Last month, a report from a management task force on the future of work at the UN caused considerable consternation among staff with a proposal for new, agile staff...
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Can diplomacy work online?
This article contains some brief observations, based mainly on recent formal and informal meetings that I serviced and/or attended at the Palais des Nations, as well as...
What is it like to interpret a remote meeting?
Teamwork is turning it into a success, but what do interpreters make of Remote Simultaneous Interpretation (RSI)? Before the pandemic, interpreters’ experience of RSI...
Fighting racism internationally starts with confronting racism internally
Leadership Starts at Home The world desperately needs UN leadership to combat systemic racism. That cannot happen without tackling the systemic racism within the...
How Racist Is the UN?
Back in June, Antonio Guterres told a staff townhall that “if racism exists anywhere, it also exists in the UN.” But how racist is the UN? And in an international...
Racisme, retour au pire ?
Historienne de la littérature du XIXe siècle, Nicole Savy, a travaillé sur les stéréotypes racistes et antisémites. Elle a exercé des responsabilités nationales à la...
Paix et stabilité: La Suisse et l’ONU, des partenaires de dialogue fiables
La Charte des Nations Unies a été signée il y a 75 ans, lors de la Conférence de San Francisco. Quand, venus des quatre coins du globe, les délégués se réunirent à...
The UN at 75 – Resurrecting the Security Council’s Responsibility
On 21 April, the UN Association of the United Kingdom and the Together First campaign launched an important report by Mona Ali Khalil*, a respected public international...
There is no alternative to Multilateralism in the 21st Century
Let us make no mistake: we are at an unprecedented defining moment in history which requests our utmost attention, whether we are citizens or leaders.We have all become...
Nations Unies et Femmes : une lutte incessante
En 75 ans, la présence et le rôle des femmes au sein de l’ONU est toujours restée un thème central. Du combat de la première heure pour mentionner la différence de...
