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Join us as we celebrate International Archives Week on the theme of Archives for Everyone, with our latest news from the Library & Archives.  In this compelling discussion, Danielle Hughes, an archivist and the chief of the Records Management Unit at UN Geneva, speaks about the significance of the archives related to the International Bill of Human Rights being inscribed into the UNESCO Memory of the World Heritage register. Discover how these archives related to the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, were preserved and recognized for their global importance, including the original drafts and influential changes inspired by key figures such as Eleanor Roosevelt and Hansa Mehta. The episode also sheds light on the role played by Geneva in hosting these pivotal documents and addresses the broader context of preserving institutional memory for future generations, emphasizing the imperative of safeguarding both historical and contemporary archival collections. Resources and for more information: Ask an Archivist!: Ask us - Ask us UN Archives Geneva online catalogue: www.archives.ungeneva.org UNARMS online catalogue in New York: www.search.archives.un.org   Where to listen to this episode  Apple podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy YouTube: https://youtu.be/15ThYV_-g_A  Content    Guest: Danielle Hughes, Archivist, UN Geneva Host, production and editing: Amy Smith, UN Library & Archives Geneva Recorded and produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva   

Gaza: the UN condemns the killing of hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli strikes – UNWRA, OHCHR, OCHAIran, Syria in spotlight at Human Rights CouncilCyprus talks resume at UN Geneva in a positive ‘new atmosphere'

Aid surge into Gaza continues, UN teams prioritize immediate needsUNICEF sounds alarm over child crisis in eastern DR CongoYoung artists sing for social justice at UN Geneva

At the end of last month Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited the site of the Holocaust museum that is being built in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, a city that was home to a thriving and important Jewish community numbering in the tens of thousands before World War II. The museum has been years in the making, and, as The Guardian reported recently, is set to open in 2026. Leon Saltiel joins Thanos Davelis to break down what this means for the Jewish community of the city and of Greece, why it has taken so long, and what role this museum can play in combating worrying trends across Europe of anti-semitism, Holocaust denial, and the rise of the far-right.Leon Saltiel is a historian from Thessaloniki and author of the award winning book The Holocaust in Thessaloniki. He also serves as Director of Diplomacy, Representative at UN Geneva and UNESCO, and Coordinator on Countering Antisemitism for the World Jewish Congress.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Eighty years after thousands of Greek Jews were murdered, Thessaloniki's Holocaust museum is finally set to openGermany's president visits the site of a Holocaust museum being built in GreeceAs he heads to Athens, Turkish FM speaks of ‘positive momentum' but also ‘comprehensive solutions'Scholz sets stage for German snap election as government collapses 

The interns working at the UN Library & Archives Geneva gathered for a discussion with the Director of the Library & Archives, Francesco Pisano, on their thoughts on multilateralism, multiculturalism and working at the UN. Raphaela, Lucas, Alicia, Mengna and Ashrul come from different countries, are studying at different institutions and have different academic backgrounds. They share with us inside tips on applying for UN internships, explain their own motivations and give a glimpse of what they have learned during their time at the Library & Archives and UN Geneva. Together, they explore what multilateralism, multiculturalism and multilingualism mean to them in their lives and work. Resources UN Internships: https://www.un.org/en/academic-impact/page/internships UN Careers: https://careers.un.org/home?language=en Where to listen to this episode  Apple podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ Content    Host: Franceso Pisano Speakers: Interns at the UN Library & Archives Geneva   Ashrul Bin Mohammad Azmi   Raphaela Gutierrez   Alicia Grünert   Lucas Westphal Jensen   Mengna CHEN Concept and editing: Mengna CHEN Producer: Amy Smith Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva 

The city of Thessaloniki may be known as one of Greece's most scenic, waterfront cities, but go back to WWII, and it played stage to the deportation of thousands of local Greek Jews to places like Auschwitz, where the majority would ultimately lose their lives. Author, historian, Director of Diplomacy, Representative at UN Geneva and UNESCO, and Coordinator on Countering Antisemitism for the World Jewish Congress. Dr Leon Saltiel joins Ouzo Talk to tell the all-important story in a revealing and insightful episode. From heavy moments of despair, to rare glimmers of hope and heroism, this is an insight into what was once a thriving Jewish community in Greece and Thessaloniki during the world's greatest conflict.This episode is proudly brought to you by Meet The Greek Restaurant: https://www.meetthegreek.com.au/Support the showEmail us at ouzotalk@outlook.comSubscribe to our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3n85GSdk5Q&t=6sFollow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuzoTalkFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ouzo_talk/

VLOG March 22: Trump Watch continues, as in @SDNYLIVE Hwang of Archegos 0 for 20 on motions, #OneCoin Dilkinska in but Ruja in the wind; Guo's chief of staff Yvette Wang gets new lawyer, UN Bans Press in NY & Now Whistleblower in Geneva https://www.innercitypress.com/ungate1gutbansnygenevaicp032223.html

The UN Human Rights Council is set to discuss Ukraine, Ethiopia, Iran, and more. Inside Geneva podcast host Imogen Foulkes asks: what about China?“If there's no pressure coming from the international community, if there's no scrutiny over China, if there's nothing happening, China is basically going to take it as a sign that they've got the green light to continue their abuses,” says Zumretay Arkin, spokesperson at the World Uyghur Congress.Last year a UN report suggested China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang. UN member states voted – narrowly – not to debate that report. “Of course, there's a geopolitical understanding of what's happening, but we have to get back to the essence of human rights, and we have to get back to the essence also of the treaties that this system was created to uphold,” says Raphaël Viana David, China and Latin America advocate at the International Service for Human Rights.This week on the Inside Geneva podcast: human rights activists say what they think should happen now.“The fact that we came so tantalisingly close to having a resolution on China adopted at the council has actually shattered a really important taboo about the ability to take on China and any state, no matter how powerful,” says Hilary Power, UN Geneva director at Human Rights Watch.Please try out our French Podcast: the Dangerous MillionsGet in touch! Email us at insidegeneva@swissinfo.ch Twitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_en Thank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review.

The current review of the world's primary biological weapons treaty taking place in Geneva needs to “break the deadlock” over a verification mechanism, the top diplomat presiding the talks has told UN News.Even if that thorny issue remains unresolved, there are other proposals on the table that could make it harder to produce lab-made threats in future, Ambassador Leonardo Bencini explains to UN News's Daniel Johnson.

