Diplomacy & Crisis News

A conflict would be long and messy.

Grand perturbateur, l'écrivain polonais Witold Gombrowicz a donné forme aux mensonges qui figent les beaux désordres du vivant. Porté par son rapport à l'histoire de son pays et par les tensions politiques de son temps, il a rendu visibles le burlesque d'une certaine modernité et la bouffonnerie de (...) / Pologne, Culture, Idées, Littérature - 2016/11

Coutumier des propos misogynes et rattrapé par des accusations de harcèlement sexuel, Donald Trump s'est aliéné une partie de l'électorat féminin. Profitant de cette impopularité, Hillary Clinton se présente comme un modèle pour les femmes désirant s'émanciper. Mais l'égalité des sexes demeure un horizon (...) / États-Unis, États-Unis (affaires intérieures), Démographie, Exclusion sociale, Femmes, Inégalités, Politique, Violence - 2016/11

En refusant pendant une semaine d'approuver le CETA, le Parlement de Wallonie s'est attiré les foudres des dirigeants européens et des éditorialistes. Or ce traité de libre-échange alimente une forte contestation populaire. Notamment en Allemagne, où il fracture la société. / Allemagne, Europe, (...) / Allemagne, Europe, Capitalisme, Commerce international, Libéralisme, Mondialisation, Néolibéralisme - 2016/11

Farmers in south-west of Haiti are cultivating a future for the country as they continue to work their land despite the challenges caused by the 14 August earthquake. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) has been supporting their development over many years as FAO’s Jérémie-based staff member Mykerlange Balmir explains.

The 21st century doesn’t belong to China, the United States, or Silicon Valley. It belongs to the internet.

When tackling big, global problems, expect pushback—but keep going.

Around two months into a six-month residency at Dubai Expo, the UN Hub has already attracted a large number of visitors, including several delegations from UN Member States. Dena Assaf, the UN Resident Coordinator for the UAE, and Deputy Commissioner-General of the UN at Expo, says that the event is a unique opportunity to highlight the aims and messages of the Organization.

“The mountain for me is like the ocean, a space of liberty where you go where you want. We must respect these beautiful and magical places.”  

The Nobel Peace Prize winner’s cause is about more than just press freedom.

Asylum-seekers and other migrants continue to be forcefully expelled from Libya, raising concerns at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). 

Brussels likes to ostracize the Polish government, but Warsaw has just done the entire continent a favor.

Beijing’s overreaction to the virtual summit is telling.

Greater protection is needed for civil society representatives who are increasingly being targeted in repressive and life-threatening environments, UN and regional human rights experts said in a joint declaration published on Friday. 

But additional economic sanctions under study could be more devastating to Moscow than the last ones were.

UN Secretary‑General António Guterres announced on Friday, that Catherine Russell of the United States will become the next Executive Director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

“Humiliating and degrading,” is how activist Zulaikha Patel describes some of the racist experiences she and fellow students of colour endured at Pretoria High School for Girls in South Africa.

Despite repeated calls for concrete international action to reduce the tragic death toll of migrants, dozens were killed in Mexico when a crowded truck overturned in Chiapas on Thursday night, the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) said in a statement released on Friday. 

In the wake of the 25 October military takeover in Sudan, discussions on the way forward are underway but restoring trust will be a challenge, the top UN official in the country, Volker Perthes, told the Security Council on Friday. 

The existing sanctions regime on Taliban leaders makes it hard for the world to help the Afghan people.