Paris, 10 March 2022 - A New UNESCO report examining global trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development from 2016-2021 highlights the existential threat social media now poses to the very survival of the professional news media. In the last five...
Read moreOnce again Libya is split in two. There are two rival leaders and the scepter of power is being disputed between the eastern and western regions of the country. The nation that has been in the midst of political chaos...
Read morePeace and Security The UN Mission in Colombia was the target of an attack on Thursday, when three vehicles that were part of a joint expedition travelling through a remote area, were approached by armed individuals, although nobody was ultimately injured during...
Read morePresident Joe Biden decided it was time to clear the air and call out those responsible for having violated the US Capitol and American democracy. The person named—finally, one might say--is former President Donald Trump....Yet of course the anger and...
Read moreAmbassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, from the US Mission to the United Nations, announced the consensus adoption of a UN resolution referencing sexual orientation and gender identity yesterday, Thursday 16th of December. The United States is proud to celebrate the first time...
Read moreOverall, the EIU report shows that the number of countries moving in an authoritarian direction in 2020 exceeded those going the opposite way. The pandemic has prolonged this negative trend into a 5-year stretch, the longest such period since the...
Read moreDistinguished Guests, We are here today to celebrate the 160th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between Italy and the United States of America. Our relations date back to the very birth of Italy as a unified nation:...
Read moreWe’ve known for a long time that our nation is, and has been, divided in two camps. One that protects its liberal democratic republic, and the other, at various times denominated “All-American,” “extreme right conservative” and even “White supremacist,” that...
Read moreThe armed criminal supporters--the “pied pipers of Trumpism"-- that stormed the Capitol in what can only be considered an attempted coup d’état, have not only changed the way that the long-established Inauguration ceremony can take place today, they have undermined...
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