Reflecting on 70 Years of the Genocide Convention: Is It Effective?
by Maliheh Bitaraf On December 9, 2018, the United Nations commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention
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Why the UN Needs to Double its Efforts on LGBTQI Rights
by Sushant Naidu In December 2016, Earle Courtenay Rattray, the Jamaican Ambassador to the UN, mentioned that he would receive
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The UN Isn’t Failing
by Michael Galloway Claims that the United Nations is failing are short-sighted and misunderstand both its purpose and its methods
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Leaving No One Behind: A Partnership between the United Nations and Faith-Based Organizations
By Roger Alfani In 1994, authors of the book edited by Douglas Johnson and Cynthia Sampson, Religion, the Missing Dimension
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The Diplomacy Cable 05/08/2017
The Diplomacy Cable With the invention of the telegraph cables in the 19th century, international consulates and embassies began sending
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Interview: US, UN and Democratic Reforms in Venezuela
The following transcript is a translated conversation conducted by Joel Martinez with Ron Boquier, a human rights lawyer working for
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Entrevista: Estados Unidos, Naciones Unidas y Reformas Democráticas en Venezuela
La siguente entrevista es una conversación con el señor Ron Boquir, un abogado para los derechos humanos trabajando con la
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U.N.’s New Secretary-General: Transition of Power or Transition of Expectations?
The United Nations appeared in international headlines in the past weeks with the appointment of António Guterres as the organization’s
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Pushing the Right Buttons in Iran
Last week UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon submitted a report to the General Assembly on the situation of human rights
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2016 Social Good Summit: Kerry Imagines Humanitarian Grand Strategy
The 2016 Social Good Summit, held in New York and sponsored by the United Nations Foundation, allowed celebrities, members
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