Nov 8, 2018 | A.I., United Nations
United Nations Economic Development Technological advances are happening “at a warp speed,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday in Lisbon, Portugal, as a major three-day Web Summit got underway. He pointed out more than “90 per cent of the...
Nov 6, 2018 | United Nations, World Federalism
Bob Hanson Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | Democratic World Federalists I was only 14 years old when world leaders gathered in San Francisco to form the United Nations. Most, if not all of these men (women were not involved in world affairs in those days), are...
Oct 12, 2018 | United Nations, World News, World Politics
Editorial Board Bloomberg News Editor’s Note: This recent Bloomberg editorial shows that at least some capitalists value the United Nations. However, their idea that “American should lead at the UN” is questionable since the US has been arrogant and...
Oct 10, 2018 | East Asia, United Nations
Kacie Candela Assistant Editor | PassBlue China has presented its position on United Nations reform, and it aligns with Secretary-General António Guterres’s own agenda. It pushes for practicalities, such as a transparent process, a stronger peace and security pillar,...
Oct 4, 2018 | North America, United Nations
Barbara Crossette Senior Consulting Editor and Writer for PassBlue and The Nation The UN audience could only gasp when Donald Trump made his stormy debut in the United Nations General Assembly in 2017 as president of the United States. This year they laughed in his...
Oct 4, 2018 | South Asia, United Nations
Soumya Shankar ABC News' Investigative Unit Now was supposed to be the first thaw in relations between Pakistan and India after talks have been stalled since 2016. But Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan recently tweeted about India’s “arrogant and negative response...
