I’ll cut to the chase: Because of some funding decisions out of our control, UN Dispatch is pivoting to a crowdfunding model. We are moving to Substack and I need your help to keep our coverage of the ...

The UN General Assembly met this morning to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Under normal circumstances, Europe and the United States would join forces to advance ...

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released its annual assessment of global humanitarian needs today. It’s a grim document. The report, known as the Global ...

Donald Trump has appointed New York Representative Elise Stefanik as his incoming Ambassador to the UN. Once widely seen as a rising Republican star, Stefanik at the time became the youngest woman ...

When President Biden approached the General Assembly dais, I expected a bit of a historical tour of his 50-year career in public service. He delivered on that. I also expected him to speak directly to ...

As I write, hundreds of world leaders are on their way to New York for the opening of the 79th United Nations General Assembly. This is always one of the most important moments in international ...

The most current 25 United Nations’ and world news related episodes of Global Dispatches Podcast interviews and To Save Us From Hell Podcast discussions.

Thousands of delegates gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, last week for the UN Civil Society Conference. The gathering was dedicated to the upcoming Summit of the Future, a major UN conference in September ...

By Aishwarya Machani Never before have more people had more opportunities for political expression. 4.2 billion people worldwide will have a chance to hit the polls this year, making it the biggest ...

On January 28th, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger jointly announced they were leaving the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. This is a regional economic and political union of most ...

On January 25th, a milestone was reached in humanity’s long fight against Malaria. For the first time ever, a Malaria vaccine was included in a country’s routine childhood vaccinations program.

Moments ago, the United Nations General Assembly voted on a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Israel and Gaza. This vote at the General Assembly comes after the United ...