Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, assassinated at the outset of the US-Israeli war, on Feb. 28, as well as Iranian schoolchildren killed in a US strike on a school in Minab. His tone throughout ...
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Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica has regained the lead in the process to become the next United Nations secretary-general after receiving nine “encourage” votes in the Security Council’s third secret ...
The essayists write that Sri Lankan troops are to be deployed in the armed force, even though decades ago a Sri Lanka military court convicted troops of sexual exploitation and abuse while they were ...
Secretary-General António Guterres’s term ends on Dec. 31. The General Assembly will appoint his successor based on the recommendation of the Security Council, and the new UN boss is expected to take ...
The essayists write that “climate has never left the scene” in the UN secretary-general candidates’ race. Yet there is no ...
In an exclusive interview with PassBlue, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Pakistan's permanent representative to the United Nations and an elected member of the Security Council, outlined Islamabad's approach to ...
It’s that time of year again when world leaders descend on New York for the United Nations’ annual General Assembly. In this special podcast episode, Dulcie Leimbach, editor-in-chief of PassBlue, and ...
PassBlue and the 1 for 8 Billion campaign are working together to increase public awareness of candidates’ visions for the United Nations. Our partners – 15 leading NGOs with diverse expertise – have ...
The United States has paid $827 million toward its outstanding assessed contribution to the United Nations regular and peacekeeping budgets, providing a major cash infusion as the organization ...
The UN General Assembly debate with candidates campaigning for secretary-general, July 23, 2026. A PassBlue investigation into the English-language Wikipedia pages of each candidate, now numbering ...
President William Ruto of Kenya, center, touring new offices at the UN’s compound in Nairobi, July 2025. The UN is expanding its largest hub in the global South, but human rights defenders, including ...