In makeshift camps across Gaza, women carry the burden of keeping their families functioning each day. Cooking, for example, requires collecting wood to make an open fire for breakfast, above. But ...
Results of PassBlue's Survey: 'Vote for the Next UN Secretary-General' - PassBlueThe results are in from our recent informal readers’ survey on who should be the next UN secretary-general for the five ...
The event was held at the headquarters in New York City as the UN is grappling with its worst financial crisis in 80 years and is negotiating next year’s annual general operating budget, estimated to ...
On Dec. 19, 2025, the Troika group of the US, Norway and Britain, which has anchored Western policy on South Sudan, issued a statement urging the country’s leaders to “urgently reverse course. All ...
It Happened at the UN: Week Ending July 4 - PassBlueFourth of July fireworks, viewed from Brooklyn, N.Y., near the East River. When the founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence, in 1776 ...
In early December, the international Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal in The Hague presented its verdict on the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan. Two days later, on Dec. 13, the French Senate ...
In this exclusive, wide-ranging video interview with PassBlue, Slovenian Ambassador Samuel Zbogar to the United Nations reflects on his country’s two-year term as an elected member of the Security ...
“A Digital Future For All” event during the UN’s Summit of the Future, Sept. 21, 2025. The essayist, a former communications director for the world body, warns about its growing reliance on AI in its ...
An event marking UN Day featured Annalena Baerbock, above, the president of the General Assembly, Oct. 24, 2025. She and the monthly rotating president of the Security Council will play a vital role ...
US Customs and Border Protection officers processing travelers arriving on international flights at the Baltimore/Washington airport, Feb. 27, 2025. The Trump administration’s travel restrictions will ...
South Africa’s flow of coal exports to Israel has continued in record numbers amid the Gaza war, despite South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide at the International Court of Justice. The coal ...
Jihan al-Taei, an Iraqi politician who has founded a new women-led party, al-Mawadda, despite facing high hurdles at every juncture. Its launching occurs amid the country’s long, uneven struggle for ...