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Author: RICK GLADSTONE

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Russia Blocks U.N. Move to Treat Climate as Security Threat

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021RICK GLADSTONEComments Off on Russia Blocks U.N. Move to Treat Climate as Security Threat

The Russian veto of a widely supported Security Council resolution pointed to the difficulty of achieving a unified response to global warming.

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Jailed Journalists Reach Record High for Sixth Year in 2021

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021RICK GLADSTONEComments Off on Jailed Journalists Reach Record High for Sixth Year in 2021

The Committee to Protect Journalists, a press freedom monitoring group, said 293 journalists were behind bars this year, more than a quarter of them in China.

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U.N. Seats Denied, for Now, to Afghanistan’s Taliban and Myanmar’s Junta

December 1, 2021December 2, 2021RICK GLADSTONEComments Off on U.N. Seats Denied, for Now, to Afghanistan’s Taliban and Myanmar’s Junta

A powerful United Nations committee deferred a decision on applications by the ruling authorities of both countries, widely regarded as pariahs, to replace envoys of the governments they had toppled.

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Belarus-Poland Clash Spills Into U.N. Security Council

November 11, 2021November 12, 2021RICK GLADSTONEComments Off on Belarus-Poland Clash Spills Into U.N. Security Council

The United States joined several countries in a statement condemning Belarus, but the Russian envoy dismissed their criticism as politically motivated hypocrisy.

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Ethiopia Seizes 16 UN Workers Amid Efforts to Halt Tigray War

November 9, 2021November 10, 2021RICK GLADSTONEComments Off on Ethiopia Seizes 16 UN Workers Amid Efforts to Halt Tigray War

The detentions aggravated the already tense relations between the United Nations and the Ethiopian government over war and hunger in the country’s rebel-held Tigray region.

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G20 Agenda Includes Nuclear Impasse With Iran

October 30, 2021October 30, 2021RICK GLADSTONEComments Off on G20 Agenda Includes Nuclear Impasse With Iran

Biden administration officials have suggested that time is running out to salvage the 2015 accord under which Iran sharply curtailed its nuclear activities.

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U.S. Regains Seat at U.N. Human Rights Council, 3 Years After Quitting

October 14, 2021October 14, 2021RICK GLADSTONEComments Off on U.S. Regains Seat at U.N. Human Rights Council, 3 Years After Quitting

The Trump administration called the 47-nation council hypocritical and said it was vilifying Israel. The Biden administration says the U.S. can be more effective as a member.

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Anti-Nobel Sentiment Spawns Alternative Awards Over Time

October 8, 2021October 8, 2021RICK GLADSTONEComments Off on Anti-Nobel Sentiment Spawns Alternative Awards Over Time

Some authoritarian countries have created their own anti-Nobel awards.

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Pandora Papers Leak: What to Know

October 4, 2021October 5, 2021RICK GLADSTONEComments Off on Pandora Papers Leak: What to Know

Revelations from nearly 12 million leaked confidential financial records have thrown light on the concealed wealth of powerful public figures around the world. How do they hide their money, and why is this information important?

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In Week of Words, It Often Seemed Like the Divided Nations

September 29, 2021RICK GLADSTONEComments Off on In Week of Words, It Often Seemed Like the Divided Nations

The General Assembly speeches exalted the ideals of the United Nations but showed intransigence on many longstanding disputes and armed conflicts, some nearly as old as the organization itself.

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