UN sanctions are under increasing scrutiny as a result of heightened tensions among Security Council member states. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Maya Ungar explains why some governments are pushing to scale back these punitive measures as others fight to preserve their core elements.
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Russia is dead-set on breaking up the sanctions regime [on North Korea] and China has not done much to restrain Moscow.
Economic problems are fueling political discontent and democratic backsliding in countries ranging from Pakistan to Tunisia.
Ce serait une erreur diplomatique de l’Occident que de trop forcer la main aux gouvernements africains sur le dossier ukrainien. Cela heurte beaucoup de sensibilités.
Ireland showed it was ready to get its hands dirty dealing with the details of a specific crisis on the Council’s agenda.
For many states, the U.N. offers a place to defend their territorial claims even when they cannot control the actual territories at stake.
A lot of [the] time now, the U.N.’s role has been reduced to geopolitical ambulance-chasing.
On 9 September, Crisis Group President and CEO Comfort Ero spoke to the UN Security Council as part of an open debate convened by Slovenia entitled “Strengthening UN Peacekeeping: Reflections for the Future”.
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Originally published in Just Security.
UN secretary-general António Guterres conceived the upcoming Summit of the Future as an opportunity for visionary thinking about our global future. But member states have far more pressing concerns.
This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group experts Praveen Donthi, Pauline Bax and Falko Ernst about recent elections in India, South Africa and Mexico and what they mean for the countries’ policies at home and abroad.
This paper was shared at a symposium on “The Past and Future of the United Nations Organization” hosted by the Centre for Grand Strategy at King’s College London on 30 May 2024.
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