Monday, March 19th, 2018
On Monday, March 19th, 2018, the United Nations Correspondents Association held a press briefing with International Crisis Group Senior Analyst for Congo, Hans Hoebeke and Senior UN Analyst Ashish Pradhan to present their latest report on the electoral process in the DRC and to discuss the significance of upcoming elections in Africa for the UN.
Friday, February 9th, 2018
The United Nations Correspondents Association held a press conference on Friday, February 9th in the UNCA meeting room with UNRWA’s Director of Operations in the West Bank, Scott Anderson, and the Director of UNRWA’s Representative Office in...
Wednesday, February 7th, 2018
The United Nations Correspondents Association held a press conference with the Director of Operations for the International Committee of the Red Cross, Dominik Stillhart, on Tuesday, February 6th in the UNCA meeting room. BIO: As Director...
Wednesday, September 13th, 2017
On Thursday, September 7th, 2017, the United Nations Correspondents Association hosted a reception to welcome the President-elect of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, His Excellency Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of...
Friday, July 7th, 2017
The United Nations Correspondents Association held a press briefing on Friday, July 7th with members of the UN Core Group (South Africa, Brazil, Austria, Nigeria) joined by delegates from the International Community of the Red Cross (ICRC)...
Wednesday, June 7th, 2017
(From left: Ahmed Fathi, UNCA Executive Member/Moderator; Bassem Youssef, Film Director Sara Taksler) The United Nations Correspondents Association hosted a film screening on June 5th of the documentary “Tickling Giants” by Sara Taksler based on the Egyptian...
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017
From left: Sherwin Brye-Pease (UNCA President), Alexandra Bilak (IDMC), Jan Egeland (NRC) The United Nations Correspondents Association held a press briefing with the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) of the Norwegian Refugee Council to launch the 2017...
Tuesday, May 16th, 2017
(from left: Sherwin Bryce-Pease (UNCA President), Sebastian Junger, Nick Quested) On Monday, May 15th, the United Nations Correspondents Association hosted an exclusive film screening with filmmakers Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested on their recent documentary entitled...
Monday, May 1st, 2017
(From left: Akshaya Kumar, Ken Roth, Lama Fakih) The United Nations Correspondents Association held a press conference with Human Rights Watch on Monday, May 1st to present its latest findings on chemical attacks in Syria, including on...
Tuesday, March 7th, 2017
(From left: Michelle Nichols (UNCA Executive Member), Sonia Kush (Syria Relief), Carolyn Miles (President & CEO, Save the Children), Rolla H., (Save the Children, Syria)) The United Nations Correspondents Association held a press conference with Save the...
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Timing for a vote on this postponed again. Now 6pm Eastern (22 GMT) #Haiti - it is clear no compromise has been reached yet. twitter.com/baysontheroad/…
Details of a draft #UN Security Council resolution on #Haiti are currently the subject to 11th hour negotiations. #China has problems with the text. A resolution needs to be passed Friday - before the mandate of the UN mission @BINUH_UN expires.
