Tag: United Nations
9 Articles
- Dialogues
Sweden’s Shift in Global Security: Ambassador Urban Ahlin on NATO, EU Challenges, and Freedom of Expression
GJIA: What role does Sweden aspire to play within the European Union, and how does Sweden see its influence contributing to shaping EU priorities, especially at a time when…
February 11, 2025
- Science & Technology
Female Genital Mutilation
Female genital mutilation (FGM) refers to all procedures involving the partial or total removal of female external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non…
January 30, 2025
- Conflict & Security
The Post-African Union Transition Mission in Somalia and its Regional Security Implications
Introduction Since the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991, Somalia has struggled to return to an effectively functioning central government. Deep social divisions…
July 30, 2024
- Global Governance
The Challenge of Crafting a Global Regime for Plastic Pollution
Introduction While the full extent of the environmental impacts associated with waste plastics and microplastics is becoming ever more clearly understood, plastic use and plastic…
February 28, 2024
- Human Rights & Development
Why Child Soldiering Persists in Africa
Introduction Child recruitment by armed militants and state governments is a persistent issue. Despite 196 countries having ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child and…
February 25, 2024
- Global Governance
The Mali Puzzle: International Isolation, Anti-French Sentiments, and Withdrawal of UN Peacekeepers
The Crisis at a Glance In June 2023, the Government of Mali (GoM) withdrew its consent for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country (MINUSMA). By fueling anti…
January 17, 2024
- Global Governance
Policing Without a Political Plan? The New UN-Backed Mission in Haiti
On October 2, 2023, the United Nations Security Council approved an international policing mission for Haiti, a country whose weak, unelected government and ailing national…
December 18, 2023
- Global Governance
Reforming the United Nations Security Council: Increasing Equality in the International Arena
The United Nations Security Council and the international system of multilateralism are in a predicament. The Council’s structure ensures dialogue between the geopolitical…
September 9, 2022
- Online Archive
After a Decade of Achievement, It Is Time to Move Beyond Fistula
Fistula is an assault on human dignity. It is difficult to write about, let alone treat. Let us therefore hail The Campaign to End Fistula, which was launched by the UN…
May 27, 2013