The World of International Organizations
Among international organizations and treaties, politics reflects complex relationships among nations and cultures that affect diplomacy, including negotiations on everything from decisions about peace and security to financing for humanitarian crises to respect for human rights. These reflect a world more interconnected — and interdependent — than ever before.
November 23, 2020
(AN) — U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s announcement on Monday that veteran diplomat Linda Thomas-Greenfield will serve as Cabinet-level U.S. ambassador to the United Nations signals America’s pivot back to multilateralism.
November 22, 2020
(AN) — Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies ended a summit hosted by Saudi Arabia on Sunday with a joint promise to make COVID-19 vaccines affordable and equally accessible for all and to support the U.N. health agency.
November 16, 2020
(AN) — The first privately owned and operated spacecraft certified by NASA to fly people launched successfully into orbit and docked with the International Space Station on Monday night, carrying four astronauts as part of a new business-supported era of space exploration.
November 13, 2020
(AN) — Libya’s two main warring factions agreed to hold nationwide elections for the presidency and parliament on December 24, 2021, the U.N. acting envoy for Libya, Stephanie Williams, told a news conference on Friday.
November 13, 2020
(AN) — With U.S. elections just barely decided, the United Nations Human Rights Council finished putting America’s human rights record under a microscope on Friday in a peer-review process applied to all member nations every four years.
November 6, 2020
(AN) — International election observers from the Organization of American States reported on Friday they witnessed no fraud or voting irregularities among U.S. ballots cast for the November 3 general election.
November 4, 2020
(AN) — International election observers praised U.S. general elections as competitive and well-managed but concluded on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s false claims of victory and calls to halt vote-counting are eroding public trust in American democracy.
October 29, 2020
(AN) — Former Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød Larsen resigned as president and CEO of International Peace Institute due to his “failed judgment” in taking money from Jeffrey Epstein, IPI’s board of directors announced on Wednesday.
October 24, 2020
(AN) — Fifty nations ratified a treaty to ban nuclear weapons that takes effect in 90 days, the United Nations confirmed on Saturday, the same day the world body was founded 75 years ago to prevent another world war.
October 22, 2020
(AN) — Election observers from the world’s largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization reported widespread concerns on Thursday about U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to undercut voters’ confidence in the November 3 U.S. elections.
