An interview with Melania Guerra to discuss the future of environmental diplomacy, education, and sustainable development
Francisco Rojas discusses the challenges that the United Nations faces to achieve the 2030 Agenda and remain as the international peacekeeper
This article compares the 2020 Netflix movie Sergio with the 2008 biography that inspired it: Chasing the Flame: One Man’s Fight to Save the World, written by Samantha Power. Both tell the real-life story of Sergio Vieira de Mello, the Brazilian philosopher and UN diplomat who was the main target
The Central African Republic (CAR) has been suffering from long-lasting conflicts and is now required to establish the rule of law through Transitional Justice. Transitional justice is for the recovery of countries devastated by conflict. The United Nations describes Transitional Justice as ‘the full range of processes and mechanisms associated
Joe Schumacher quizzes Elizabeth Griffin of Essex University on her Amnesty International sponsored inquiry into Human Rights and the Justice system in Afghanistan. She argues for a bigger role for the UN and greater emphasis on security first.
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- July 6, 2020
The UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan has recently submitted his Report to the United Nations General Assembly on the University for Peace.
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addresses the Geneva Lecture in Switzerland, emphasizing the need to prioritize disarmament and forward the Millennium Development Goals.
- July 2, 2020
The General Assembly of the UN watched the "establishment of an active group of friendly countries to play a particularly important role in supporting the reactivation of the social development in the country (Nicaragua), which will facilitate the strengthening of its institutional and democratic structures." With the whole world watching
- July 1, 2020
Michael S Lund, Preventing Violent Conflicts: A Strategy for Preventive Diplomacy, USIP Press, 1996
- July 1, 2020
“We have heard much about Albert Einstein’s brilliant, ground-breaking, and at times audacious contributions to physics; and we have heard how these contributions continue to guide, challenge, tease and perplex today’s physicists,” says UPEACE Rector Julia Marton-Lefèvre. But what would Einstein think about the modern-day issues of sustainable development and
- June 30, 2020
Girls must overcome several barriers to be part of the so-called hard science, learn from @MelaniaGuerra how it can be done here https://www.ideasforpeace.org/content/ideas-for-peace-from-dr-melania-guerra/ #GirlsInSTEM #climatechange #womeninleadership #womeninscience
Check out the publication about the Safety Case Regulatory Approach in Safeguarding #HealthandSafety Standards in #Oil and #Gas Sector in #Uganda. https://www.ideasforpeace.org/?post_type=content&p=9286&preview=true from @peterreat
