Full agenda, presidential appearance mark Kazakhstan’s January UN Security Council presidency
NEW YORK – In what would be called a “double first,” Kazakh Ambassador to the United Nations Kairat Umarov has taken over the presidency of the United Nations Security Council, for the month of January. It was both Kazakhstan’s first such presidency and the first for any Central Asian republic since the collapse of the…
As UN waits for Trump speech, reform and refugees take centre stage
NEW YORK – The United Nations General Assembly waits excitedly for President Donald Trump’s maiden speech on Sept. 19, during the organisation’s annual “General Debate”. Manhattan’s traffic seems – as in every year – hopelessly snarled. Motorcades dash up and down its avenues, and large portions of East Midtown are blocked to anyone, save those…
