Skip to main content

United States of America

Women appointed to Presidential Cabinets in the United States

Back
December 7, 2016

Women appointed to Presidential Cabinets in the United States

With many positions left to fill, President-elect Trump has already tapped several women for important

With many positions left to fill, President-elect Trump has already tapped several women for important

World News

World News

Videos

World News

World News

US Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, talks about combining Diplomacy and Motherhood

Submitted by admin2 on
Back

US Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, talks about combining Diplomacy and Motherhood

Source:

At 42, Samantha Power became the youngest person to be appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Now, she is a powerful force in steering America’s foreign policy and dictating intervention abroad.

At 42, Samantha Power became the youngest person to be appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Now, she is a powerful force in steering America’s foreign policy and dictating intervention abroad.

World News

IPI's Conversations on Prevention for Sustaining Peace: Exploring the Transformative Potential of the Sustainable Development Goal on Gender Equality

Submitted by admin2 on
Back

IPI's Conversations on Prevention for Sustaining Peace: Exploring the Transformative Potential of the Sustainable Development Goal on Gender Equality

Source:

The concept of sustaining peace—as enshrined in the identical General Assembly/Security Council resolutions of April 27, 2016—offers a new consensus and vision for the UN’s work, in which prevention plays a central role. Prevention continues, however, to be defined negatively, largely by its relationship to conflict rather than by a proactive, nationally owned strategy for averting the outbreak of conflict and sustaining peace.

The concept of sustaining peace—as enshrined in the identical General Assembly/Security Council resolutions of April 27, 2016—offers a new consensus and vision for the UN’s work, in which prevention plays a central role. Prevention continues, however, to be defined negatively, largely by its relationship to conflict rather than by a proactive, nationally owned strategy for averting the outbreak of conflict and sustaining peace.