Maya Ungar
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tweeting about all things UN & international conflict 🕊 // currently UN Analyst @crisisgroup, alum @uniofoxford & @uarkansas // she/her // all views are my own
New York, New York
Joined June 2014
I am compiling a list of interesting books about various conflicts. Any suggestions?👇📚.
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I spoke to @TheNationalNews about the debates around Syria sanctions at the UN 👇.
UN Security Council members disagree on when to lift Syria sanctions.
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RT @CrisisGroup: NEW STATEMENT | Open the Gates to Save a Starving Gaza. Gaza is tipping from mass starvation toward mass death. Israel mus….
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As ceasefire talks drag on, Gaza is tipping from mass starvation toward mass death. Israel must allow assistance in immediately. But that step alone will not save the strip’s depleted population....
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RT @Alonso_GD: States recognising Palestinian statehood:. 144. Ireland 🇮🇪 (28 May 2024).145. Norway 🇳🇴 (28 May 2024).146. Spain 🇪🇸 (28 May….
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RT @MairavZ: An Israeli minister boasts that “Gaza is being erased, we are wiping out the population.”
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RT @RichardGowan1: Is it time to say goodbye to formal peacemaking institutions like the @UN and @OSCE?. We may regret it if we do, I argue….
crisisgroup.org
In this expanded and edited version of a lecture given to the Geneva Centre for Security Policy on 6 May 2025, Crisis Group expert Richard Gowan explores the dilemmas facing UN conflict management...
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RT @nytimes: Breaking News: The UN’s top court called climate change an “existential threat” and said nations had legal obligations to act.….
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The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The Hague.
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“This is not just a battle for semantics, the elements of this language matter for the future of the conflict” . Very helpful explainer 🧵 from @ricfabiani on diplomatic language shifts re: Western Sahara.
After yesterday's shift on Western Sahara by Portugal, a helpful reminder to all diplomats and non-diplomats of what the various elements of language on this issue mean and their implications:. (A thread).
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RT @BBCWorld: Gaza hospital says 21 children dead from malnutrition in 72 hours as UN warns 'last lifelines collapsing' .
bbc.co.uk
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says 33 people have died from malnutrition in the last 48 hours, including 12 children.
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RT @MairavZ: When people start dying from starvation it comes as a flood, not a trickle. And it looks like it's already starting. https://….
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Israel’s new U.S.-backed aid scheme in Gaza integrates food into military strategy. Since the war began, Israel has restricted aid, easing up when famine alerts appeared, tightening as attention...
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What more will it take for this further action to come in? .
"We are prepared to take further action to support an immediate ceasefire and a political pathway to security and peace for Israelis, Palestinians and the entire region.". New from 🇦🇺🇦🇹🇧🇪🇨🇦🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇮🇸🇮🇪🇮🇹🇯🇵🇱🇻🇱🇹🇱🇺🇳🇱🇳🇿🇳🇴🇵🇱🇵🇹🇸🇮🇪🇸🇸🇪🇨🇭🇬🇧🇪🇺.
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"In the raid on the U.N. facility, Israeli forces handcuffed and stripped male staff and family members and held them at gunpoint" .
nytimes.com
The aid agency says its buildings in the central part of the territory were attacked after the military targeted Deir al-Balah, which had largely been spared.
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RT @prem_thakker: The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention – named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genoc….
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RT @leloveluck: 2 UN guesthouses have been hit in Deir al-Balah, despite all parties to the conflict knowing the locations. One of the faci….
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"We are prepared to take further action to support an immediate ceasefire and a political pathway to security and peace for Israelis, Palestinians and the entire region.". New from 🇦🇺🇦🇹🇧🇪🇨🇦🇩🇰🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇮🇸🇮🇪🇮🇹🇯🇵🇱🇻🇱🇹🇱🇺🇳🇱🇳🇿🇳🇴🇵🇱🇵🇹🇸🇮🇪🇸🇸🇪🇨🇭🇬🇧🇪🇺.
The suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths. Alongside 25 other partners, the UK message is clear: the war in Gaza must end now. We need an immediate ceasefire, release of all hostages and a full resumption of aid.
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RT @RichardGowan1: Does the chaos at the UN create an opportunity for Global South countries to gain more influence?. In a new essay for @C….
cebri.org
Catastrophe or Opportunity?
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RT @OHCHR_Palestine: And 10 children per day lose one or both of their legs. 20 months of intense hostilities have destroyed the protection….
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RT @RichardGowan1: Quick take on @michaelgwaltz remarks to @SenateForeign just now:. * UN insiders will be mightily relieved. * There was….
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Useful new piece from @columlynch on top UN leadership races in the next year.
devex.com
Ready, set, go: A potential new crop of U.N. leaders are entering the campaign trail for a series of elections that will reshape the world body for years to come.
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