The current review of the world's primary biological weapons treaty taking place in Geneva needs to “break the deadlock” over a verification mechanism, the top diplomat presiding the talks has told UN News.Even if that thorny issue remains unresolved, there are other proposals on the table that could make it harder to produce lab-made threats in future, Ambassador Leonardo Bencini explains to UN News's Daniel Johnson.

Today's episode delves into data. It's all around us in our daily lives, but how important is data for multilateralism today? Especially, as we look to Agenda 2030, and measuring our progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (the SDGs)? The #NextPagePod is joined by Ruzanna Tarverdyan, Founding President of the Geneva Consensus Foundation, and author of the book, “Measuring sustainable development goals performance”, as well as Edward Mishaud, Acting Director of the SDG Lab at UN Geneva. How can we really measure if we're achieving the SDGs? Are countries' ready to integrate the social, economic and environmental dimensions of development? What does the data tell us about crises, and our ability to face future challenges? And how can science impact multilateralism? We explore these questions in this episode.  Resources   Learn about the book “Measuring sustainable development goals performance”, by Ruzanna Tarverdyan & Sten Thore.  Read the article from the Official Journal of the European Union entitled "Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Listening to the citizens of Europe for a sustainable future" (Sibiu and beyond)' adopted in 2019 when the European Economic and Social Committee chose to use Ruzanna Tarverdyan & Sten Thore's definition of the notion “Sustainable Competitiveness”.  Visit SDG Lab website: https://www.sdglab.com/ Visit the UN Sustainable Development Goal indicators website Listen to the #NextPagePod series collaboration with the SDG Lab at UN Geneva, It Takes A Global Crisis on YouTube or here on Podbean.  Where to listen to this episode   Apple podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy  Youtube:   Content     Speakers: Ruzanna Tarverdyan & Edward Mishaud Host: Natalie Alexander Editors & Producers: Alma Selvaggia Rinaldi & Natalie Alexander Social media designs: Alma Selvaggia Rinaldi & Natalie Alexander Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva    

Nadia Isler, senior adviser to the Director General of UN Geneva, co-founder and Director, SDG Lab, UN Geneva and former Deputy Head of Development Affairs at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN, congratulates Sadhguru for launching a global movement to save soil, and hopes that millions of people rally behind the movement.Conscious Planet: https://www.consciousplanet.orgSadhguru App (Download): https://onelink.to/sadhguru__appOfficial Sadhguru Website: https://isha.sadhguru.orgSadhguru Exclusive: https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusiveConscious Planet is a Global Movement to initiate a conscious approach to soil and planet. The movement seeks to show governments of all nations that their citizens want a policy to revitalize soil and ecology. To activate and demonstrate the support of over 3 billion citizens, Sadhguru will be riding a motorcycle alone, 30,000 kilometers across 24 nations.Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times.

Nadia Isler, senior adviser to the Director General of UN Geneva, co-founder and Director, SDG Lab, UN Geneva and former Deputy Head of Development Affairs at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN, congratulates Sadhguru for launching a global movement to save soil, and hopes that millions of people rally behind the movement.Conscious Planet: https://www.consciousplanet.orgSadhguru App (Download): https://onelink.to/sadhguru__appOfficial Sadhguru Website: https://isha.sadhguru.orgSadhguru Exclusive: https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusiveConscious Planet is a Global Movement to initiate a conscious approach to soil and planet. The movement seeks to show governments of all nations that their citizens want a policy to revitalize soil and ecology. To activate and demonstrate the support of over 3 billion citizens, Sadhguru will be riding a motorcycle alone, 30,000 kilometers across 24 nations.Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nadia Isler, senior adviser to the Director General of UN Geneva, co-founder and Director, SDG Lab, UN Geneva and former Deputy Head of Development Affairs at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN, congratulates Sadhguru for launching a global movement to save soil, and hopes that millions of people rally behind the movement.Conscious Planet: https://www.consciousplanet.orgSadhguru App (Download): https://onelink.to/sadhguru__appOfficial Sadhguru Website: https://isha.sadhguru.orgSadhguru Exclusive: https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusiveConscious Planet is a Global Movement to initiate a conscious approach to soil and planet. The movement seeks to show governments of all nations that their citizens want a policy to revitalize soil and ecology. To activate and demonstrate the support of over 3 billion citizens, Sadhguru will be riding a motorcycle alone, 30,000 kilometers across 24 nations.Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times.

Nadia Isler, senior adviser to the Director General of UN Geneva, co-founder and Director, SDG Lab, UN Geneva and former Deputy Head of Development Affairs at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN, congratulates Sadhguru for launching a global movement to save soil, and hopes that millions of people rally behind the movement.Conscious Planet: https://www.consciousplanet.orgSadhguru App (Download): https://onelink.to/sadhguru__appOfficial Sadhguru Website: https://isha.sadhguru.orgSadhguru Exclusive: https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusiveConscious Planet is a Global Movement to initiate a conscious approach to soil and planet. The movement seeks to show governments of all nations that their citizens want a policy to revitalize soil and ecology. To activate and demonstrate the support of over 3 billion citizens, Sadhguru will be riding a motorcycle alone, 30,000 kilometers across 24 nations.Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In September 2015, leaders from around the world gathered in New York at the United Nations General Assembly and committed to an ambitious global agenda, setting forth seventeen “Sustainable Development Goals”, or SDGs, to be achieved by 2030. These goals, if accomplished, would mark incredible feats of human history. Unfortunately, the most recent report from the UN Economic and Social Council shows that the world is not on track to meet these targets by the 2030 deadline. This episode of the Oxford Policy Pod will dive into the progress and delays on the SDGs, and understand what it will take to reach these goals. We also explore how policymakers are using these voluntary international commitments to guide and prioritize work in practice, specifically in the context of developing urban areas.  https://www.sdglab.ch/en-team/edward-mishaud (Edward Mishaud), is a Senior Advisor and current acting Director with the https://www.sdglab.ch/ (SDG Lab) at UN Geneva. He has over 15 years of expertise across policy, donor relations, governance, advocacy, and communications, and has worked with several UN and other international organizations, such as the UN Development Programme, the World Health Organization, the Joint UN Programme on HIV and the Green Climate Fund.  https://www.ucl.ac.uk/urban-lab/research/research-projects/making-africa-urban/people/sylvia-croese (Dr. Sylvia Croese) is an urban sociologist who is a Senior Researcher at the South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning at the School of Architecture and Planning of the University of the Witwatersrand and Research Associate with the African Centre for Cities (ACC) at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. She has conducted extensive research on urban planning, politics and governance through the lens of housing, land, urban infrastructure and mobility, with a particular focus on the localization of global urban development goals in African cities. She has published widely on this work in major international journals, as well as three co-edited books: Refractions of the National, the Popular and the Global in African Cities (African Minds, 2021), Reframing the Urban Challenge in Africa: Knowledge Co-production from the South (Routledge, 2021) and Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in African cities (Springer, in press). Currently, her research examines the transcalar workings of developmental policy circuits as part of the ERC funded comparative research project Making Africa Urban: the transcalar politics of large-scale urban development. This episode was produced and hosted by Livey Beha, with support from Read Leask. Season 4 of the Oxford Policy Pod is executive produced by Livey Beha and Read Leask.  To learn more about the Sustainable Development Goals, check out: The SDG Lab: https://www.sdglab.ch/ (https://www.sdglab.ch/) Sustainable Development Goals and 2030 Agenda: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/ (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/) UN SDG Progress Report https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/29858SG_SDG_Progress_Report_2022.pdf (https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/29858SG_SDG_Progress_Report_2022.pdf)  

