Victor Angelo

  Geopolitical Notes: The International Order and Contemporary Charades The Board of Peace: What is its Future? By Victor Ângelo Yesterday, ...

A few decision-makers and intellectuals think that the political UN -- read "political", I am not talking about the specialised ag...

The future of Gaza is called Palestine Victor Angelo I understand all the concerns and questions about the future of Gaza. I also realize th...

 10 January 2025 A year that calls for common sense, clarity and a lot of courage Victor Angelo   In this first text of the new year, ...

  2024 is a crucial year, demanding courage and responses to match Victor Ângelo   I spent decades leading United Nations political, pe...

  1.         The UN System, under the leadership of the SG, is fast moving to be ready to implement SC res. 2720. This should be acknowledge...

The turmoil they want us to get into Victor Ângelo   The UN General Assembly is today expected to re-elect António Guterres for a seco...

  Translation of today’s opinion piece I published in Diário de Notícias (Lisbon). 15 Aug. 2020 From Lebanon to the conflict freezer Vic...

75 years ago, visionary leaders have signed the UN Charter and initiated what they thought would be a world without major wars. Their dre...

In January 1957, the Indian Permanent Representative to the UN, V. K. Krishna Menon, spoke for 8 hours, when addressing the Security Coun...

This weekend there was another massacre in Mali. This time, the victims were ethnic Dogon villagers living in the central region of the c...

When I scrutinise the foreign policies of permanent members of the UN Security Council I find no real differences, when it comes to the p...

This week, President Trump has been directly trapped by Bashar al-Assad of Syria and Kim Jong-un of North Korea. Both dictators decided to...

Antonio Guterres will be the next Secretary-General of the UN. He stood head and shoulders above all the other candidates. His qualities w...

Syria has deeply fractured the UN Security Council. Today´s accusations of war crimes thrown at Russia are a very serious development. The...

Tomorrow the UN Security Council will be voting for the first time this year on the matter of the next Secretary-general. This initial rou...

The British would certainly veto any Argentinian candidate, if there was one for the post of the UN Secretary-General. The Falklands, the ...

One can have plenty of doubts about the realism and feasibility of the UN Security Council resolution on Syria, adopted yesterday. However...

When discussing terrorism, one should keep in mind a number of issues. One of them is the concept of self-defence. Basically the point is ...

I was in contact today with a former UN colleague who is now serving in Somalia. And I became deeply worried, as we reviewed the situation...