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PassBlue is an independent, women-led digital publication offering in-depth journalism on the US-UN relationship and its effects on women’s issues, human rights, peacekeeping and other urgent global matters, as reported from our base in the UN press corps. Founded in 2011, PassBlue is not tied finan...
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The Portrait of Yahya Jammeh
Yahya Jammeh, Gambia’s former leader, ruled the tiny West African country with an iron fist for 22 years after seizing power in a 1994 military coup....
September: Slovenia Wants the Council to Figure Out How It Can Get Along
Samuel Zbogar, ambassador of Slovenia to the UN, leads the rotating presidency of the Security Council this month. In an interview, he tells PassBlue...
August: Sierra Leone Hopes to Rectify African Historical Injustice
Dr. Michael Imran Kanu, Sierra Leone's envoy to the UN, says his country's presidency of the Security Council this August will focus on Council reform...
July: 'We Didn't Start That War' - Russia Still Twists the Truth About Ukraine
As UN Security Council rotating president for July, Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia says that the West is using the "Kyiv regime" as "puppets" to...
June: South Korea Thinks the World Should Wake Up More to Threats of Cybersecurity
Joonkook Hwang, the ambassador of South Korea to the UN, says his country will highlight the threats of cyberspace to global peace and security. This...
Interview with Hala Rharrit, Why She Left the State Dept.
Welcome to a special episode of PassBlue podcast series UNSCripted. I’m Jessica Le Masurier, and I’m joined by Hala Rharrit, the Arabic language spoke...
May: For Mozambique, The UN Security Council is Imperfect
Mozambique's permanent representative to the Security Council, Pedro Comissário, says that vetoes, divergent priorities and other imperfections can se...
April: For Malta, a Ceasefire in Gaza Is the Beginning of Everything
Vanessa Frazier, Malta’s envoy to the UN, explains why the new Ramadan ceasefire isn't holding in Gaza and says that her country is counting on the IC...
March: Japan Says the UN Security Council Is Struggling Every Day
Japan's dual focus for its UN Security Council presidency – preventing conflicts as well as nuclear disarmament – align with its foreign policy and hi...
Act of Creation - A Question of Faith
The UN CHARTER: A Question of Faith
“The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
SAN FRANCISCO -- O...
February: Guyana Is Not Giving Up on a Ceasefire in Gaza
Guyana may not not want a permanent seat in the UN Security Council but it definitely wants a ceasefire in Gaza "as soon as possible." As rotating pre...
January: Palestine's Desire for Statehood Can't Be Ignored, France Says
France, a permanent member of the Security Council, is president of the body in January. Ambassador Nicolas de de Rivière says his country will headli...
December: Ecuador Aims to Keep Mum on Gaza, but It'll Be Hard to Avoid
As Ecuador’ assumes the leadership of the United Nations Security Council this month, the country wants to focus on the broader peace and security iss...
November: Meet the Uyghurs Preserving Their Culture in the US
In this episode, we meet a family who fled Xinjiang Province, or what they prefer to call East Turkestan, to the US and are now teaching a new generat...
October: How Will Brazil Uphold Human Rights Globally?
Brazil recently won a sixth term in the Human Rights Council. Before the election, we spoke to the country’s deputy permanent representative to the UN...
September: Tiny Albania Stands Up to the Russian Bear
If you want to join the European Union, make sure you are at peace with Athens. But Ferit Hoxha, Albania’s envoy to the UN and rotating president of t...
August: How Long Can Biden Keep Putting Up With Israel?
As the US takes over the Security Council, famine and human rights are the banner themes for August. We chat with foreign affairs analyst Jeffrey Laur...
Act of Creation - Hammering Out the UN Charter
Our latest episode of “Act of Creation” takes listeners deep into conversation with Stephen Schlesinger, author of the book of the same name, which ce...
July: The UK Says Its Policy of Migrant Returns Is Normal
With UK’s presidency of the Security Council underway, PassBlue used its interview with Ambassador James Kariuki, the country’s deputy permanent repre...
