The candidates will appear before the General Assembly on April 21-22 to take questions from member states and civil society. Shortly following these General Assembly dialogues, PassBlue and 1 for 8 ...

Recently, the Secretary-General candidates participated in General Assembly interactive dialogues to explain their visions for the United Nations. An expert group of 15 NGOs share what the candidates ...

The UN entity is playing a role in enabling the US program to deport migrants and asylum seekers to third countries, including to places that do not offer basic human rights protections. Some of the ...

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Chandramouli Ramanathan, the UN’s controller, told reporters on July 1, 2026, that the organization has averted a “crash” related to its financial situation by temporarily overhauling a decades-old, ...

Espinosa proposes a Prevention and Early Action Hub reporting directly to the Secretary-General, with integrated early warning and rapid political engagement capacity. She champions a “local first” ...

It turns out that some nominees have dual citizenship, which is not a technicality that prevents their campaigns from continuing but raises questions among member states. (Sall has one citizenship, ...

The Security Council, above, will soon begin holding private interviews with the candidates vying to lead the UN as secretary ...

[UN: June 5] American Deputy Booted Over Unpaid Dues, New Security Council Members & Lots More - PassBlue ...

Dulcie Leimbach is a co-founder, with Barbara Crossette, of PassBlue. For PassBlue and other publications, Leimbach has reported from New York and overseas from West Africa (Burkina Faso and Mali) and ...

Pramila Patten, head of the UN office on ending sexual violence in war, far left, visiting a refugee camp in North Darfur, 2018. Secretary-General António Guterres unveiled aspects of his UN80 reform ...

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