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Richard Gowan
Emily O'Brien
WPS Sidhu

UN panel urges halt to Syria fighting as virus strikes

France24 reported on a statement by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, published after the first cases of COVID-19 were registered in the country.

The commission, of which CIC senior fellow Hanny Megally is a member, stated that "nurses, doctors and medical volunteers have been attacked, detained and disappeared by parties to the conflict," and that "all attacks on medical providers, facilities, hospitals, and first responders must cease immediately."

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Mar 28, 2020
Syria

U.N. Panel Says Russia Bombed Syrian Civilian Targets, a War Crime

The New York Times quoted CIC Senior Fellow Hanny Megally in coverage of a new U.N. report on war crimes in Syria.

Megally is a member of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Syria, which has determined that recent attacks on civilians by Russian and Syrian forces amount to a “crime of intentionally terrorizing the population.”  “We are seeing that picture emerging very clearly, for example, in Idlib,” Megally told reporters in Geneva.

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Mar 02, 2020
Syria
Humanitarian Crises, United Nations

How Aleppo, Once the Center of U.N. Diplomacy, Became an Afterthought

Who remembers Aleppo? A year ago, the Syrian city appeared tragically central to international diplomacy. Yet, Syria has slid into the category of persistent conflicts that worry U.N. diplomats but seem irresolvable.

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Oct 27, 2017
Richard Gowan
Middle East, Syria
Peace and Security
Humanitarian Crises, International Security, Peace Operations, United Nations

CIC's Hanny Megally Appointed to Commission of Inquiry on Syria

The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli of El Salvador, has announced the appointment of CIC Senior Fellow Hanny Megally of Egypt to serve as a member of the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic.

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Oct 18, 2017
Hanny Megally
Middle East, Syria
Peace and Security

Will Russia Apply Its ‘Syria Model’ to U.N. Diplomacy Over North Korea?

Russia is flexing its diplomatic muscles at the United Nations again. Moscow appears intent on using the U.N. to complicate American efforts to put pressure on North Korea and sow confusion over its own intentions toward Ukraine. Western diplomats should be alert, because Russia is a fine player of the U.N. game.

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Sep 11, 2017
Richard Gowan
Middle East, Syria
Peace and Security
Transnational Threats

The Hazards of Giving Shelter

A refugee crisis is what happens when large numbers of people fleeing poor, violent countries seek asylum in rich, peaceful countries, raising agonizing moral and political questions. This of course is what occurred in 2015, when a million refugees from Syria and elsewhere poured across Europe’s borders, provoking a backlash that brought nationalist parties to the verge of power and threatened the Continent’s liberal order. The refugees were the cause, rather than the victims, of the crisis in question.

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Sep 11, 2017
James Traub
Europe, Middle East, Syria
Peace and Security
Humanitarian Crises

GPOR Annual Compilation 2015

© Global Peace Operations Review

For almost a decade, the Annual Review of Global Peace Operations (ARGPO) was the flagship publication of the Center on International Cooperation (CIC). During that time, CIC also released three editions of the Review of Political Missions.

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Jan 29, 2016
Jim Della-Giacoma, Alexandra Novosseloff, Ryan Rappa, Richard Gowan, Alischa Kugel , WPS Sidhu, Sarah Cliffe, Barnett Rubin, James Traub
China, Europe, Middle East, Libya, Syria, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa
Afghanistan, Crises, Fragile States, Global Governance, United Nations
Peace and Security

What to Worry About in 2017

Experts discuss the global political implications of potential and ongoing crises that may erupt or escalate in 2017.  Watch a video of the event below.  The transcript is available here.

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Jan 13, 2017
Sarah Cliffe
China, Europe, Middle East, Syria, United States
Peace and Security, Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
Crises, Global Governance

Republicans Have Long Wanted to Punish the U.N., but Trump Might Actually Do It

Donald Trump likes attacking soft targets, and the United Nations is about as soft as they come. Over the past two months, U.N. officials have been bracing for an entirely inevitable clash with the next U.S. administration. Their only question has been exactly what would set off the showdown. Would it be climate change? Torture?

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Dec 28, 2016
Richard Gowan
China, Europe, Middle East, Syria, United States
Peace and Security
United Nations

Angela Merkel’s Test of Faith

Germany can either save Europe or refugees — not both. To stem the rise of the far-right, the chancellor will be forced to make gut-wrenching decisions.

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Dec 12, 2016
James Traub
Europe, Middle East, Syria
Peace and Security
International Security

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