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Those who believe in the need for a stronger and more efficient UN are becoming increasingly concerned about its future. In fact, the entirety of humanity should be concerned. On the horizon, we can see the attitudes of selfish nationalism becoming more common...
In 2006, when the “One UN” initiative was launched with trumpets, I was an enthusiastic cheerleader ready to shout: “UN agencies, unite!.” Working at UNCTAD I was well placed to understand that the universe of development issues is like a puzzle with an infinite...
Social mobilisation is nothing new. It is enough to remember the mobilisation achieved by Mahatma Gandhi based on non-violent methods and Satyagraha (passive political resistance), or by Nelson Mandela, who mentioned “Unite! Mobilize! Fight on! Between the anvil of...
All and each one of my forty years of professional life were devoted to multilateral cooperation, including serving at UNCTAD from 1999 to 2014, when I retired and decided, stubbornly, to continue defending the same UN cause. I learned more than what I brought to the...
