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  • Sudan offers talks with Southern rebels
    Source: Al Jazeera

    Sudan's defence minister has extended an offer to hold direct talks with Southern rebels, paving the way for dialogue between the two groups for the first time.

    News Article | Published 9 weeks 1 day ago
  • Afghanistan: Security Council extends mission amid calls for continued UN support
    Source: UN News Centre

    The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan for another year, after Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other speakers urged continued UN support to the Government as it assumes full responsibility in most areas by 2014.

    News Article | Published 9 weeks 2 days ago
  • Mali: Stabilising Northern Mali - Different Approaches to Peace Operations
    Source: AllAfrica

    In spite of the explanations provided by United Nations (UN) officials, who emphasised that MONUSCO's mandate is to protect civilians and not take part in fighting between warring parties, this situation generated an outcry both within and outside the country. Many failed to understand why the largest UN peacekeeping operation in the world, deployed under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, was not making use of its capabilities to stop the advancing rebels.

    News Article | Published 10 weeks 2 days ago
  • Russia Wants U.S. to Urge Syria Rebels into Peace Talks
    Source: Reuters

    (Reuters) – Russia called on the United States on Tuesday to press the Syrian opposition to hold direct talks with Damascus, saying President Bashar al-Assad’s opponents must appoint negotiators. 

    News Article | Published 12 weeks 2 days ago
  • Fighting Hits Congo After Regional Powers Sign Pact
    Source: The Wall Street Journal

    KAMPALA, Uganda—Hopes for a United Nations deal struck this weekend aimed at ending the long-running conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo quickly began to unravel, as rival rebel groups in eastern Congo entered into a second day of fighting on Monday.

    News Article | Published 12 weeks 3 days ago

 

Partner Press Releases

  • Congressional Testimony Stresses Importance of UN
    Better World Campaign Executive Director Peter Yeo Testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs

    WASHINGTON – Better World Campaign Executive Director Peter Yeo testified today before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the important role played by the United Nations and the value of effective engagement in the international body for the United States. 

    Press Release | Published 2 years 17 weeks ago
  • Better World Campaign Announces Launch of New Website
    Refreshed Online Portal Will Facilitate 21st Century Engagement on U.S.-UN Relations, Global Issues


    The Better World Campaign (BWC) today announced the launch of its new website that reflects the strong and effective relationship between the United States and the United Nations. The new BWC website utilizes new and innovative technologies to improve access to information and enable interactive communications.  

    Press Release | Published 2 years 27 weeks ago
  • UN Must Train Its Peacekeepers on Prevention and Response to Sexual Violence

    Refugees International welcomed the publication today of a practical “inventory” document that details actions UN peacekeepers can take to deter perpetrators and assist survivors of sexual violence. Despite increased attention, rates of sexual violence in places like Darfur and the Democratic Republic of Congo where peacekeeping forces are deployed show no signs of abating.

    Press Release | Published 2 years 46 weeks ago
  • Chairman Conrad's Budget Snubs Calls from National Security Leaders
    USGLC responds to Senate Budget FY11 mark

    Cuts to President’s International Affairs Budget Request Disregard “Smart Power” Consensus

    April 21, 2010

    Washington, DC — The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition today released the following statement from Executive Director Liz Schrayer on Senate Budget Committee Chairman Conrad’s cut to the International Affairs Budget:

    Press Release | Published 3 years 4 weeks ago
  • Better World Campaign Launches www.UnitedInPeacekeeping.com
    Interactive website details how UN Peacekeeping Missions promote American Interests

    Today, the Better World Campaign announced  the launch of www.UnitedInPeacekeeping.com, an innovative new website highlighting active United Nations peacekeeping missions around the globe and how they enhance American interests.

    Press Release | Published 3 years 8 weeks ago

 

Partner Op-Eds

  • Liberia: The Forgotten Experiment In Nation-Building

    By Benjamin Flowers
    Henry L. Stimson Center
    Op-Ed | Published 2 years 31 weeks ago
  • Improving Security Through Accountability: Exploring Options For Transitional Justice In The DRC

    Last week the United Nations released a mapping report of human rights violations committed from 1993 to 2003 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The report's ultimate objective was not to expose the Rwandan army's role in perpetrating abuses-as has been popularly portrayed-nor even to document abuses, which occupy only a portion of its more than 500 pages. Rather, the desired objective is accountability for those abuses, and the report therefore explores potential for transitional justice in the DRC.

    By Madeline England
    Henry L. Stimson Center
    Op-Ed | Published 2 years 32 weeks ago
  • Roger Meece to Replace Alan Doss

    Ban Ki-Moon announced yesterday that US diplomat Roger Meece would replace Alan Doss as the head of MONUC (soon to be MONUSCO). Meece was the US ambassador in Kinshasa between 2004-2007 and the Deputy Chief of Mission 1995-1998 (I if remember correctly he was the acting ambassador during the beginning of the 1998 war, when he organized the evacuation of embassy staff in Kinshasa). He was also US ambassador to Malawi from 2000-2003.

    By Jason Stearns
     | Op-Ed | Published 2 years 49 weeks ago
  • U.S. must help stop Sudan's slow-motion war

    The largest conventional war on the face of the earth in 2011 will occur in Sudan unless bold diplomacy led by the U.S. prevents it. The most dangerous tripwire will be in seven months, when southern Sudanese will vote to determine whether the South splits off and forms a new country. Some ruling party officials don't want to give up the oil-rich South without a fight. Southerners spilled a great deal of blood to win the right to opt out of Sudan, and they will keep fighting until they have their own state.

    By John Prendergast and George Clooney
    ENOUGH Project
    Op-Ed | Published 2 years 49 weeks ago
  • In Congo, U.N. Official’s Assurances Ring Hollow as Peacekeepers Prepare to Withdraw

    In April, the force commander for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, General Babacar Gaye, visited the small town of Dingila in the isolated northeastern corner of Congo. The U.N. has a base there, but it’s the only presence the U.N. peacekeeping mission, or MONUC, has in the entire Bas Uele district, where the Lord’s Resistance Army’s frequent attacks have gone largely unreported. Accompanied by the regional leader of the Congolese army, Lieutenant General Gaye announced that the peacekeepers in Dingila will leave by the end of this month.

    By Ledio Cakaj
    ENOUGH Project
    Op-Ed | Published 2 years 50 weeks ago

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