GLOBAL AFFAIRS
This interview marks the International Day of UN Peacekeepers celebrated on the 29th of May. The Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, reflects on the vital work carried out by peacekeeping missions to address multidimensional crises and...
The 17th May marks the anniversary of the founding of ITU in 1865, when the first International Telegraph Convention was signed in Paris. Since then, not only the concept of telecommunication itself, but also the impact of doing more, more frequently, has created a...
Digital public goods offer a fast-track, lower-cost route to delivering essential government services to citizens, but the scale and speed of digital transformation demands high standards from those implementing these new systems. Digital government is transforming...
Development aid flows are notoriously leaky, but blockchain can help keep an eye on every transaction, reduce waste and graft and direct funds safely to the planned recipients. In a perfect world, every dollar of development aid would be spent in the way its donors...
This year could be the year of blue carbon. Three key factors will drive this trend: a new appreciation of nature-based solutions to climate change; the need for high-quality carbon credits (following a recent backlash); and the momentum created by the new UN global...
Travel is a necessary part of daily life. Being able to go to work, visit friends, or run errands requires us to take the car, bus or train, or to cycle or walk. Did you know that every year, more than 500,000 people die prematurely in the World Health Organization...
Alice Wairimu Nderitu of Kenya is the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide for the United Nations. Her career has been dedicated to peacemaking and championing human rights in her many positions on a national and international level. On the 7th April, UNESCO...
The mission of Innossuisse is to promote science-based innovation in the interest of the economy and society in Switzerland. How? By accelerating the transfer of knowledge from research to industry and helping innovations and start-ups to achieve a breakthrough on the...
Epsy Campbell Barr is the current Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. She is a former Vice President of Costa Rica and Minister of Foreign Affairs. She was twice a congressional representative in the Legislative Assembly of Costa...
GLOBAL AFFAIRS
Development aid flows are notoriously leaky, but blockchain can help keep an eye on every transaction, reduce waste and graft and direct funds safely to the planned recipients. In a perfect world, every dollar of development aid would be spent in the way its donors...
This year could be the year of blue carbon. Three key factors will drive this trend: a new appreciation of nature-based solutions to climate change; the need for high-quality carbon credits (following a recent backlash); and the momentum created by the new UN global...
Travel is a necessary part of daily life. Being able to go to work, visit friends, or run errands requires us to take the car, bus or train, or to cycle or walk. Did you know that every year, more than 500,000 people die prematurely in the World Health Organization...
Alice Wairimu Nderitu of Kenya is the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide for the United Nations. Her career has been dedicated to peacemaking and championing human rights in her many positions on a national and international level. On the 7th April, UNESCO...
The mission of Innossuisse is to promote science-based innovation in the interest of the economy and society in Switzerland. How? By accelerating the transfer of knowledge from research to industry and helping innovations and start-ups to achieve a breakthrough on the...
Epsy Campbell Barr is the current Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. She is a former Vice President of Costa Rica and Minister of Foreign Affairs. She was twice a congressional representative in the Legislative Assembly of Costa...
About WDSD World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), is a global awareness day celebrated on 21 March and officially observed by the United Nations since 2012. The date for WDSD, the 21st day of the 3rd month, signifies the three copies (trisomy) of the 21st chromosome, which...
We’ve had a tantalizing glimpse of the promise of digital technology. Now it’s time to deliver transformation by engaging and empowering people to reimagine the workplace. In the past 2-3 years, the crucial work of the UN and international development agencies has...
Technically, water is said to be a resource with an inelastic demand — it has no close substitutes. Similar is the case with air, with the difference that very few people suffer from lack of air while many suffer from lack of water — clean water. So two people with a...
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Christian Saunders, a seasoned UN reformer as Special Coordinator on Improving UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA). I had the opportunity to speak with USG Saunders about his vision and priorities for...
