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 ...

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

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 ...

• 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Arthur Bassas is a researcher and writer who graduated from St. Andrews in Scotland, majoring in international relations and terrorism. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., and speaks English and French.