UNcovered by Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin | October 2020
HIGHLIGHTS • UN’s World Food Program Wins Nobel Peace Prize • WTO Selecting New Director General • Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Reaches Ratification Threshold• Humans Rights Council Activities• UN brokered Libyan Ceasefire• Covid Cohort Fears At UN Headquarters UN’s World Food Program Wins Nobel Peace Prize The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has been awarded the 2020 Nobel […]
UNcovered by Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin | September 2020
HIGHLIGHTS • A novel 75th anniversary session of the United Nations • Contention Exemplifies Security Council Dysfunction• Environmental Priorities Rise On Global Agenda • Independent Panel starts probing Pandemic • David Overcomes Goliath The United Nations (UN) system, is both a stage and an actor. It provides a unique platform for stakeholders (primarily States) to engage and arrive at shared solutions to shared […]