Order of Malta at the General Assembly: The Issue of Refugees Impacts the World

L’Ordine di Malta all’Assemblea Generale: “La questione degli sfollati colpisce il mondo”

UNGA76 President Abdulla Shahid: “Se necessario, userò poteri mai usati in 75 anni”

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UNGA76 President Shahid: “If Necessary, I Will Use Powers Never Used in 75 Years”

The 75th General Assembly of the United Nations passed the torch to number 76 on Tuesday, with the establishment of GA President Abdulla Shahid. A Foreign Minister in the Maldives and an experienced diplomat who studied at the prestigious Fletcher...

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Was Former GA Pres. Espinosa’s Success Enough to Reach the Helm of UN?

byChristiana Remarck

As one of the final acts as President of the General Assembly, Ms. Espinosa passed the gavel on to the new President, Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande of Nigeria. Nigeria’s former UN representative banged the gavel to open his year in office...

Presidente del Parlamento dell’Umanità: María Fernanda Espinosa, pensieri e poteri

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President of the World Parliament María Fernanda Espinosa: Reflections and Power

byGiulia Pozzi

The ex-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ecuador and first Latin American woman to be elected President of the General Assembly of the UN answers our questions on Sustainable Development Goals and the UN’s battle – that sees Italy among its...

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Trump Attacks China for Meddling in 2018 Election at the UN Security Council

byMichael Feynberg

Trump gets off topic at the beginning of the United Nations Security Council meeting on the "nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction." However, other presidents stay on track and criticize the United State's foreign policy and interventionist action.

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U.N. Elects First Latin-American Woman to Be President of General Assembly

byValentina Zavala-Arbelaez

After more than a decade of male General Assembly president's, the president-elect dedicated her election to “all the women in the world who participate in politics today and who face political and media attacks marked by machismo and discrimination.”

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Yemen: l’Assemblea Generale ONU passa, la tragedia continua (nel silenzio)

byDavide Mamone

E sì che la soluzione alla tragedia umanitaria già ci sarebbe, "delineata nella dichiarazione presidenziale adottata lo scorso 15 giugno", spiega l'ambasciatore italiano Cardi. Ma la comunità internazionale, mentre il mondo si dimentica dello Yemen, è in confusione: gli USA...

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UN Welcomes IOM to the Table

byJoanna Wagner

Director General of the International Organization for Migration states that “This is an historic day, not only for IOM and the UN, but for migrants and their families across the globe” as UN General Assembly unanimously votes to make the...

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Italy Elected to UN Security Council for 2017 After Splitting Seat

byTeddy Ostrow

Italy and the Netherlands' solution to split the seat of the non-permanent 2017-18 term of the UN Security Council may be a potential sign for greater unity of the EU in the UN. Leaders hint at a European Union seat...

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UN General Assembly Aims to End AIDS by 2030

byTeddy Ostrow

The UN General Assembly passed a resolution that outlines the goals of the international effort to battle the global pandemic of HIV/AIDS over the next five years, as well as the long-term goal of extinguishing HIV/AIDS as a public health...