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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 46m
[UN: Oct. 16] Editors’ Picks: SecGen Race Tightens, Refugee Agency Troubles & Lots More passblue.com/2026/10/17/u...
Eloy Alfaro de Alba, Ambassador of Panama to the United Nations
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 18h
Powerful Council Members Reject A-Baki in First Color-Coded Poll passblue.com/2026/10/16/p...
Mohamed Rabi Yusuf, Deputy Permanent Representative of Somalia to the United Nations
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 21h
Final Oct. 16 color-coded UN Security Council straw poll results.
Final Oct. 16 color-coded UN Security Council straw poll results.
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
A Tribute to Benon Sevan, UN Civil Servant for 40 Years passblue.com/2026/10/15/a...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The UN Corridor Rumors Hanging Over the Secretary-General Race passblue.com/2026/10/14/t...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Europe Seeks a Lasting UN Security Council Role on AI passblue.com/2026/10/12/e...
Ambassador Aglaia Balta, Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The UN Refugee Agency Is Reckoning With an ‘Unprecedented Weakness’ passblue.com/2026/10/08/t...
Rohingya women and a child
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
[Podcast] A ‘Just Transition’ for Two Market Stalls in Nigeria passblue.com/2026/10/10/p...
Nigerian Open Market vendors in Ilorin
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
[UN: Oct. 9] Editors’ Picks passblue.com/2026/10/09/u...
Navi Pillay
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Navi Pillay, recipient of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, at a press briefing by the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel on October 27, 2022. Credit: John Penney/PassBlue
Navi Pillay, recipient of the 2026 Nobel Peace PrizeNavi Pillay, recipient of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Big Shakeup in Latest Security Council Votes on UN SecGen Race passblue.com/2026/10/07/b...
Jeff Bartos, US ambassador to the UN, on the right
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
UN Secretary-General selection straw poll results for Oct 7 and Sept 29
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What kind of UN secretary-general will you be? Our Q/A with Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett, nominee from Guyana Video by Julian Trejo Bax for PassBlue
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Will Powerful Countries Back the UN Chief the World Needs? passblue.com/2026/10/05/w...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Ebola Outbreak Shows That the World Is Not Ready for the Next Pandemic passblue.com/2026/10/01/t...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Will AI Push the Global South Further Behind? The Probability Is High passblue.com/2026/09/30/w...
Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic addresses the UN Security Council by video call
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Grynspan’s Canvassing During UNGA81 Paid Off in 4th Security Council Poll passblue.com/2026/09/29/g...
Jérôme Bonnafont, French ambassador to the UN
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
[UNGA81] The Sec-Gen Race Heats Up During High-Level Week passblue.com/2026/09/27/u...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
[UNGA81] Niger Thanks Algeria, Sweden Loves Women, China on Gaza & Cuba passblue.com/2026/09/26/u...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
[UNGA81] Pakistan & Peace; South Africa & Inequalities; Melania Trump; Fashion Runway passblue.com/2026/09/25/u...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The World Is Your Runway: Fashion at UNGA81 passblue.com/2026/09/25/t...
Afghan journalist Nazira Karim
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
[UNGA81] Walkout on Netanyahu, Palestine’s Struggle, Venezuela Elections?, Nigeria & Courage, AI Guardrails passblue.com/2026/09/24/u...
Benjamin Netanyahu
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
[UNGA81] Iran: Ready for Talks & Ready for War, Macron’s Finale, Japan’s New Boss, Guterres’s Swan Song & More passblue.com/2026/09/23/u...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Candidates to Lead the UN Are Falling Into a ‘Reform Trap,’ OSF Official Says passblue.com/2026/09/20/c...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Third Straw Poll for UN Secretary-General Race Shows No Consensus passblue.com/2026/09/18/t...
Chinese Ambassador Fu Cong and Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
[Podcast] UN General Assembly: Reform, Rivalries and Trump’s Shadow passblue.com/2026/09/17/p...
Donald Trump, President of the United States, addressing the UN General Assembly
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Punishment for Peacekeepers Raping Haitian Children Was Dismissal passblue.com/2026/09/16/t...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
US Pays $827 Million in Mandatory UN Dues but Still Owes about $4.2 Billion passblue.com/2026/09/15/u...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Working Across Political Divides: Pakistan’s Strategy in the UN Security Council passblue.com/2026/09/15/w...
Asim Iftikhar Ahmad
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What the UN Secretary-General Nominees Reveal About Climate Change passblue.com/2026/09/14/w...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
An ‘Extended Opera’: Women’s Voices in the UN General Assembly Debate passblue.com/2026/09/12/a...
Mia Amor Mottley
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Why Financial Transparency in the Race for UN Boss Matters passblue.com/2026/09/09/w...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We asked Israel's envoy to the UN if he or his delegation has talked to @mayor.nyc.gov about Netanyahu coming to NYC for the UN General Assembly on Sept. 24 (we also asked a US envoy about it)
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sri Lanka’s Peacekeepers Are Back in Haiti. A Vetting System Is Not. passblue.com/2026/09/08/s...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A Conversation With Hans Blix on a Global ‘Public Mind’ and Selecting the Next UN Leader passblue.com/2026/09/07/a...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
France Gathers the Security Council to Try to Come to Grips With AI passblue.com/2026/09/03/f...
Jérôme Bonnafont, French Ambassador to the UN
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Paying Tribute to the UN Human Rights Special Rapporteurs passblue.com/2026/09/01/p...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Wikipedia Edits Shaping UN Secretary-General Candidates’ Public Records passblue.com/2026/08/31/t...
UN Town Hall - Security-Council Candidates
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Being Serious About Peace passblue.com/2026/08/30/b...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Choosing the Next UN Secretary-General Cannot Be Left to a Powerful Few passblue.com/2026/08/26/c...
UN Town Hall: The Next Secretary-General. Candidates for the position of Secretary-General
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The European Union Official Promoting a Parallel ‘Board of Peace’ passblue.com/2026/08/25/t...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Why Aid Collapse Is Not the Worst Problem for the UN Development System passblue.com/2026/08/24/w...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The Almighty UN Security Council just held its second straw poll on candidates for UN boss. Our excellent chart lays out the numbers. Let us know if you see a pattern or other revealing indicators
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Rodrigues Birkett and Otunnu Show Biggest Gains in UN SecGen Poll passblue.com/2026/08/21/r...
Christina Markus Lassen
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
More Questions Than Answers About the Israeli Mole Inside the UN passblue.com/2026/08/18/m...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Volunteers’ Roles Must Be Recognized in the Humanitarian Reset passblue.com/2026/08/17/v...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Our Survey Results: Who Do You Want to Be the Next UN Secretary-General? passblue.com/2026/08/16/o...
Flags at the United Nations in Geneva
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Latin America and Caribbean: Women Leaders With a Plan to Revive Multilateralism passblue.com/2026/08/11/l...
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Trump Will Never Leave the UN passblue.com/2026/08/10/t...
President Trump and his wife, Melania, on the escalator to the UN General Assembly
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PassBlue @passblue.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Why Can’t the UN Say ‘Yahav Lichner’? passblue.com/2026/08/09/w...
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