Deadly migrant Morocco to Spain route probe needed: OHCHR Afghanistan quake appeal: OCHA seeks $110 million UN-led Libya constitution talks resume in Geneva

More than 40 different country situations of concern will be put under the international spotlight at the Human Rights Council's landmark 50th session beginning on Monday, in Geneva. Created in 2006, the forum is the most important multilateral body for the advancement of people's freedoms, which recently have included strong and unequivocal action against racism and the challenges posed by climate change, as President of the Council, Federico Villegas tells UN News's Daniel Johnson.

More than 40 different country situations of concern will be put under the international spotlight at the Human Rights Council's landmark 50th session beginning on Monday, in Geneva. Created in 2006, the forum is the most important multilateral body for the advancement of people's freedoms, which recently have included strong and unequivocal action against racism and the challenges posed by climate change, as President of the Council, Federico Villegas tells UN News's Daniel Johnson.

Having a stroke is something many of us associate with older people, but that's not always the case, as we find out, in this week's interview with a courageous stroke activist who's been telling staff at UN Geneva how he managed to learn to speak again. In Yemen, the UN migration agency IOM, has issued a warning about the tens of thousands of migrants from Africa who continue to be trafficked, shot or worse; in Geneva, North Korea's missile tests have prompted strong words at the UN's top disarmament forum; while 100 days of war in Ukraine have had predict ably awful results for most of the country's youngsters. Last but not least, we'll also hear a potentially promising COVID immunity update from the WHO.

Having a stroke is something many of us associate with older people, but that's not always the case, as we find out, in this week's interview with a courageous stroke activist who's been telling staff at UN Geneva how he managed to learn to speak again. In Yemen, the UN migration agency IOM, has issued a warning about the tens of thousands of migrants from Africa who continue to be trafficked, shot or worse; in Geneva, North Korea's missile tests have prompted strong words at the UN's top disarmament forum; while 100 days of war in Ukraine have had predict ably awful results for most of the country's youngsters. Last but not least, we'll also hear a potentially promising COVID immunity update from the WHO.

Having a stroke is something many of us associate with older people, but that's not always the case, as we find out, in this week's interview with a courageous stroke activist who's been telling staff at UN Geneva how he managed to learn to speak again. In Yemen, the UN migration agency IOM, has issued a warning about the tens of thousands of migrants from Africa who continue to be trafficked, shot or worse; in Geneva, North Korea's missile tests have prompted strong words at the UN's top disarmament forum; while 100 days of war in Ukraine have had predict ably awful results for most of the country's youngsters. Last but not least, we'll also hear a potentially promising COVID immunity update from the WHO.

When your country is at war, chances are you might have other priorities than attending an event at the UN that promotes peace.  But that's not the case for Ukrainian teenager Daria Yelisieienko, who travelled all the way from her war-torn country this week, to show her support for United Nations peacekeepers everywhere.  These soldiers with their trademark blue helmets are honoured every year on 30 May, the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, at ceremonies such as the one that took place at UN Geneva this Monday - which is where UN News's Daniel Johnson caught up with Daria. 

When your country is at war, chances are you might have other priorities than attending an event at the UN that promotes peace.  But that's not the case for Ukrainian teenager Daria Yelisieienko, who travelled all the way from her war-torn country this week, to show her support for United Nations peacekeepers everywhere.  These soldiers with their trademark blue helmets are honoured every year on 30 May, the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, at ceremonies such as the one that took place at UN Geneva this Monday - which is where UN News's Daniel Johnson caught up with Daria. 

Two and a half years into the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be tempting to think that for many of us, the worst is over. The reality is that the fallout from the coronavirus could last a decade, and not only in the health sector, scientists have said in a new UN-backed report. To ensure that we're better prepared for the next global shock, governments everywhere need to take stock of the vulnerabilities that have been exposed nationally - and internationally - by the pandemic, as UN News' Daniel Johnson hears now, from Mami Mizutori, head of the UN Office of Disaster Risk Reduction, Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization and first, Peter Gluckman, who's President of the International Science Council.

Two and a half years into the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be tempting to think that for many of us, the worst is over. The reality is that the fallout from the coronavirus could last a decade, and not only in the health sector, scientists have said in a new UN-backed report. To ensure that we're better prepared for the next global shock, governments everywhere need to take stock of the vulnerabilities that have been exposed nationally - and internationally - by the pandemic, as UN News' Daniel Johnson hears now, from Mami Mizutori, head of the UN Office of Disaster Risk Reduction, Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization and first, Peter Gluckman, who's President of the International Science Council.

