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There’s New Evidence of Chemical Weapons in Syria, Now a Showdown is Looming at the Security Council

Chemical Weapons have been used — again — in Syria. A report transmitted to the Security Council yesterday by a the UN-backed Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons found several instances of chemical...

Can a New Peacekeeping Force Stabilize South Sudan?

There is an important vote at the Security Council today to extend and expand the mandate of the beleaguered UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. The resolution will likely pass. But the weeks that follow will be a key test...

The UN is electing new members of the Security Council today. This is a big deal

UN Member States will elect five new members of the Security Council today. These elections are to replace five countries who are rotating out of the Security Council next year when their two year term as non-permanent members expire. (For...

Can the UN End the Longest Running Civil War in the Western Hemisphere?

For the last fifty years, Colombia has been embroiled in a horrendous civil war with FARC insurgents. Some 220,000 people have been killed and millions displaced. Now, the government and FARC are closer then they have ever been to signing...

A Consequential Meeting for Peace in Syria

This is a big moment for Syria. And the world. Foreign ministers from most of the Security Council, including John Kerry and his Russian counter-part Sergei Lavrov are in New York today to debate, discuss and (hopefully) approve a Security...

Why the “Snap Back” Provision is the Most Brilliant Part of the Iran Deal

One of the biggest challenges to American and European negotiators during the Iran nuclear talks was the question of how to reimpose the sanctions if Iran was credibly found to be cheating. This is called a “snap back” provision —...

Can the UN Put the Financial Squeeze on ISIL?

The Security Council did something unusual today. It came together in a profound moment of unity and unanimously passed a resolution on Syria. The normal divisions between the USA and Russia that have stymied action on Syria over the past...

Ukraine is Very, Very Close to an All Out Civil War

January has been a cruel month for the prospects of peace in Ukraine. As the international community mulls new measures against Russia and continues to debate how to best address the conflict, the fighting has reached new levels of intensity....

These Stories Will Drive the Agenda at the United Nations in 2015

A look ahead at the trends, events, ideas and debates that will shape the conversation in Turtle Bay.

There’s New Evidence of Chemical Weapons in Syria, Now a Showdown is Looming at the Security Council

Can a New Peacekeeping Force Stabilize South Sudan?

The UN is electing new members of the Security Council today. This is a big deal

Can the UN End the Longest Running Civil War in the Western Hemisphere?

A Consequential Meeting for Peace in Syria

Why the “Snap Back” Provision is the Most Brilliant Part of the Iran Deal

Can the UN Put the Financial Squeeze on ISIL?

Ukraine is Very, Very Close to an All Out Civil War

These Stories Will Drive the Agenda at the United Nations in 2015

UNAIDS and the Millennium Villages

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 5 – Bathing in Yakawlang

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 6 – The Legacy of War Crimes

The Obama Agenda at the United Nations