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Mark Power in The UK at the UN

Feb 28, 2017

Guilt, poison gas and Wilfred Owen revisited

Today the Security Council voted on a resolution seeking to hold accountable those who were responsible for the use of chemical weapons. The resolution failed because Russia and China vetoed it.

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Stephen Hickey in The UK at the UN

Nov 16, 2016

Congo: on the edge

Donald Trump or Joseph Kabila? Which of these men will have the biggest impact on the world in the next year? Ok, so it’s probably Donald Trump. But Joseph Kabila could be close behind. He has the potential to prevent or create turmoil in the second biggest country in Africa and in the wider…

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Matthew Rycroft in The UK at the UN

Jun 23, 2016

Making headlines for the right reasons:

The silencing of guns in Colombia

We talk a lot about ceasefires in the UN Security Council. Sometimes they’re called cessation of hostilities, local freezes, or even just peace agreements. But they all tend to…

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Matt Thoume in The UK at the UN

Jun 22, 2016

Sun salutations in Helmand

Reflections on yoga and Afghanistan

There was some heavy traffic on the @UKUN_NewYork Twitter feed yesterday. No, it wasn’t the General Assembly’s session on Syria. Nor was it the special meeting on preventing sexual violence. And…

UKUN_NewYork in The UK at the UN

May 11, 2016

“Thanks to the love of his family, he never made it to Syria.”

Statement by British Ambassador to the UN, Matthew Rycroft