This episode of the #NextPagePod continues our series of conversations with Ambassadors to the United Nations Geneva, where we explore their experiences as diplomats in a multilateral system, and what the UN means for their countries today as we look to the multilateralism we need for our future.   Our Director at the UN Library & Archives Geneva, Francesco Pisano, is joined by the Permanent Representative and Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the UN in Geneva, Galib Israfilov.  In March 1992, Azerbaijan joined the United Nations. With this year marking 30 years of accession, Ambassador Israfilov shares some of the history of the nation, its regional role today, and his own reflections on the importance of multilateralism from his experiences as both a bilateral and multilateral diplomat.   Resources Transcript: https://libraryresources.unog.ch/audio/transcripts/Ambassador-Israfilov-on-Azerbaijan-and-enriching-multilateralism  Follow the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the UN Geneva on Twitter: https://twitter.com/azmissiongeneva and Ambassador Galib Israfilov: https://twitter.com/galib_is Where to listen to this episode Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy  Youtube: https://youtu.be/QvRMvSgVnys Content  Speakers: Ambassador Galib Ifralov, Francesco Pisano  Host: Natalie Alexander Editors & Producers: Yunshi (Daisy) Liang & Natalie Alexander  Social media designs: Yunshi (Daisy) Liang & Natalie Alexander  Image of Galib Ifralov: Dodge and Burn Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva  

Today on the #NextPagePod we release a bonus episode to mark the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, established in 2018 by the UN General Assembly, and observed each year on 24 April.  At the heart of our podcast is the aim to enrich and promote understanding of the values of multilateralism and international cooperation. To mark this day, our Director at the Library & Archives, Francesco Pisano, speaks with the Director-General of UN Geneva, Tatiana Valovaya. #MultileralismDay #MultilateralismMatters Resources Transcript  Learn more about "Our Common Agenda", an agenda of action designed to accelerate the implementation of existing agreements: https://www.un.org/en/content/common-agenda-report/  Find out more about UN Geneva: https://www.ungeneva.org/en and Director-General Tatiana Valovaya: https://www.ungeneva.org/en/director-general  Where to listen to this episode Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy Youtube: https://youtu.be/jyGtsFtB42Q  UN Library & Archives Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNOGLibrary Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNOGLibrary   Content Speakers: Director-General of UN Geneva Tatiana Valovaya, Francesco Pisano Host: Natalie Alexander Editor & Producer: Natalie Alexander  Transcript: Yunshi (Daisy) Liang Social Media Designs: Natalie Alexander  Image of the Director-General: UN Photo / Jean Marc Ferré Produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva 

This episode continues our series of conversations with Ambassadors to the United Nations Geneva, where we explore their views as diplomats in a multilateral system and what the UN means for them today.   Our Director at the UN Library & Archives Geneva, Francesco Pisano, is joined by the Permanent Representative and Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the UN in Geneva, Andranik Hovhannisyan.  This year, 2022, Armenia marks 30 years of accession to the United Nations. Ambassador Hovhannisyan shares how he came to serve in diplomacy, as well as moments from Armenia's history that have marked him the most. He also shares his view on Armenia's experience with the multilateralism at the UN, and as a historian himself, his thoughts as multilateralism evolves in a changing world.   Resources Transcript: https://libraryresources.unog.ch/audio/transcripts/Armenia-multilateralism Follow the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Armenia to the UN Geneva on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Armembsuisse Where to listen to this episode Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy  Youtube: https://youtu.be/VeVBSekEclw Content  Speakers: Ambassador Andranik Hovhannisyan, Francesco Pisano  Host: Natalie Alexander Editors & Producers: Yunsi (Daisy) Liang & Natalie Alexander  Social media designs: Natalie Alexander  Image of Ambassador Hovhannisyan: Permanent Mission of Armenia to the UN in Geneva  Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva  

Leon Saltiel has a Ph.D. in contemporary European history from the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, and his book THE HOLOCAUST IN THESSALONIKI was the winner of the 2021 Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust Research. He is the World Jewish Congress representative at the UN Geneva and UNESCO and the coordinator on countering antisemitism. The World Jewish Congress's site on the Holocaust is https://aboutholocaust.org/ and the IHRA definition of antisemitism including explaining anti-Zionism is at www.holocaustremembrance.com/resources/working-definitions-charters/working-definition-antisemitism

Happy New Year from the UN Library & Archives Geneva! This episode continues our conversations with Ambassadors to the UN in Geneva. Our Director, Francesco Pisano, is joined by the Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN Geneva, Catalina Devandas Aguilar, who arrived in Geneva in late 2020.   She takes us on a fascinating exploration of the history of Costa Rica, its role in the region, and some of its main priorities today that can be examples for the rest of the world, from migration solutions to social protection, green policies and biodiversity, women's participation, human rights and peace.    And, as one of a small number of countries without a standing army, she shares her assessment of Costa Rica's experience at the UN today, and how the country's commitment to peace influences its views on multilateralism and collective security.  Resources Transcript: The Next Page - Transcripts - Audio Guide - Research Guides at United Nations Library & Archives Geneva (unog.ch) Follow Ambassador Devandas Aguilar on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CataDevandas Follow the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the UN Geneva on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CRONUGVA Where to listen to this episode Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy  Youtube: https://youtu.be/wUdt7ziY0V0  Content  Speakers: Ambassador Catalina Devandas Aguilar, Francesco Pisano  Host: Tiffany Verga  Editor & Producer: Natalie Alexander  Social media designs: Natalie Alexander  Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva  

In this final show of 2021, climate wars and how the UN refugee agency is trying to help the world's most vulnerable communities including those in the Sahel; a “COVID tsunami” alert from the WHO's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus; and Security Council condemnation for gruesome killings in Myanmar. Plus, an end-of-year message of solidarity and hope from UN chief António Guterres, while Brecht's Mother Courage sets the tone for closing comments from regular guest Solange Behoteguy Cortes.

In this final show of 2021, climate wars and how the UN refugee agency is trying to help the world's most vulnerable communities including those in the Sahel; a “COVID tsunami” alert from the WHO's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus; and Security Council condemnation for gruesome killings in Myanmar. Plus, an end-of-year message of solidarity and hope from UN chief António Guterres, while Brecht's Mother Courage sets the tone for closing comments from regular guest Solange Behoteguy Cortes.

