Libya

U.S. President George W. Bush speaks 08 November, 2001, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Police and other uniformed people stand behind him.

Two Decades Later, Still Reckoning With 9/11

On the 20th anniversary, experts disagree on how the most complex problems that dogged the “war on terror” should have been solved.

Sep. 9, 2021 Larry Attree and Delina Goxho

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres removes his protective facemask prior to attending a press conference, following the 5+1 meeting on Cyprus, in Geneva, on April 29, 2021. Behind him is a clock and the UN flag.

National Security This Week at the United Nations (April 23-30)

Secretary-General Chairs Three Days of Talks to Revive Cyprus Peace Negotiations Beginning Tuesday, Secretary-General António Guterres chaired three days of talks in Geneva to…

Apr. 30, 2021 Sruthi Venkatachalam

Security Council members hold a videoconference to announce the outcome of the votes in connection with Libya and Libya sanctions.

National Security This Week at the United Nations (April 16-23)

Guilty Verdict in Derek Chauvin’s Trial in the Killing of George Floyd Welcomed by U.N. On April 20, Derek Chauvin, a White former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted…

Apr. 23, 2021 Josh Asabor

Security Council members hold a videoconference in connection with Maintenance of international peace and security.

National Security Last Week at the United Nations (April 2-9)

United States Lifts Sanctions Against ICC Officials On April 2, President Joe Biden reversed one of former President Donald Trump’s executive orders, which imposed sanctions…

Apr. 9, 2021 Josh Asabor

A person with a face mask walks past a television screen at Suseo railway station in Seoul on March 26, 2021, showing news footage of North Korea's latest tactical guided projectile test.

National Security This Week at the United Nations (March 19-26)

North Korea Launches Successful Weapons Tests North Korea conducted two separate weapons tests this week. U.S. officials confirmed that on Sunday, March 21, North Korea carried…

Mar. 26, 2021 Josh Asabor

Libya's new interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah speaks after being sworn in on March 15, 2021 in the eastern coastal city of Tobruk. Multiple flags of Libya stand behind him.

National Security This Week at the United Nations (March 12-19)

Libya swears in an interim PM; UN officials decry violence against protestors in Myanmar; and some EU countries resume AstraZeneca vaccinations after EU, WHO rule the vaccine safe.…

Mar. 19, 2021 Sruthi Venkatachalam

Security Council members hold a videoconference in connection with the Middle East (Syria).

National Security This Week at the United Nations (Dec 11 – Dec 18)

Equitable Distribution of Vaccines an “Acid Test” On Dec. 16, the President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Munir Akram said the equitable distribution…

Dec. 18, 2020 Tim Hirschel-Burns and Tess Graham

Libyan delegates, including Abdessalam Shuha, Abdallah Shibani, Hussein Mohamed Elansari, an unidentified participant and Abdel Majid Mlayqtah attend the opening of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum hosted in Gammarth on the outskirts of Tunisia's capital, on November 9, 2020. They stand side by side not socially distanced and wear face masks, though two of them do not wear the face masks properly, ie. not covering their noses.

Libya: Subnational Governance as a Potential Anchor of Stability

As the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum proceeds, a government structure that genuinely responds to legitimate grievances will be key to sustainable peace.

Dec. 2, 2020 Simona Ross and Stefan Wolff

Staff in masks wearing PPE prepare food aid rations to be henceforth delivered to refugee family homes rather than distributed at a UN a center, in Gaza City.

National Security This Week at the United Nations (Nov 6-Nov 13)

U.N. congratulates President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris Top United Nations (U.N.) officials sent their congratulations to President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect…

Nov. 13, 2020 Tim Hirschel-Burns

Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on the signing of a ceasefire agreement by the Libyan parties in Geneva under the auspices of the United Nations.

National Security This Week at the United Nations (October 23-30)

Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons gains 50th signatory; schools face terror attacks in multiple countries; COVID-19 infections interrupt UN meetings; UN expresses concern…

Oct. 30, 2020 Tim Hirschel-Burns

Secretary-General António Guterres and Volkan Bozkir, President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, attends the screening of a pre-recorded concert. 22 October 2020. New York, United States of America.

National Security at the United Nations This Week (Oct. 16 – 23)

UNSMIL hails ceasefire in Libya On Friday, the parties to the nine-year Libyan war agreed to a ceasefire in Geneva. The head of the U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Stephanie…

Oct. 23, 2020 Lyes Jalali

Putin sits a desk during a video conference. A large television screen on a cart shows the other participants of the meeting.

National Security at the United Nations This Week (Sept. 25 – Oct. 2)

Security Council holds emergency meeting on Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict; tensions flare between China-US; progress and challenges in Sudan peace process; island nations warn, “Climate…

Oct. 2, 2020 Lyes Jalali