and the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect on the urgent need for Security Council...
Tuesday, May 8th, 2018
(Speakers left to right: Bonnie Bley, Research Fellow on the Asia Power Index Project, Hervé Lemahieu, Director of the Lowy Institute Asia Power Index Project, Michael Fullilove, Executive Director of the Lowy Institute, Seana Magee, Moderator, UNCA Executive Committee...
Friday, May 4th, 2018
On Friday, May 4th, the United Nations Correspondents Association held a press briefing with President Donald Trump’s nominee for Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Ken Isaacs. VIDEO, BIO and White House statement are...
Friday, April 6th, 2018
The United Nations Correspondents Association held a press briefing on Friday, April 6th with Her Excellency Ms. Haneen Zoabi, Member of Israeli Knesset from the Arab joint list, who was in the US participating in a speaking tour....
Wednesday, March 28th, 2018
The United Nations Correspondents Association held a press briefing with nuclear experts on the Growing Nuclear Dangers and Prospects for the UN High Level Conference on Nuclear Disarmament, on March 28th in the UNCA briefing room. Speakers included:...
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The #Trump administration is threatening to veto a German-led UN SecCouncil resolution on ending sexual violence against women in wars, refusing to negotiate language on sexual reproductive health services. The lowdown: passblue.com/2019/04/18/wil… @GloriaSteinem @OVWJustice #UNSC
#Trump's foreign policy tends to choose the path that is best for him, or the one that amuses him, or feeds into his craving for chaos, even if his decision is the worst possible move. Nowhere is this more evident than his approach to #Israel Our analysis passblue.com/2019/04/17/whe…
My heart goes out to the beautiful souls of so many amazing bright people who perished in gulags or were marginalized under Stalin’s paranoid and primitive oppression. twitter.com/business/statu…
A poll shows that respect among Russians for Josef Stalin has surged, with 70 percent saying his rule had been good for the country https://t.co/CtoCjjuVIw
— Bloomberg (@business) April 20, 2019
Cash hoard found at Omar al-Bashir's home #Sudan bbc.com/news/world-afr…
Still wondering when the storm drains will be cleaned tho. That’s the lowest hanging fruit in preparation for storm surges and just plain old rain. twitter.com/nycmayor/statu…
Climate change is THE existential threat of our time. @realDonaldTrump and the federal government continue to run from it — so it's up to our cities to step up. pic.twitter.com/kUCjl54Qbf
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) April 19, 2019
Here Hunters Point South Park, Long Island City, Queens, New York & @EmpireStateBldg photo by @nyclovesnyc ~ a beautiful spring sight
Thanks! It's certainly true: #AlShabaab and others can buy guns on the black market. Indeed, there is no shortage of weapons swishing around. But as one dip told me: "Stealing them is a whole lot cheaper". twitter.com/ahmedwardigley…
From 1991 there was at Bakara Market-#Mogadishu- an open market unlicensed-for every type of #Guns,ammunition .From Puntland, #Bosaso port-region Guns were coming and leaving country and also were #Ethiopia supply to warlords from 1990.From 2006 supply came from Amisom/Ethiopia.
— Ahmed Ali M.Ossoble (@ahmedwardigley) April 20, 2019
Not exactly my thamma’s savory jackfruit. But she who fed a family of six on a tight budget and w/o a fridge would be pleased that I have used everything I had left over, including half a yam and a tin of chopped tomatoes. 🍠
so true & that includes chain of command from #US mission to #UN in NY to #StateDept twitter.com/mradamtaylor/s…
French Ambassador Gérard Araud leaving Washington in a blaze of glory. Talking to WaPo he says of Trump administration: "the chain of command, of information up and down, is basically broken." https://t.co/SQaAcDxSnX
— Adam Taylor (@mradamtaylor) April 19, 2019