Raven Kaliana directs Puppet (R)Evolution Theatre Company, producing puppet-based plays and films for adults and teens on social issues. She's presented Hooray for Hollywood, her award-winning autobiographical film on surviving human trafficking, at UN Geneva, NY Commission on the Status of Women, London City Hall. She's presented this at Oxford, Roehampton, and Kingston Universities; Royal Central School of Speech & Drama; New York University. Love vs Trauma, her puppet play on resilience, toured to China, Puerto Rico, Greece, and the UK. She directed puppet animation 'Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress' and is currently collaborating with Rattapallax on a new film. Her work has been chronicled by BBC News, Changemakers Magazine, New York Times, The Guardian, Puppetry International, The Puppetry Journal, Eyestorm TV, Medium. Documentary interviews include No Strings Attached and Stories of Healing. Artist residencies were awarded by Puppet Centre Trust, Artists Access to Art Colleges, and Little Angel Theatre. Raven has used her autobiographical art as a public testimony to influence social change and help others understand how to heal from trauma. Reach out to Raven: https://ravenkaliana.com Contact Lois Wagner to sponsor or participate in the BE BRAVE programme to help eradicate bullying, harassment, sexual and gender-based violence: http://walkingwithoutskin.com/brave-men/ Music Walking without Skin is a song inspired by the work of Lois Wagner. Walking Without Skin was composed by Steve Siler of Music for the Soul and features Denise Green. It is our hope that the song will encourage and empower women as they journey on the road to healing. You may stream the song here or download it for $1.29. https://www.musicforthesoul.org/resources/walking-without-skin/

In this week's show: how drones are proving their worth in humanitarian emergencies, worrying data on diabetes and COVID-19, the latest from the Belarus-Poland border, and news from the COP26 climate summit. Stay with us to hear closing comments from the show's regular guest, Solange Behoteguy-Cortes.That's all coming up, in this week's UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva. Thanks for listening.

In this week's show: how drones are proving their worth in humanitarian emergencies, worrying data on diabetes and COVID-19, the latest from the Belarus-Poland border, and news from the COP26 climate summit. Stay with us to hear closing comments from the show's regular guest, Solange Behoteguy-Cortes. That's all coming up, in this week's UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva. Thanks for listening.

In this week's show: how drones are proving their worth in humanitarian emergencies, worrying data on diabetes and COVID-19, the latest from the Belarus-Poland border, and news from the COP26 climate summit. Stay with us to hear closing comments from the show's regular guest, Solange Behoteguy-Cortes. That's all coming up, in this week's UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva. Thanks for listening.

Alors que la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le climat se poursuit en Écosse, en Suisse l'association indépendante Caritas a décidé de faire porter sa voix. Elle demande une plus grande justice climatique. Mais qu'est-ce que cela signifie ? Réponses avec Franziska Koller, responsable du Secteur Coopération Internationale pour Caritas.    

Le nouveau bâtiment du Palais des Nations à Genève a été inauguré ! L'édifice H est fonctionnel, tandis que la partie historique du Palais reste en travaux jusqu'en 2024. Lena Ailloud s'est entretenue avec le directeur du projet du Plan Stratégique Patrimonial, David Mc Cuaig.  

In this week's show, just one in seven COVID cases is detected in Africa while deaths from another deadly disease – tuberculosis – rise for the first time in a decade, the World Health Organization tells us. An update too from Afghanistan, where the UN refugee agency is desperately worried about a lack of funds for lifesaving aid work – and plunging winter temperatures…We'll also meet the team behind The Walk, an ambitious project to raise awareness about Syrian refugees, which involves walking a huge puppet across Europe.

In this week's show, just one in seven COVID cases is detected in Africa while deaths from another deadly disease – tuberculosis – rise for the first time in a decade, the World Health Organization tells us. An update too from Afghanistan, where the UN refugee agency is desperately worried about a lack of funds for lifesaving aid work – and plunging winter temperatures…We'll also meet the team behind The Walk, an ambitious project to raise awareness about Syrian refugees, which involves walking a huge puppet across Europe.

In this week's show, just one in seven COVID cases is detected in Africa while deaths from another deadly disease – tuberculosis – rise for the first time in a decade, the World Health Organization tells us. An update too from Afghanistan, where the UN refugee agency is desperately worried about a lack of funds for lifesaving aid work – and plunging winter temperatures…We'll also meet the team behind The Walk, an ambitious project to raise awareness about Syrian refugees, which involves walking a huge puppet across Europe.

 In this week's show: a chilling warning that climate change could cause a pandemic-scale economic shock to small businesses once a decade; we follow the fast-growing COVID-19 spike across Africa and hear welcome news about how some countries have included refugees in their pandemic vaccination programmes. We'll also be learning about why drought “could be the next pandemic” from the UN's top disaster risk reduction official, in this week's interview. With your host Daniel Johnson and Solange Behoteguy-Cortes, who explains how the indigenous Aymara people came up with their own solution, to a lack of rainfall.

  In this week's show: a chilling warning that climate change could cause a pandemic-scale economic shock to small businesses once a decade; we follow the fast-growing COVID-19 spike across Africa and hear welcome news about how some countries have included refugees in their pandemic vaccination programmes. We'll also be learning about why drought “could be the next pandemic” from the UN's top disaster risk reduction official, in this week's interview. With your host Daniel Johnson and Solange Behoteguy-Cortes, who explains how the indigenous Aymara people came up with their own solution, to a lack of rainfall.

In this week's show: a chilling warning that climate change could cause a pandemic-scale economic shock to small businesses once a decade; we follow the fast-growing COVID-19 spike across Africa and hear welcome news about how some countries have included refugees in their pandemic vaccination programmes. We'll also be learning about why drought “could be the next pandemic” from the UN's top disaster risk reduction official, in this week's interview.

In this week's 15-minute podcast, we enter the murky world of so-called intelligent drone strike technology and concerns about their proliferation in an interview with the UN Institute for Disarmament Research. Also, an alert over Africa's third COVID wave, a new UN report likening drought to a new pandemic and a warning over the plight of millions of domestic workers, from the UN labour agency ILO. Also, we'll have closing comments from regular guest, Solange Behoteguy Cortes.

In this week's 15-minute podcast, we enter the murky world of so-called intelligent drone strike technology and concerns about their proliferation in an interview with the UN Institute for Disarmament Research. Also, an alert over Africa's third COVID wave, a new UN report likening drought to a new pandemic and a warning over the plight of millions of domestic workers, from the UN labour agency ILO. Also, we'll have closing comments from regular guest, Solange Behoteguy Cortes.

In this week's 15-minute podcast, we enter the murky world of so-called intelligent drone strike technology and concerns about their proliferation in an interview with the UN Institute for Disarmament Research. Also, an alert over Africa's third COVID wave, a new UN report likening drought to a new pandemic and a warning over the plight of millions of domestic workers, from the UN labour agency ILO. Also, we'll have closing comments from regular guest, Solange Behoteguy Cortes.

