The World of International Organizations Explained
Looking for great reads about international organizations and their connections to just about everything? Prefer high-quality news that is reliably accurate and objective, made from fresh ingredients? Like it with sourcing that is well-done, flavored with context and perspective? Here you will find traditional, hand-crafted stories rooted in editorial independence and integrity.
November 1, 2019
Syria peace talks were held for the first time under the auspices of a new Syrian constitutional committee and were “impressive” enough to last another week, the U.N. special envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, said on Friday.
October 30, 2019
Rafael Mariano Grossi, Argentina’s ambassador to Austria, will become the sixth head of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog announced on Wednesday.
October 29, 2019
Britain’s pending divorce from the European Union will serve as backdrop to a weary electorate’s choices after lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to authorize the first December national election in almost a century.
October 25, 2019
The world’s biggest climate fund wrapped up a fundraising conference at Paris on Friday with $9.78 billion in pledges raised from 27 mostly European nations, which was less than what donors promised to compensate for the U.S. absence.
October 25, 2019
A year of mass street protests against governments around the world exposed an erosion of public trust in political leaders who need to listen more to people’s real problems, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday.
October 23, 2019
U.S. lawmakers raised a raft of concerns over privacy and public trust on Wednesday while grilling Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on his plans to create a global digital currency and international organization to oversee it.
October 21, 2019
A group of nations responsible for nearly half of all global warming pollutants said on Monday it has launched a new finance initiative to oversee massive investment in climate technologies that can help fulfill the 2015 Paris Agreement.
October 20, 2019
Voters in Switzerland’s national elections on Sunday delivered a major boost to left-leaning Greens who support urgent U.N.-led climate action and other environmental causes in parliament over the next four years.
October 20, 2019
Amid a storm of bipartisan criticism, U.S. President Donald Trump reacted quickly on Sunday by rescinding his plan to host the G-7 summit at his own resort in 2020 and promising to immediately begin searching for another site.
October 18, 2019
The top U.S. diplomat to international organizations announced on Friday he will resign in late November, three months after a government watchdog report documented allegations he retaliated against career diplomats.
