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May 13, 2020

Women and Women's Rights
Ambassadors for Gender Equality: Who They Are, What They Do, and Why They Matter

Since the United States appointed the first-ever Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues in 2009, ten more countries have followed, creating new posts focused on women's rights and gender equal…

U.S. Ambassador Melanne Verveer

July 10, 2018

Afghanistan
Champions for Change: Afghan Ambassador Hamdullah Mohib

Champions for Change is a series highlighting male allies working to advance equality across the globe. This interview features Ambassador Hamdullah Mohib, Afghan Ambassador to the United States. 

Ambassador Mohib with the Afghan Girls' Robotics Team.

June 14, 2019

Nigeria
Distinguished Nigerian Ambassador Elected President of UNGA

On June 4, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) elected Ambassador Tijani Muhammad-Bande its president for the 2019–2020 term. The presidency rotates between representatives of the five regional groups in …

Nigeria-UNGA-President-Bande

April 9, 2012

Turkey
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, Meet General Kenan Evren

Last Wednesday was a big day in Turkey. General Kenan Evren, the leader of the September 12, 1980 coup d’etat, was charged in an Ankara courtroom with “acts against the forces of the state” during th…

Evren-Tantawi

March 21, 2011

Immigration and Migration
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Resigns

Ambassadors Pascual and Sarukhan at a Council on Foreign Relations symposium on U.S.-Mexico relations in November 2010. On Saturday, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual resigned from his post. …

Ambassador Pascual and Sarukhan at a Council on Foreign Relations symposium in November 2010.