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Imagine. A medical evacuation request comes at 2 a.m. Literally hundreds of calls to make, messages to send. The ministry of health, the United Nations resident coordinator, country authorities, countless others. Negotiations, an aviation team, paperwork – passports,...
Entre l’augmentation des inégalités et les atteintes à l’environnement, comment le monde du travail peut-il remettre l’Agenda 2030 sur les rails ? Le monde est confronté à des crises multiples qui se renforcent mutuellement: séquelles du Covid-19, niveaux sans...
Disability is often used to describe an ongoing mental or physical challenge. Having a disability does not mean a person is disabled. Invisible disabilities, in simple terms, is used to describe a physical, mental or neurological condition that is not visible from the...
Gazing out to the Mediterranean Sea, my eyes followed the fishermen’s boats sprinkled across the shimmering water. Suggestive of all the things that come to mind when one gazes out to a sea being struck by the sun’s rays, the water sparkled like glitter: evoking a...
We expect people to take sides. In fact, when we convey any story to someone else, there is almost always an element of persuasion in the narrative. We strive to make the listener see things our way and side with us. In fact, evolutionary biology suggests that we are...
One year has passed since the UNOG Working Group on Addressing Racism in the Workplace, which you chair, was established. What are its main achievements? The main achievement is that, thanks to the Working Group, talking about racism is no longer taboo. Through...
This May, the Fair Internship Initiative published an update to the Internship Quality Index, which draws on data collected from interns across the UN System to transparently and systematically score and rank UN organizations according to the quality and inclusiveness...
Miladin Bogetic, Press Officer. What does your regular work day look like? As the social media manager for @UNGeneva channels, I dedicate most of my time to creating and curating content for our five platforms: Twitter English, Twitter French, Facebook, Instagram, and...
The first of two articles. We delve into the inner workings of the Joint Coordination Centre, which was set up by the UN, Türkiye, Russia and Ukraine to inspect food shipments out of Ukraine and ensure they comply with the conditions set down in the Black Sea Grain...
INSIDE VIEW
One year has passed since the UNOG Working Group on Addressing Racism in the Workplace, which you chair, was established. What are its main achievements? The main achievement is that, thanks to the Working Group, talking about racism is no longer taboo. Through...
This May, the Fair Internship Initiative published an update to the Internship Quality Index, which draws on data collected from interns across the UN System to transparently and systematically score and rank UN organizations according to the quality and inclusiveness...
Miladin Bogetic, Press Officer. What does your regular work day look like? As the social media manager for @UNGeneva channels, I dedicate most of my time to creating and curating content for our five platforms: Twitter English, Twitter French, Facebook, Instagram, and...
The first of two articles. We delve into the inner workings of the Joint Coordination Centre, which was set up by the UN, Türkiye, Russia and Ukraine to inspect food shipments out of Ukraine and ensure they comply with the conditions set down in the Black Sea Grain...
The second of two articles. When war broke out between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, both among the most important producers of agricultural commodities in the world, UNCTAD chief Rebeca Grynspan was asked to calculate the impact and then negotiate, together...
The principal voice of the organization is the Secretary-General. He speaks to the media frequently, at Headquarters and when traveling. The United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva is the voice of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Through the media and...
Connaître ses limites, les exprimer et les faire respecter favorise l’instauration d’un cadre professionnel respectueux et harmonieux. En parler permet souvent de résoudre des situations source de mal être. Le bureau de l’Ombudsman peut vous aider à préparer ces...
How many languages do you speak? I grew up speaking English, then I studied German as my second language because of my family’s roots there. When I joined the US Foreign Service, I had more German training and served in Stuttgart and Frankfurt. I learned Russian...
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, with its hard and soft lockdowns, more or less stringent travel restrictions, and varying limitations on indoor gatherings, the world of multilingual multilateral diplomacy, including that of the UN and its specialized agencies,...
On a sunny afternoon in New York, we metwith Ms. Susan John, Chief of Office for the United Nations Ombudsman and Mediation Services (“the Office”) to review her first year in the position and discuss informal conflict resolution. Skilled and passionate Passionate...
