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Campaign Update 🇺🇳 | We just filed a complaint against the United Nations
October 24, 2025
Dear friends, Today, on the UN’s 80th anniversary, we filed a formal complaint against the United Nations, showing that the United Nations Secretary-General is chosen in a broken and undemocratic process, more opaque than presidential elections in China and Russia! We did this not...
Read MoreAtlas Movement Submits Communication to UN Special Procedures on Democratic Deficit in Secretary-General Selection
October 24, 2025
Despite the UN Charter’s commitment to equality among nations, the process grants decisive power to just five States - the permanent members of the Security Council - while excluding the remaining 188 Member States, civil society, and the world’s citizens from meaningful participation. Please find...
Read MoreThe World’s Most Undemocratic Election
October 24, 2025
By Colombe Cahen-Salvador Imagine this: 193 people enter a great hall. One by one, they stand up and cast their votes. But here's the twist: out of all those 193 votes, only five people have the power to decide the outcome. It does not...
Read MoreToo Young, Unqualified and Radical: Why I’m Running to Lead the United Nations
October 09, 2025
By Colombe Cahen-Salvador “Stop fixating on Gaza and Ukraine, the United Nations is doing great. You shouldn’t criticize it,” one of the highest UN officials told me back in March 2024. I just announced my campaign, surrounded by top diplomats in a marble-covered...
Read MoreOnline Townhall: From the Sea to Detention — Yassine’s Story from the Global Sumud Flotilla
October 08, 2025
Join us for a special online townhall with Yassine Benjelloun, Atlas representative and participant in the Global Sumud Flotilla, who was recently detained by Israeli forces in international waters during the flotilla’s peaceful mission of solidarity with Gaza. After days in detention, Yassine is...
Read MoreAtlas' Representative Illegally Arrested by Israel is free!
October 04, 2025
Dear all, I wanted to follow up regarding our earlier message about Yassine. We have been in contact with the flotilla’s legal team, who reassured us about his condition. And just moments ago, we heard from a close friend that Yassine has safely landed...
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