— JAMES BAYS (@baysontheroad) October 15, 2021
وجودك معنا على الطرف الثاني من اللقاء دائما يبعث فينا الثقة والاطمئنان. ومرة أخرى كل سنة وانت طيبة وبأفضل صحة وعافية، يا رب! 🌷 twitter.com/cristianbaysar…
شكرا لك العزيز طلال
— كريستيان بيسري (@cristianbaysari) October 15, 2021
حوارات شيّقة كالعادة
US was running on a competitive slate in 2009 twitter.com/RichardGowan1/…
Worth keeping in mind that the Obama administration only got 167 votes when it ran for HRC for first time (ending Bush admin's boycott) in 2009. So it's a step up. https://t.co/2flk6MID4P
— Richard Gowan (@RichardGowan1) October 14, 2021
from "very shrill idealist" to "Machiavellian idealist" twitter.com/KahuraD/status…
“Vieira de Mello began his career, as Samantha Power has noted, as a “very shrill idealist” but evolved into a “Machiavellian idealist.” He was willing to negotiate pragmatically with powerful but repellent figures…” https://t.co/SDSSdevlpQ
— Kahura Njuguna (@KahuraD) October 15, 2021
"It was like having the Chinese government in the room with us during our report negotiations." twitter.com/columlynch/sta…
How China Airbrushes its Nationals' Sanctions Violations Out of the U.N. History Books, the second installment in FP series on U.N. sanctions enforcers https://t.co/P4pntWoNhP
— columlynch (@columlynch) October 15, 2021
Hungry? Hangry? Caffeine-slumped? Our review of 2 cafes offering respite for #UN folks in #NYC twitter.com/pass_blue/stat…
Dahlias for Your Darling, and a Lavender Latte While You Wait https://t.co/nYtkhGuKzf
— PassBlue (@pass_blue) October 14, 2021
British Conservative lawmaker David Amess was stabbed to death on Friday while meeting with constituents at a church in eastern England. In June 2016 Labour Party lawmaker Jo Cox was fatally stabbed and shot in her northern England constituency. twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon…
Elected representatives from across the political spectrum will be united in sadness and shock today. In a democracy, politicians must be accessible and open to scrutiny, but no-one deserves to have their life taken while working for and representing their constituents
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) October 15, 2021
more coming next week twitter.com/columlynch/sta…
How China Airbrushes its Nationals' Sanctions Violations Out of the U.N. History Books, the second installment in FP series on U.N. sanctions enforcers https://t.co/P4pntWoNhP
— columlynch (@columlynch) October 15, 2021
How China Airbrushes its Nationals' Sanctions Violations Out of the U.N. History Books, the second installment in FP series on U.N. sanctions enforcers bit.ly/3lIyGr8
ولهذا السبب تطالب قرارات مجلس الامن والجمعية العامة في الامم المتحدة، ومن بين أهمها 1701 بأن يظل السلاح في يد الدولة فقط، وفي كل دول العالم لا في لبنان والعراق واليمن وحسب، فانت لا تعرف متى يوجه من يحملونه واصفين أنفسهم بأنهم مقاومة وطنية، الى صدور أبناء الوطن أنفسهم! twitter.com/AlHadath/statu…
مشاهد جديدة تظهر استمرار توافد عشرات المسلحين من مدن #لبنان إلى #بيروت#الحدث pic.twitter.com/1pycZlCoDp
— ا لـ حـ ـد ث (@AlHadath) October 14, 2021
A Shiite mosque is bombed in Afghanistan. A UK politician is reported fatally stabbed at his local church. And Hindu temples are under attack in Bangladesh. A trifecta of deadly strife at houses of worship around the world today. @saifhasnat @MujMash nytimes.com/2021/10/15/wor…
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Quito, Ecuador and Bogotá, Colombia
Fully vaccinated South Africans and other foreign nationals will again be able to visit to the United States starting November 8 with COVID-19 travel restrictions set to be lifted. #sabcnews
Meanwhile in the UK: Tory MP Sir David Amess dies after stabbing bbc.co.uk/news/uk-589305…
This is spot on twitter.com/richardgowan1/…
It's 18 years since Sergio Vieira de Mello died with his @UNIraq colleagues in Baghdad. In 2013 I wrote about how Sergio might have navigated major power tensions @UN for @wpreview. I think the analysis, and the dilemmas, still stand @sergiovieirade8 https://t.co/BSOcIdbohv
— Richard Gowan (@RichardGowan1) August 19, 2021
White House readout of meeting between President Joe Biden and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta #sabcnews
"neither Beyond Meat nor Impossible Foods discloses the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from its operations, supply chains or consumer waste. They also do not disclose the effects of their operations on forests or how much water they use." nytimes.com/2021/10/15/bus…