  In this week's UN Catch-Up, we're getting in touch with the natural world – a photo contest showing what animals make of COVID lockdowns…Plus, the week's top news stories from UN News, including likely famine in Ethiopia's Tigray and alarming coronavirus vaccine shortfalls in nearly all African nations. I'm your host in Geneva, Daniel Johnson, and regular guest Solange Behoteguy-Cortes is with us too for closing comments. Thanks for listening.

 In this week's UN Catch-Up, we're getting in touch with the natural world – a photo contest showing what animals make of COVID lockdowns…Plus, the week's top news stories from UN News, including likely famine in Ethiopia's Tigray and alarming coronavirus vaccine shortfalls in nearly all African nations. I'm your host in Geneva, Daniel Johnson, and regular guest Solange Behoteguy-Cortes is with us too for closing comments. Thanks for listening.

In this week's UN Catch-Up, we're getting in touch with the natural world – a photo contest showing what animals make of COVID lockdowns…Plus, the week's top news stories from UN News, including likely famine in Ethiopia's Tigray and alarming coronavirus vaccine shortfalls in nearly all African nations. I'm your host in Geneva, Daniel Johnson, and regular guest Solange Behoteguy-Cortes is with us too for closing comments. Thanks for listening.

In this week's 15-minute podcast we hear about a bold new exhibition at the Red Cross Museum in Geneva that's looking to shake up preconceptions about what humanitarians do and should be doing, plus coverage of the week's top stories, including the latest on the Mount Nyiragongo volcanic eruption in eastern DR Congo, a new warning about global warming, and the Human Rights Council's vote to launch a high-level inquiry into ‘systematic' abuses in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel. With Daniel Johnson and Solange Behoteguy-Cortes, from the Information Service at UN Geneva.

In this week's 15-minute podcast we hear about a bold new exhibition at the Red Cross Museum in Geneva that's looking to shake up preconceptions about what humanitarians do and should be doing, plus coverage of the week's top stories, including the latest on the Mount Nyiragongo volcanic eruption in eastern DR Congo, a new warning about global warming, and the Human Rights Council's vote to launch a high-level inquiry into ‘systematic' abuses in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel. With Daniel Johnson and Solange Behoteguy-Cortes, from the Information Service at UN Geneva.

In this week's UN Catch-Up: would you return to your war-shattered country to help rebuild it? That's exactly what one Somali doctor did - she tells us her inspiring story. We'll have news on the serious escalation in Middle East and the Myanmar crisis – it's passed the 100-day mark – a call for International Criminal Court proceedings for genocide against Iraq's Yazidis, and former Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's appeal for bold WHO reforms, to prevent another devastating pandemic from happening again. With comment from regular guest Solange Behoteguy Cortes from UN Geneva.

In this week's UN Catch-Up: would you return to your war-shattered country to help rebuild it? That's exactly what one Somali doctor did - she tells us her inspiring story. We'll have news on the serious escalation in Middle East and the Myanmar crisis – it's passed the 100-day mark – a call for International Criminal Court proceedings for genocide against Iraq's Yazidis, and former Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's appeal for bold WHO reforms, to prevent another devastating pandemic from happening again. With comment from regular guest Solange Behoteguy Cortes from UN Geneva.

In this week’s UN Catch-Up: would you return to your war-shattered country to help rebuild it? That’s exactly what one Somali doctor did - she tells us her inspiring story. We’ll have news on the serious escalation in Middle East and the Myanmar crisis – it’s passed the 100-day mark – a call for International Criminal Court proceedings for genocide against Iraq’s Yazidis, and former Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s appeal for bold WHO reforms, to prevent another devastating pandemic from happening again. With comment from regular guest Solange Behoteguy Cortes from UN Geneva.

UN chief ‘realistic’ about Cyprus informal talks in Geneva Key workers need more protections in COVID era: ILO Myanmar expert appeals for junta head to honour ceasefire pledge

In this week's UN Catch-Up from Geneva, we'll find out why we should all be concerned about the container ship that's been making waves in the Suez Canal.  Also – the Sahel attack on civilians that's prompted a protection call from the UN refugee agency…the latest on the Myanmar crisis and help for child victims of the insurgency in northern Mozambique.  With Daniel Johnson and Solange Behoteguy-Cortes from UN Geneva. 

In this week's UN Catch-Up from Geneva, we'll find out why we should all be concerned about the container ship that's been making waves in the Suez Canal.   Also – the Sahel attack on civilians that's prompted a protection call from the UN refugee agency…the latest on the Myanmar crisis and help for child victims of the insurgency in northern Mozambique.   With Daniel Johnson and Solange Behoteguy-Cortes from UN Geneva. 

In this week's show, we're celebrating seven years without polio in India and finding out how it was done. Could the lessons learned help to overcome COVID vaccine hesitancy?  Also - the UN's human rights office OHCHR announces a probe into grave rights abuses in Ethiopia's Tigray region; a call for solidarity for the tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees who've lost everything in a huge camp fire in Bangladesh; a call for an emergency summit to stop the violence in Myanmar and the latest global COVID data from the UN World Health Organization. With Daniel Johnson and Solange Behoteguy-Cortes from UN Geneva.

In this week's show, we're celebrating seven years without polio in India and finding out how it was done. Could the lessons learned help to overcome COVID vaccine hesitancy?   Also - the UN's human rights office OHCHR announces a probe into grave rights abuses in Ethiopia's Tigray region; a call for solidarity for the tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees who've lost everything in a huge camp fire in Bangladesh; a call for an emergency summit to stop the violence in Myanmar and the latest global COVID data from the UN World Health Organization.  With Daniel Johnson and Solange Behoteguy-Cortes from UN Geneva.

In this week's show, we're getting the latest expert advice from the UN health agency on what to make of clotting concerns surrounding COVID vaccines. We'll also hear about a mounting death toll among protesters in Myanmar and a good news story from Cambodia, thanks to UNAIDS, where the agency has had to innovate to respond to the challenges facing people with HIV during the pandemic.  With Daniel Johnson and Solange Behoteguy-Cortes, from UN Geneva. 

In this week's show, we're getting the latest expert advice from the UN health agency on what to make of clotting concerns surrounding COVID vaccines. We'll also hear about a mounting death toll among protesters in Myanmar and a good news story from Cambodia, thanks to UNAIDS, where the agency has had to innovate to respond to the challenges facing people with HIV during the pandemic. With Daniel Johnson and Solange Behoteguy-Cortes, from UN Geneva. 

