By Eric Rosenzweig, 19 June 2019

On 6 June 2019, The Security Council met in its annual session to discuss working methods of the body.... The open debate began with briefings from Ms. Karin Landgren, Executive Director of The Security Council Report, and Dr. James Cockayne, Director of the UN University Centre for Policy Research. Also in attendance were many member states, who made statements at the end of the meeting....

By Eric Rosenzweig, 19 June 2019

On 28 May 2019, the Co-facilitators leading planning process for the celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the UN Charter released the draft resolution on the modalities of the events. The drafting process began back in February when President of the General Assembly Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces appointed Ambassadors Gafoor from Singapore and Ellertsdottir from Iceland as co-facilitators to lead the intergovernmental consolations on the date and modality of the celebrations....

By Eric Rosenzweig, 12 June 2019

On 21st May 2019, the three-day meeting of the 2019 ECOSOC operational activities for development segment began. Mandated by resoultion 72/305, the three-day segment serves as a review process for UN development systems: those entities which work towards the actualization of Agenda 2030...

By Eric Rosenzweig, 13 May 2019

On 30th April 2019, the current President of the General Assembly led an informal interactive dialogue in the Trusteeship Council chamber between member states and the candidate for the next PGA...

By Eric Rosenzweig, 2 May 2019

On 30th April 2019, the Ad Hoc Working Group on the “Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly” met for the seventh and last time during the 73rd Session of the GA. The meeting was a thematic debate on strengthening the OPGA....