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US Amb to UN: ‘We’re hopeful’ the Black Sea Grain Initiative can be revived

Ukraine

Since Russia pulled out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative in July, its troops have been attacking Ukraine’s ports, destroying 220,000 metric tons of grain in the past week alone. But US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that the grain deal could be brought back to life.  

South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor addresses the United Nations Security Council.

‘We want Africa to take its place’: African leaders call for more representation at UN Security Council

Global Politics
Two caskets covered with UN flags on display near a Turkish airlines plane and military personel standing nearby.

Peacekeeping work: Part I

Critical State
A boy stands next to the remains of a missile as people line up for aid in the city of Douma in Damascus, Syria, on April 16, 2018.

Syria, chemical weapons and the limits of international law

Commentary
A construction site in the Israeli settlement of Har Homa, known to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim, in the West Bank, on Dec. 22.

Netanyahu: Obama failed to protect Israel against UN ‘gang-up’ and ‘colluded behind the scenes’

Global Politics
Subhi Nahas is a gay refugee from the Syrian city of Idlib.

Subhi Nahas never felt safe as a gay man in Syria — and then ISIS took over his hometown

Conflict

For an openly gay man, life in Syria was never easy. But things are actually getting worse.

Members of the United Nations Security Council vote unanimously to approve a resolution on Syria's chemical arsenal on September 27, 2013.

Thanks, but no thanks, says Saudi Arabia to the UN Security Council

Global Politics

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has wanted a seat on the United Nations Security Council for years, and they were awarded one this week. But instead of celebrating, it only took a few hours for the country to turn down the offer.

A U.N. convoy transporting a team of United Nations experts charged with starting the process of verifying and eliminating chemical weapons arrives at a hotel in Damascus on October 1, 2013.

Weapons inspectors get to work in Syria under a tight deadline

Conflict & Justice

International weapons inspectors have arrived in Damascus to start dismantling Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal. And they’ll be racing to hit a mid-2014 deadline for finishing the job.

US President Barack Obama speaks to reporters about Syria in the Oval Office of the White House on September 27, 2013.

The next step falls into place on Syria’s chemical weapons as Obama talks to Iran’s Rouhani

Diplomacy is moving at an uncharacteristically fast pace as leaders of Iran and the US speak — for the first time in more than 30 years — and the UN moves forward with plans to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons

UN Security Council figures out a way forward on Syria resolution

Global Politics

The five permanent members of the UN security council reached an agreement on Thursday over the wording of a "binding and enforceable" resolution to eliminate Syria's stockpiles of chemical weapons. British and US officials announced the breakthrough after a fast-moving day of diplomacy on the margins of the United Nations general assembly in New York. […]