June: The UAE Is Putting Its Own Interests First
In March, the Taliban opened a consul in the UAE. There are two possible results proffered by Dr. Mira Al Hussein, a Mideast expert, on the move: the...
May: Switzerland Aims to Regulate the Use of the Veto
On April 26, the Security Council held a historic meeting on the use of Veto power. At that meeting, an initiative by France and Mexico to stop Counci...
Act of Creation - Setting the Scene
This is the first part of our three part podcast series about the founding of the United Nations, featuring Stephen Schlesinger, author of the book "A...
April: Should Russia Be Kicked Out of the Security Council?
Stephen Schlesinger, Fellow at the Century Foundation New York, author, International Affairs analyst, and a few other caps, told PassBlue why the mul...
March: Mozambique Recalls When the West Abstained on Banning Colonialism
Sitting president of the Security Council, Pedro Comissario chatted with PassBlue on Feb. 24, 24 hours after abstaining again on a UN resolution deman...
February: Malta Faces Rising Sea Levels
Remember Atlantis? The mythical city gobbled up by the ocean? This is happening to islands and villages in the Pacific.
Ambassador Vanessa Frazi...
January: Japan Wants the Security Council to Help Manage North Korea
North Korea pushed pacifist Japan to the edge in 2022, launching over 90 cruise and ballistic missiles, several of them landing in Japanese waters. To...
December 2022: India Affirms Its Right to Buy Oil Wherever It Wants
India has raised its oil purchases from Russia from about 0% at the beginning OF THE Year to an estimated 22% in October. As a large consumer, its buy...
November 2022: For GHANA, the Jury Is Still Out on Sanctions Against Russia
Ghana takes the presidency of the UN Security Council at a deep time of uncertainty. Russia has just suspended its role in the only concession it has...
October 2022: Gabon: Africa Needs More Money to Deal With a Hotter Planet
Gabon is in Central Africa, one of the few places in the world that absorbs more carbon than it emits. One month to COP27, in Egypt, we speak to the...
September 2022: France Keeps Ukraine Front and Center
France leads the presidency of the Council this month, while down the hall at the UN, world leaders will gather for the General Assembly's annual high...
August 2022: CHINA'S Keeping "Cool" in the Security Council
As Council president in August, China wants to keep the UN body "cool" -- literally and figuratively -- by navigating the fine line of maintaining its...
July 2022: Brazil Says: No More 'Mud-Slinging' at the UN
As Brazil assumes the presidency in July, we talk with Ambassador Ronaldo Costa about his country's foreign policy priorities this month and how Presi...
June 2022: ALBANIA Aims to Strengthen Global Justice for Past and Present Atrocities
Albania is a small, Sunni Majority country that has successfully kept religion out of its politics and allowed the practice of other faiths besides Is...
May 2022: The US Continues to Keep Russia on the Defensive
The United States assumes the Security Council presidency in May, as it also leads efforts to continue to isolate Russia in the UN for its war in Ukra...
April 2022: The UK Leads a Security Council Handicapped by Russia's Veto
In April, the UK leads a Security Council that is inevitably prevented from taking meaningful action on Ukraine by Russia's veto. We are joined by UK...
March 2022: The UAE Grows Up but It's Still Undemocratic
The United Arab Emirates assumes the Security Council presidency in March at a time when the body finds itself powerless to overcome Russia's veto and...
February 2022: Will RUSSIA Observe the Olympic Truce in Ukraine?
As Russia assumes the Security Council presidency in February, international tensions are high over the country's military buildup at the Ukraine bord...
January 2022: Oslo Accords: The Real-Life Mona Juul
Norway’s New Year's resolutions are to make an indelible mark during its only Security Council presidency of its 2021-22 term while monitoring emergin...
December 2021: Niger Ends Two Strong Years on the Security Council
Niger ends its two-year term in the UN Security Council as president of the body for a second time. A lot has changed in the world, in the Sahel regio...
November 2021: MEXICO Uses an International Setting to Highlight its National Priorities
Mexico is at the helm of the Security Council in November for its only presidency in its two-year term. The county is prioritizing international issue...