Updates
The Choice Is Clear: Stand With Ukraine or Stand With War
March 06, 2025
Yesterday, I joined a Ukrainian🇺🇦 rally in front of the U.S. Embassy in London, to say what should be obvious 📢 A Russian peace is no peace at all. Here me out:
Read MoreHow to Rebuild the UN to Confront the Climate Crisis | 2025 Stanley P. Stone Distinguished Lecture, Boston University
February 25, 2025
In early February 2025, I was invited to give a Distinguished Lecture at Boston University: “How to Reform the United Nations to Confront the Climate Crisis.” I opened the talk by saying something that felt almost impossible: I want you to leave this room...
Read MoreCampaign Update 🇺🇳 | Finding hope in the most unlikely places
February 18, 2025
After a week in the US, I left with something unexpected: hope. I know, it’s not what you expected to hear considering Trump is looming in the background.
Read MoreHow the UN can stand with Afghan women & girls, with Dr. Habiba Sarabi!
December 09, 2024
By Colombe Cahen-Salvador “The Taliban’s goal is clear: they want to erase women entirely. No school, no work, no voice.” These words from Dr. Habiba Sarabi were spoken during a town hall I had the honour of hosting last week, and capture the stark...
Read MoreCampaign Update 🇺🇳 | Join a former Afghan Peace Negotiator tomorrow & find out how to stop dictators!
December 04, 2024
This is Colombe Cahen-Salvador's UN campaign newsletter Dear friends, Massive crimes are happening, and we can do something about it. I’m serious, we can force our governments to cut support with genocidal maniacs! Let’s make things easy: Countries are killing people, and our...
Read MoreHow the UN can protect freedoms, with Gina Romero!
November 21, 2024
By Colombe Cahen-Salvador "While Azerbaijan has been preparing to host COP29, recent months have been marked by an alarming wave of arrests and the setting of criminal cases against human rights offenders in the country, including journalists and independent media. (...) So while COPS should be an...
Read MoreCampaign Update 🇺🇳 | It’s the UN’s 79th Birthday
October 24, 2024
Dear friends, "As World War II was about to end in 1945, nations were in ruins, and the world wanted peace.” The institutions that once governed global cooperation had collapsed, and it became clear that a new framework was needed to prevent future wars...
Read MoreCampaign Update 🇺🇳 | How the UN could stop wars ... if rebuilt
October 03, 2024
Dear friends, Peace and security are the core purposes of the United Nations, and we must strive for them! By uniting, challenging current power structures, and electing a new generation of leaders, we can ensure humanity’s survival and prosperity. And this is more needed...
Read MoreCampaign event | "How To Regulate AI through and for Democracy" Consultation
October 03, 2024
On September 22nd, 2024, Atlas grassroots consultations to hear from the people of New York and the world what they want the United Nations to do when it comes to regulating artificial intelligence. Through a three-hour-long event, we learnt, debated, and agreed on a...
Read MoreUN Campaign Update 🇺🇳 | I am heading to a Major UN Conference, and I Want Your Ideas
September 19, 2024
Dear friends, For the next 7 days, I’ll be in New York City for a crucial phase of Atlas’ campaign for United Nations Secretary-General. Starting today and running through Monday, the United Nations is hosting a high-level meeting, the Summit of the Future, aimed...
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