Who is Lynda Blanchard, Trump’s pick for the top UN food agencies post?
15 July 2025After a Senate confirmation hearing last week, Blanchard now awaits a committee vote — and if successful, her nomination will move to the Senate floor.
After a Senate confirmation hearing last week, Blanchard now awaits a committee vote — and if successful, her nomination will move to the Senate floor.
Mike Waltz vows to refocus the U.N. agenda on peace and security, skirting discussion on the world body's development, humanitarian, and environmental agenda.
The GSR Foundation is testing a lean, trust-based approach to philanthropy — with unrestricted grants, crypto-curious partnerships, and a new strategy focused on tech inclusion and access.
The initiative in development is expected to involve a mix of concessional loans and grant funding from different partners to help scale solutions to ending diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, and dengue, which are rising or resurging in different places.
An evaluation of the U.N. country teams states that the resident coordinator system has “proven challenging” with “limited results.” Where to now for the U.N. at 80?