In this week's show, we're covering the disastrous impact of COVID-19 in DPR Korea (widely known as North Korea) as told to the Human Rights Council; violence in South Sudan that's the worst since the onset of the civil war in December 2013 – and, we'll hear about war photographer Giles Clarke's moving portrait campaign showing some of Yemen's displaced millions, in partnership with OCHA, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.  With Daniel Johnson, Solange Behoteguy-Cortes and Alpha Diallo from UN Geneva.

In this week's show, we're covering the disastrous impact of COVID-19 in DPR Korea (widely known as North Korea) as told to the Human Rights Council; violence in South Sudan that's the worst since the onset of the civil war in December 2013 – and, we'll hear about war photographer Giles Clarke's moving portrait campaign showing some of Yemen's displaced millions, in partnership with OCHA, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. With Daniel Johnson, Solange Behoteguy-Cortes and Alpha Diallo from UN Geneva.

In this week's show, we're covering UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet's appeal for an end to violence in Myanmar, a call by the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization to boost the COVID-19 vaccine rollout to developing countries, and a new tragedy involving human traffickers and migrants sailing from Djibouti to Yemen. And we'll be hearing about the plight of detainees in Syria's prisons and detention centres 10 years since the civil war began - and international efforts to get them out, in an interview with UN-appointed independent rights investigator Hanny Megally. With Daniel Johnson and Solange Behoteguy-Cortes from UN Geneva.

In this week's show, we're covering UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet's appeal for an end to violence in Myanmar, a call by the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization to boost the COVID-19 vaccine rollout to developing countries, and a new tragedy involving human traffickers and migrants sailing from Djibouti to Yemen.And we'll be hearing about the plight of detainees in Syria's prisons and detention centres 10 years since the civil war began - and international efforts to get them out, in an interview with UN-appointed independent rights investigator Hanny Megally.With Daniel Johnson and Solange Behoteguy-Cortes from UN Geneva.

This week's show features the week's news headlines, an interview with the World Food Programme (WFP) on the poorest of the poor in Madagascar, some of whom are eating mud and leaves to survive, and insight from regular guests from the UN Geneva team, Solange Behoteguy-Cortes and Alpha Diallo.

This week's show features the week's news headlines, an interview with the World Food Programme (WFP) on the poorest of the poor in Madagascar, some of whom are eating mud and leaves to survive, and insight from regular guests from the UN Geneva team, Solange Behoteguy-Cortes and Alpha Diallo.

In this week's show, comedian AK Dans explains how he's on a mission to challenge stereotypes about his fellow refugees. We'll have news headlines and insight on migration in Latin America and West and Central Africa, from regular guests Solange Behoteguy-Cortes, and Alpha Diallo, of the Information Service at UN Geneva. 

In this week's show, comedian AK Dans explains how he's on a mission to challenge stereotypes about his fellow refugees. We'll have news headlines and insight on migration in Latin America and West and Central Africa, from regular guests Solange Behoteguy-Cortes, and Alpha Diallo, of the Information Service at UN Geneva. 

This week's show hears from Liz Corbin from public service broadcaster the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) she gives us all sorts of insight into the difficulties of getting “life or death” news out to people everywhere in the age of COVID. Plus, a quick round-up of the week's other stories: A heart-wrenching plea from the head of the UN's World Food Programme as the agency formally accepted its Nobel Peace Prize, a fresh warning over looming famine in wartorn Yemen and deep concern over gender-based violence and impunity in Afghanistan… Plus insight on press freedom in Mexico and on the African continent from regular guests Solange Behoteguy-Cortes and Alpha Diallo at the Information Service at UN Geneva.

This week's show hears from Liz Corbin from public service broadcaster the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) she gives us all sorts of insight into the difficulties of getting “life or death” news out to people everywhere in the age of COVID.Plus, a quick round-up of the week's other stories:A heart-wrenching plea from the head of the UN's World Food Programme as the agency formally accepted its Nobel Peace Prize, a fresh warning over looming famine in wartorn Yemen and deep concern over gender-based violence and impunity in Afghanistan…Plus insight on press freedom in Mexico and on the African continent from regular guests Solange Behoteguy-Cortes and Alpha Diallo at the Information Service at UN Geneva.

Welcome to The Next Page podcast. The UN Geneva Library & Archives are back from summer break, with lots of projects coming up in the next few months. Keep up-to-date over at our Twitter and Facebook pages. In Episode 30 we are joined by the new Executive Director of the Kofi Annan Foundation, Corinne Momal-Vanian, who recently joined the Foundation after more than 30 years at the UN, including her most recent post as Director of the Division of Conference Management at UN Geneva. In conversation with our Director Francesco Pisano, Corinne shares about her new role and the work and values of the Kofi Annan Foundation. She also shares her reflections on multilateralism and the current state of the UN today, including some of the challenges its facing, as well as opportunities for how the UN can move forward as we look to multilateralism in the future.  We also hear her thoughts on women, gender equality and parity, and leadership in international organizations, and the values she's inspired by from some of our past and present leaders here at the UN. For more inspiration and learning, head to the links below. Resources Learn more about Corinne and the Kofi Annan Foundation: https://www.kofiannanfoundation.org/member/corinne-momal-vanian/ Access the episode transcript here: https://libraryresources.unog.ch/c.php?g=673332&p=4880979&t=15286 Other Podcast Episodes Listen to Episode 4: Conversation on Innovation in International Organisations with Tina Ambos and Corinne Momal-Vanian Listen to Episode 19: Former President of the Kofi Annan Foundation on his book A Peacekeeper in Africa, Learning from UN Interventions in Other People's Wars. Listen to Episode 20: Conversation with Catherine Bertini on Leading Transformational Change in International Organizations Check out the Library Research Guides on Women and Gender Equality and Women and Global Diplomacy.   Content Speakers: Corinne Momal-Vanian and Francesco Pisano Host & Editor/Producer: Natalie Alexander Images: Kofi Annan Foundation Graphics, social media designs and transcript: Karen Lee. Recorded & produced by the UN Geneva Library & Archives.

