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Can Ivonne A-Baki restore trust in a UN where ‘nobody trusts anybody’?

  • The Ecuadorian-Lebanese contender for UN secretary-general says the organization needs fewer bureaucratic fixes and more diplomacy built around trusted guarantor states
  • A-Baki tells Arab News Saudi Arabia could play a pivotal mediation role under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, while UN must reassert itself from Iran to Gaza and Lebanon
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UN says 2 staff arrested by Afghan intelligence agency

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UN experts urge Iran to end ‘targeting’ of minorities

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Afghanistan’s child deaths are rising as food distributions face cuts, UN says

By AP ·
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UN says Israeli demolitions in Lebanon ‘deeply concerning’

By AFP ·
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Pakistan military rejects UN report alleging civilian deaths Afghanistan strikes

By AP ·
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UN chief urges immediate removal of all Syria sanctions

By AFP ·

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