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<p>PassBlue is an independent, US-based digital publication that monitors and reports on activities by the <a href="/facts/United_Nations/fgXLnmgT">United Nations</a>. It was founded in the fall of 2011 as a project of the <a href="/facts/Ralph_Bunche/KGXSUQon">Ralph Bunche</a> Institute for International Studies at the <a href="/facts/City_University_of_New_York/tSvG2Sgp">City University of New York</a>. PassBlue moved to the New School, a private university, and is now under the fiscal sponsorship of the <a href="/facts/Institute_for_Nonprofit_News/MFhsFecd">Institute for Nonprofit News</a>. </p><p>The term <i>PassBlue</i> is a play on the diplomatic passport known as laissez-passer ("let pass"), a blue travel document used by UN officials on missions and issued by national governments and world institutions during wartime and other periods to allow officers to travel to specific areas. PassBlue does not have an official association with the UN. </p>