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PassBlue is an independent nonprofit media site that covers the United Nations, founded in 2011 by two former New York Times journalists, Dulcie Leimbach and Barbara Crossette and based in New York City.

NO, THANKS

Gitmo Detainee: It’s Too Dangerous to Be Sent Home to Russia

Lawyers and family members of a Russian detainee—who is now being held in the UAE—say he should not be sent home to Russia as he may be tortured or killed.

Clair MacDougall

SAVIOR COMPLEX

Ebola Doc: COVAX Just White Men ‘Absolving Their Conscience’

As COVID cases reach new peaks around the world, Ebola frontliners are rallying against jab inequity and lambasting WHO’s global vaccine initiative for its obvious shortcomings.

Clair MacDougall

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DEVASTATING

UN: French Air Strike Killed 19 Civilian Wedding Party-Goers

“The majority of those hit in the strike were civilians who are protected from such attacks by international humanitarian law,” a UN report released this week noted.

Clair MacDougall

PANDEMIC

He Was the First UN Peacekeeper to Die of COVID—or Was He?

Salvadoran pilot and UN peacekeeper Carlos Guillén Alfaro’s death in Mali remains shrouded in mystery—and his family is desperate for answers.

Clair MacDougall

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IRON LUNGS

Trump Defunding WHO Could Stop the Eradication of Polio

The U.S. has long made combating polio its top funding priority at the World Health Organization. Now COVID and Trump have put that campaign in serious jeopardy.

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Gitmo Detainee: It’s Too Dangerous to Be Sent Home to Russia

Ebola Doc: COVAX Just White Men ‘Absolving Their Conscience’

UN: French Air Strike Killed 19 Civilian Wedding Party-Goers

He Was the First UN Peacekeeper to Die of COVID—or Was He?

Trump Defunding WHO Could Stop the Eradication of Polio

Trump Quits the WHO. The Victim Is the United States.

Couple Who Showered GOP With Money Ask for a COVID Lifeline

Suddenly, Singapore’s Coronavirus Cases Have Skyrocketed

The U.N. Shudders as ‘Trump Week’ Closes In