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Could you tell us about your journey ‘My Global Citizenship Leadership Walks for a Better Tomorrow’? Due to a jet ski accident when I was six, 75% of my body is paralysed from the chest down. However, contrary to the laws of medicine, I achieved mobility! As typical...
Can you tell us about your initiative and how it is making fashion greener and more sustainable? The Ethical Fashion Initiative (EFI) was born in 2019 in Korogocho, Nairobi, as a supply chain that enables artisans and micro-entrepreneurs from very marginalized...
There is a perception that the recommendations issued by the JIU are very often left unimplemented, which is weakening the important role that JIU could play. What are your views on this matter? The Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) is the only independent external...
Qu’est-ce que la présence des organisations internationales apporte à Genève ? Elle apporte beaucoup. Pour commencer, elle confère une responsabilité hors du commun, celle de faciliter le travail de centaines d’acteurs œuvrant à la construction d’un monde plus sûr,...
How has UNWTO supported the ravaged tourism sector during the Covid-19 pandemic? From the start of the crisis, UNWTO recognized that every part of the tourism sector – destinations, businesses, and employees in the tourist industry – would need support. We also...
As President of the UN’s Staff Management Committee, do you think management is really consulting staff representatives on conditions of service and welfare as it should? The rules on staff-management consultations are over a decade old. It is a result of much give...
How has your communication style had to adapt as a Spokesperson for three different Secretaries-General coming from different cultural backgrounds? What has completely evolved is the landscape and the pressure on the Organization to communicate much more quickly with...
The Office of Administration of Justice (OAJ) was established with operational and budgetary autonomy “to ensure the institutional independence of the system of internal justice.” However, staff now perceive our internal justice system not to be independent. Do you...
We talked to Anuradha Gupta, Deputy CEO of Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) She is a global development leader with a proven track record for transformational impact at both the country and global level. Worked for the Indian Administration Service...
3 QUESTIONS
Could you tell us about your journey ‘My Global Citizenship Leadership Walks for a Better Tomorrow’? Due to a jet ski accident when I was six, 75% of my body is paralysed from the chest down. However, contrary to the laws of medicine, I achieved mobility! As typical...
Can you tell us about your initiative and how it is making fashion greener and more sustainable? The Ethical Fashion Initiative (EFI) was born in 2019 in Korogocho, Nairobi, as a supply chain that enables artisans and micro-entrepreneurs from very marginalized...
There is a perception that the recommendations issued by the JIU are very often left unimplemented, which is weakening the important role that JIU could play. What are your views on this matter? The Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) is the only independent external...
Qu’est-ce que la présence des organisations internationales apporte à Genève ? Elle apporte beaucoup. Pour commencer, elle confère une responsabilité hors du commun, celle de faciliter le travail de centaines d’acteurs œuvrant à la construction d’un monde plus sûr,...
How has UNWTO supported the ravaged tourism sector during the Covid-19 pandemic? From the start of the crisis, UNWTO recognized that every part of the tourism sector – destinations, businesses, and employees in the tourist industry – would need support. We also...
As President of the UN’s Staff Management Committee, do you think management is really consulting staff representatives on conditions of service and welfare as it should? The rules on staff-management consultations are over a decade old. It is a result of much give...
How has your communication style had to adapt as a Spokesperson for three different Secretaries-General coming from different cultural backgrounds? What has completely evolved is the landscape and the pressure on the Organization to communicate much more quickly with...
The Office of Administration of Justice (OAJ) was established with operational and budgetary autonomy “to ensure the institutional independence of the system of internal justice.” However, staff now perceive our internal justice system not to be independent. Do you...
We talked to Anuradha Gupta, Deputy CEO of Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) She is a global development leader with a proven track record for transformational impact at both the country and global level. Worked for the Indian Administration Service...
UN Today recently met with Larbi Djacta, the Chair of the International Civil Service Commission, the body that recommends our salaries and conditions of service.You were elected chair of the ICSC, two years ago, at a time when the credibility of the Commission and...
