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The Responsibility to Protect Gets a Checkup
Libyans celebrating in November 2011 in Msallata, marking the 93rd anniversary of the Republic of Tripolitania, formally under Italian rule. NATO's bombing of Libya during its rebellion last spring is...
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UN Security Council Sends an Observer Team to Syria
Vitaly Churkin, Russia's ambassador to the UN, told reporters recently that his country was the "first to endorse" the Kofi Annan peace plan in Syria. PAULO FILGUEIRAS/UN PHOTOThe Security Council...
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Protecting Civilians: How It Works
A girl in Freetown, Sierra Leone, during the Nov. 17, 2012 presidential vote. Two parallel principles protecting civilians during conflict exist, but that doesn't mean they always work. JOE...
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Deep Flaws in UN Response to Sri Lanka Include R2P Failure
Tamil Tiger cadres boarding a Sea Tiger vessel, often used as suicide bombs, in Mullaitivu in northeastern Sri Lanka, 2003. The Sri Lankan army overtook the rebel-held town in 2009. ISAK BERNTSENThe...
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To End Deep Inequalities, Say Doyle and Stiglitz, Create a Ninth Development...
A scene near the port in Guinea-Bissau’s capital of Bissau. Extreme poverty, two scholars at Columbia University argue, should be addressed in the next set of development goals. JOE PENNEYTwo leading...
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The Rules of War Need a Major Overhaul
In Ukraine, members of the Russian-financed Donetsk People’s Republic militia, “defending” Ilovaisk, a provincial hub, in 2014, against the Ukrainian army. CREATIVE COMMONS Evidence is piling up: the...
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Building a Case for Prosecuting the Genocide of Yazidi Women
Nadia Murad Basee Taha, a Yazidi activist who just told her story of captivity by ISIS in Iraq, Dec. 16, 2015, to the UN Security Council. A new justice movement is advocating for the prosecution of...
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The UN’s Emphasis on Prevention Could Use Lessons From the Case of Guinea
Women searching for relatives amid the Sept. 28, 2009 massacre in Conakry, Guinea. The crimes that occurred during the attack, by state officials, included mass rapes of women. The author questions how...
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The Rules of War Need a Major Overhaul
In Ukraine, members of the Russian-financed Donetsk People’s Republic militia, “defending” Ilovaisk, a provincial hub, in 2014, against the Ukrainian army. CREATIVE COMMONS Evidence is piling up: the...
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Building a Case for Prosecuting the Genocide of Yazidi Women
Nadia Murad Basee Taha, a Yazidi activist who just told her story of captivity by ISIS in Iraq, Dec. 16, 2015, to the UN Security Council. A new justice movement is advocating for the prosecution of...
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The UN’s Emphasis on Prevention Could Use Lessons From the Case of Guinea
Women searching for relatives amid the Sept. 28, 2009 massacre in Conakry, Guinea. The crimes that occurred during the attack, by state officials, included mass rapes of women. The author questions how...
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US Money for Global Women’s Health Is Jeopardized Again
The Trump administration and its allies in the US Congress have again refused to end their severe restrictions on aid to health programs for women globally, including a repeal of the global gag rule. A...
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Africa Will No Longer Be Sidelined: South Africa’s Goal on the UN Security...
Ambassador Jerry Matthews Matjila of South Africa speaking to reporters outside the UN Security Council, Oct. 9, 2019. As president of the Council for the month, he is taking its members on a trip to...
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The $67 Billion UN Pension Fund: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The UN pension fund for staff members has been mired in problems for years. Now, it is slow-walking reforms, says a close observer. Here, a scene at the UN General Assembly opening session, Sept. 28,...
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Why Wait Until Trump Starts Talking to the Paintings?
President Trump speaking this year at the National Association of Realtors. Ousting him through impeachment would be the first step in restoring America’s standing internationally, the author argues....
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A Plan From Darfuri Women to Make Sudan’s New Democracy Work
An ambitious plan to guide the new Sudanese government’s transition to democracy has been presented by a Darfuri women’s rights group to Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who is also brand-new to office....
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Hillary Clinton on Trump’s Foreign Policy: It’s All About Waiting for His...
Hillary Clinton, the former US secretary of state, speaking on Oct. 15, 2019, about China, Syria/Turkey, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and other current US foreign policy points. Moderating is William...
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UN Women Is Criticized for Appearing to Take Sides on Decriminalizing ‘Sex Work’
A coalition of civil society organizations is petitioning UN Women, which is devoted to promoting gender equality worldwide, to think twice about supporting the decriminalization of prostitution, as UN...
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The Cold War Returns as Russia and Iran Disrupt UN Work to Protest Visa...
Vershinin Vasilievich, deputy foreign minister of Russia, chairs a Security Council meeting on Syria, Sept. 30, 2019. Behind him is Vassily Nebenzia, Russia’s ambassador to the UN. Russia and Iran are...
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A New UK Hotline for Victims of Sexual Harassment Is ‘Constantly Ringing’
A new free dedicated hotline in Britain for women to report sexual harassment at work has been inundated with calls from women of all ages, suggesting the problem may be pervasive. A new hotline is...
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