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US veto on E10 Palestinian draft resolution is the 44th draft vetoed concerning the Middle East since the Security Council took up this matter starting in 1954. It is the 1st time the US has been the sole SC member not to vote in favour of a Middle East resolution since 2017.

The US and Russia have both cast #UNSC vetoes this week, bringing the total this year to 7⃣. That is the highest figure since 9⃣ in 1989.

Happy to share Shing-hon Lam and I have a new open access PEIO/RIO article mapping China's influence at the UN through personnel appointments🇨🇳🇺🇳 link.springer.com/article/10.100… cc: Sebastian Haug Silke Weinlich Ronny Patz Patrick Rosenow Eugene Chen @telegramwriter.bsky.social David Passarelli China and the World Richard Gowan

Nuanced analysis from Bates Gill sinocentric and Alley McFarland, drawing from fieldwork in the region. Regional efforts spotlighted here are in contrast to GSI relatively low profile in UN spaces.

China replies to what it calls US accusations re Russia's war in Ukraine: The supply of weapons to the battlefield is US, not China. We are not a party to the conflict US reply: Our statement wasn't "accusation" but fact China: We haven't provided any lethal weapons to any party

.Senator Chris Coons: How can US lead technical orgs at UN & more US staffing in UN? Stefanik: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) a "model" in defeating Chinese leading it SecCouncil reform: open to convos on how to make it work better [no details on numerous reform proposals] Coons notes problems of Trump 90-day

Big: Trump signed an executive order to review US funding & involvement at the United Nations as a whole, a first such move that casts uncertainty about US's leadership role as its top donor. It could thrust UN into unchartered territory. nytimes.com/2025/02/04/us/…

Thank you Banjo, Damilola for including my comments

"Beijing has issued a lukewarm response to the U.S. proposal for Chinese and Brazilian peacekeepers to be deployed to Ukraine once a ceasefire is achieved, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China." newsweek.com/beijing-respon…

Look at that abstention margin

On the top of my reading list -- congratulations Andrea and Pippa!

Putin's proposal for new UN peace operations

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State Dept spox on possible US amb to UN (no names mentioned): For the UN, the UN clearly needs a strong American voice, as we’ve seen that it can make a difference, and we are going to have one. President Trump will make that decision and it will be a good one.

China to give $500 million to WHO in next 5 years, official says reuters.com/business/healt…