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United Nations mediator Giandomenico Picco, center, accompanies Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press, during a news conference at the Syrian Foreign Ministry in Damascus, Dec. 4, 1991. At left is American Ambassador Christopher Ross. Picco, whose negotiating skills helped resolve some of the thorniest crises of the 1980s and 1990s, including the Iran-Iraq war and the kidnappings of Westerners by Hezbollah in Lebanon, died Sunday, March 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammad Ali, file)

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UN envoy Giandomenico Picco, who helped end the Iran-Iraq war and won hostage releases, has died
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press
Sun,03/10/24-1:51PM , 106 Reads
Former U.N. diplomat Giandomenico Picco, whose negotiating skills helped resolve some of the thorniest crises of the 1980s and 1990s, including the Iran-Iraq war and the kidnappings of Westerners by Hezbollah in Lebanon, has died.

Picco passed away peacefully Sunday after a long illness, his son, Giacomo Picco, said. He was 75.
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Jimmy Cherizier, a former elite police officer known as Barbecue who now runs a gang federation, walks hand in hand with children as he visits La Saline district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 24, 2023. Internationally, Cherizier is known as Haiti's most powerful and feared gang leader, sanctioned by the United Nations for "serious human rights abuses," and the man behind a fuel blockade that brought the Caribbean nation to its knees in late 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

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Why is Haiti so chaotic? Leaders used street gangs to gain power. Then the gangs got stronger
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press
Sat,03/09/24-11:11PM , 129 Reads
Haiti’s prime minister has said he will resign, bowing to international pressure to save his homeland gripped by violence and controlled by heavily armed gangsters.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to Romania's Foreign Minister Luminita Odobescu during the Advancing the Sustainability and Adaptability of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda meeting during the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, Pool)

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Back in full force, UN General Assembly shows how the most important diplomatic work is face to face
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press
Sat,09/23/23-11:04PM , 122 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — There are two opposing theses about the U.N.
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From right, Daniel Pedro, Edison Gilberto and Domingo Rafael, demonstrate against Angola's ruling party, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, in New York. The U.N. General Assembly, the most inherently international event, is also the most American. It's a place where people raised unfree come to speak out because they can. In official protest locations and just plain street corners this week, the heavily secured streets outside the United Nations complex were filled this week with people who said they were there protesting injustice. (AP Photo/David R. Martin)

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At the edge of the UN security perimeter, those with causes (and signs) try to be heard
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press
Fri,09/22/23-4:13PM , 130 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Pedro came to the U.S. from Angola five months ago. He works construction in the New York City borough of Queens. Kadija Tyler made the journey from Senegal to Harlem. She works in sales in a department store.
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