List of United Nations articles
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An Indian soldier watches a British Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter at the United Nations' headquarters in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on May 9, 2000. How Wars End
The shifting nature of war has made peacemaking more difficult. A new kind of back-channel diplomacy can help.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks to the media at the United Nations headquarters in New York on July 28, 2015. The U.N.’s Moment in Venezuela Has Arrived
Nicolás Maduro has given the international community the opening it’s been waiting for.
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The headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is located in The Hague on April 4, 2018. Don’t Kick Russia Out of the Chemical Weapons Convention Over Navalny
Doing so would be a death sentence for global nonproliferation efforts.
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World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wears a mask after leaving a ceremony in Geneva on June 11, 2020. The World Should Treat Pandemics Like It Treats Chemical Weapons
Plans for a global pandemic treaty don’t solve the problem of China’s refusal to cooperate.
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Christine Schraner Burgener arrives at Sittwe Airport in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. The End of Quiet Diplomacy in Myanmar
The U.N. dials up the pressure campaign against Myanmar’s putschists.
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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus takes off his glasses and rubs his eyes. The World Needs a Post-Pandemic Health Treaty With Teeth
WHO has no power to demand openness or independently confirm data at present.
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The General Assembly Hall of the U.N. The United States Must Pay the United Nations What It Owes
There are few better ways for the country to reclaim its credibility and moral authority.
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Ethiopian soldiers at a refugee camp in Tigray. UNDP Memo Echoes Ethiopian Talking Points on Tigray
Agency memo sidesteps questions around government’s role in Tigray.
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The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva Can Biden Fix the U.N. Human Rights Council?
The administration insists it can succeed where two U.S. presidents already tried and failed.
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Pro-Uighur protesters demonstrate outside the White House in Washington, on Aug. 14, 2020. State Department Lawyers Concluded Insufficient Evidence to Prove Genocide in China
Despite the Trump administration’s declaration of a genocide in Xinjiang, upheld by the Biden administration, some legal experts suspect China’s behavior may fall short of actual genocide.
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield Biden’s Pick for U.N. Ambassador Will Have to Juggle Containment and Collaboration With China
The administration is moving quickly to reassert U.S. leadership but needs Beijing’s support for major initiatives.
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield Our Top Weekend Reads
Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s journey from the Jim Crow South, why global celebrities are taking on Modi, and what the United States shouldn’t do about Myanmar’s coup.
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield answers questions during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington on Jan. 27. Gumbo Diplomacy Comes to Turtle Bay
Linda Thomas-Greenfield is set to take center stage at the United Nations.
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A U.N. police officer stands at an empty entrance at the United Nations Sept. 22, 2020. India’s Seat at the Table
The country has long been denied a permanent place on the U.N. Security Council, but it has itself to blame.
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A MINUSCA soldier Only Central Africans Can Save the Central African Republic
The international community can help rebuild the army and institutions, but its presence cannot be permanent.
