The GCERF, for example, aims to prevent extremism. As a former executive director of Unicef, I came on board to help launch ...

As global e-trash accelerates, informal waste economies have sprung up in many places, creating serious health hazards and questioning the usefulness of the Basel convention on controlling ...

The Race to Lead the UN, by Tamao Chika and Jennifer Hernandez • Who’s the Sole Palestinian Woman in the US-Led Board of Peace?, by Arshi Qureshi • Hot water: The names of two Norwegian diplomats, ...

Hana al-Tarazi is the only woman on the newly named National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, the technocratic bureau of the US-led Board of Peace. Her role is social affairs commissioner.

The race to select the next United Nations secretary-general has started. As of December 2025, 108 member states, noting that ...

Security Council for the month, his country will prioritize the world’s three biggest wars, Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine, as well as the women, peace and security agenda. Advocates raise doubts, however, ...

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres on his way to holding a virtual town hall with UN personnel, Feb. 2, 2025. Besides staffing cuts of 22 percent across the UN system, Guterres is grappling with ...

On Jan. 30, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced in Madrid, at a conference on women leading the UN, that his country supports the idea of a woman secretary-general. Bachelet was a panelist ...

Artists Against the Bomb walking exhibition, held during Nuclear Ban Week, New York City, March 1, 2025. The author says the best way to stop the threat of another nuclear arms race is to turn to the ...

The first televised live debate in the UN General Assembly focusing on candidates for secretary-general, 2016. The essayists argue that it’s not only time for a woman to finally lead the UN, as the ...

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