In Episode 21, our podcast guest brings you ideas from the perspective of a diplomat. The UN Geneva Library & Archives Director, Francesco Pisano, sits down with Jivan Gjorgjinski, a diplomat who served for 3 years in Geneva as Head (chargé d'affaires) of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of North Macedonia to the UN in Geneva from June 2016 to July 2019.    In this discussion, he shares what it was like working in multilateral diplomacy in Geneva, and what this means in action, giving particular highlights from two key experiences: chairing the 2018 Meeting of States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), and the 2019 CCW GG on LAWS, or the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons Group of Governmental Experts on lethal autonomous weapons systems.   He explains more about these legal instruments and why they are key examples of multilateralism in action. He also looks at some critical questions: the role of small-state diplomats in the UN, the role of and opportunity for small states in multilateralism, and how diversity, creativity, and finding common ground come into play in multilateralism.  You'll even hear a bit about why we should be more like a sci-fi series you might know well!   To follow Jivan Gjorgjinski on Twitter, head here: https://twitter.com/jivan_gj  You can also find out more about the Biological Weapons Convention: https://bit.ly/2VPkiRf and the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons: https://bit.ly/2VPkiRf at the UN Geneva website.  We also have Library Research Guides on Biological Weapons & Chemical Weapons, check them out here as part of the Disarmament series: https://libraryresources.unog.ch/?b=s.  Content: Speakers: Jivan Gjorgjinski & Francesco Pisano. Host: Natalie Alexander. Editor and Sound Editor: Natalie Alexander. Image: Jivan Gjorgjinski. Recorded & produced at the UN Geneva Library & Archives.

What is transformational change, and when might it be needed in an organisation? This episode brings to you a conversation on leadership and change, particularly on the role of transformational change in international organisations. Our guest is Catherine Bertini, who served as the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) for 10 years from 1992 to 2002, among other roles in government, the private sector and academia. She was, at the time of her appointment, the third woman to have led a UN agency. Shortly after leaving WFP, she was awarded the World Food Prize in 2003 for the change she led in the organization.   Today, she is a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, and in this role published a recent report called Leading Change in UN Organizations. She sits down with our Director Francesco Pisano, to speak about the key issues in the report, transformational change and the current state of affairs in global governance, as well as what she's learned about women in leadership, and the role of youth in leading change at the international level.    For more information about Catherine Bertini's work, head to her website: www.catherinebertini.com/. Her report, Leading Change in UN Organizations, is available here: https://bit.ly/2T10ffW.   Catherine Bertini also led a leadership discussion at the Knowledge & Learning Commons at UN Geneva. Find out more and links to other UN resources on leadership and change here: https://bit.ly/2PeAlUR.    For even more learning, you can find Library's Research Guides on Women & Global Diplomacy: https://libraryresources.unog.ch/womendiplomacy and Multilateralism: https://libraryresources.unog.ch/multilateralism online.   Content: Speakers: Catherine Bertini & Francesco Pisano. Host: Natalie Alexander. Editor and Sound Editor: Natalie Alexander. Image: UN Library and Archives Geneva. Recorded & produced at the UN Library and Archives Geneva.

Welcome to our Conversation series, where we sit down with various leaders, experts and contributors to learn from their experiences and insights. In this episode, the Director of the Library, Francesco Pisano, speaks with the current Director-General at UN Geneva, Michael Møller, who completes his term at the end of June 2019. The Director-General shares his thoughts on his time leading UN Geneva, his 40 years of service at the UN, and his view on the role of multilateralism today.  Content:  Speakers: Michael Møller (Director-General at UN Geneva) & Francesco Pisano (Director of the UN Library Geneva). Host: Natalie Alexander. Editor & Sound Editor: Natalie Alexander. Image: UN Photos/Iryna Turtaieva. Recorded and produced at the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Innovation is applied and seen in many fields, but what does it mean and how can international organizations leverage innovation to meet their missions? In this episode, part of our Conversation series, Natalie Alexander speaks with Tina Ambos, Director of the Institute of Management and Academic Director of the International Organizations MBA at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), and Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the Division of Conference Management at UN Geneva, about their work and insights on innovating in international organisations, and what this means for multilateralism.  To learn more about the work of Tina Ambos and UNIGE on innovation, head to the i2i Hub: for Innovation and Intrapreneurship, and read their 2 reports: Initiatives with Impact & Seed, Scale, Structure: How International Organizations Shape Innovation.  For more information on innovation in the UN system, visit the UN Innovation Network website. Content: Speakers: Tina Ambos & Corinne Momal-Vanian. Host: Natalie Alexander. Editor & Sound Editor: Natalie Alexander. Image: i2i Hub, UNIGE. Recorded and produced at the UN Library Geneva.  

Updated description; December 2019. This early edition of Media Network starts with the news that a postal strike in the Netherlands is delaying listener mail. We carried an interview with Owen Garriott, the first amateur radio operator in space.  While attending the World Telecom Expo in 1983, Jonathan Marks walked down the hill to the Palais de Nations, the UN HQ in Geneva. The goal was to solve the mystery of SSB transmissions in Russian on 14500 kHz USB emanating from the gardens of the building. We spoke with Anthony Kernow of the UN to find out what goes on "radiowise" in the building. This edition also includes an interview with a former producer and translator in the English section of Radio Netherlands, the American Robert Haslach. In 1983 he published his account of Dutch World Broadcasting (still available via Amazon) which traces the early years of PCJJ and PCLL with transmitters in Eindhoven and Huizen. His book is quite critical of one of the early announcers/hosts on the radio station, Eddy Startz of Happy Station fame. He points out that Startz was born in Aachen right on the Dutch border and was never clear about what he did in World War 2. However, the work he did through Happy Station in positioning the Netherlands as a friendly nation is not disputed. It certainly covers the period when the English department was mainly operating to explain how the Dutch were reconstructing after the war, playing lots of music and tourist features interspersed with a short news bulletin and commentary. The book stops in the mid-seventies when transmission times were reduced and emphasis changed to more news and feature programmes. This edition concludes with African Media news from Richard Ginbey. He reports that South Africa is making more use of mediumwave, with Radio 5 appearing on 683 kHz. The test transmissions on 7295 kHz from Botswana were officially commissioned on November 3rd. Voice of Mozambique National resistance has moved their transmitter to a new frequency 4772 kHz. Radio Bardai has returned to 6009 kHz. There have been changes to the Spanish language broadcasts from Luanda aimed at Cuban troops in Angola.