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Founder and Executive Director of Diplo Foundation, Dr. Jovan Kurbalija, takes us on a journey from the past to the present and across civilizations to explore the interplay of technology and diplomacy.
Diplomacy and technology are at the heart of Diplo’s mission. Dr. Kurbalija emphasizes the importance of writing as a diplomatic tool and begins by telling us the story in the Sumerian poem “Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta”, recounting how Enmerkar invents writing on clay tablets to relieve the messenger of having to remember the increasing number of messages with which he is charged.
Jovan talks about the similarity of the Ancient Egyptian Amarna letters to today’s diplomatic notes, the advanced messaging system of the Persians at the time of Cyrus the Great, how the Romans and Byzantines concealed information, the advances in technology during the Renaissance period and he highlights the themes of continuity and change all the way to present day. He also speaks about the impact of social media, AI, and our need to remain open to embracing technology in a smart way.
Resources
Diplo website: https://www.diplomacy.edu/
Kurbalija J. (2023) History of Diplomacy and Technology: From Smoke Signals to Artificial Intelligence available at: https://www.diplomacy.edu/resource/history-of-diplomacy-and-technology-from-smoke-signals-to-artificial-intelligence/
Where to listen to this episode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/Content
Guest: Jovan Kurbalija, Executive Director, Diplo
Host and Producer: Amy Smith
Editing and social media designs: Mengna Chen
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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We invited Itonde Kakoma, the new President and CEO of Interpeace, to talk about the mission of Interpeace – an organization that had its origins in the UN and works to prevent violence and build lasting peace. Interpeace has over 30 years of experience working in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
In this conversation with the Director of the UN Library & Archives, Francesco Pisano, Itonde Kakoma talks about inclusive peacebuilding, a participatory approach and a vision of peace anchored in the cohesion and resilience of citizens, the diversity and inclusion of communities and the responsiveness and trustworthiness of State institutions. They discuss the obstacles around implementing the strategic aims of rethinking peace, enhancing resilience and embedding peace, as well as the nexus between peacebuilding and multilateralism.
Resources
Interpeace website: https://www.interpeace.org/
Where to listen to this episode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/Content
Guest: Itonde Kakoma, President, Interpeace
Host: Francesco Pisano
Producer: Amy Smith
Editing and social media designs: Mengna Chen
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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A conversation with Under-Secretary-General Tatiana Molcean, Executive Secretary of UNECE
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is one of the five Regional Commissions of the United Nations. ECE was set up in 1947 to promote pan-European economic integration. Francesco Pisano met with UNECE’s new Executive Secretary, Ms. Tatiana Molcean for a conversation on the role of the Commission and how it serves multilateralism. They also talk about the vision for European economic integration and the challenges currently facing the wider European region.
Resources
UNECE website:https://unece.org/
Where to listen to this episode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R06Hz-T2C0M&t=3sContent
Guest: Tatiana Molcean, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of UNECE
Host: Francesco Pisano
Producer: Amy Smith
Editing and social media designs: Mengna Chen
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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Will we have a breakthrough or a breakdown? In this second episode with Adam Day, Head of the Geneva Office of the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, we continue the exploration of the Six Transformative Shifts proposed by the High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism for a more secure and sustainable future.
Adam Day talks with Francesco Pisano, Director of the Library & Archives about the second three shifts: digital and data governance, peace and prevention and anticipatory action. They also discuss how the UN architecture that was set up post-World War II has aged and what a review of the UN Charter would look like.
Resources
HLAB Report:https://highleveladvisoryboard.org/breakthrough/
Our Common Agenda policy briefs: https://www.un.org/en/common-agenda/policy-briefs
United Nations University Centre for Policy Research: https://unu.edu/cpr/abouthttps://unu.edu/explore
Slaughter, A.-M. (2017). The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Networked World. Yale University Press.
Previous episodes with Adam Day:
A Breakthrough. Part I: https://unitednationslibrarygeneva.podbean.com/e/a-breakthrough-six-transformative-shifts-part-i/
A time for change and effective multilateralism – a conversation with Adam Day | The Next Page (podbean.com)
Where to listen to this episode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R06Hz-T2C0M&t=3sContent
Guest: Adam Day
Host: Francesco Pisano
Producer: Amy Smith
Editing and social media designs: Menga Chen
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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In this and the following episode, we take a deep dive with Adam Day, Head of the Geneva Office of the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, into the Six Transformative Shifts proposed by the High-Level Advisory Board (HLAB) on Effective Multilateralism for a more secure and sustainable future.
Here, in part 1, Adam Day talks with Francesco Pisano, Director of the Library & Archives, about the first three shifts: rebuilding trust in multilateralism; planet and people; and global finance. They talk about re-thinking what consensus means, making multilateralism inclusive and the rights of future generations. Adam also focuses on the vital need to elevate environmental issues, he discusses peace as a public good, and looks at the viable yet ambitious track on finance.
Resources
Previous episode with Adam Day: A time for change and effective multilateralism – a conversation with Adam Day | The Next Page (podbean.com)
HLAB Report:https://highleveladvisoryboard.org/breakthrough/
Our Common Agenda policy briefs: https://www.un.org/en/common-agenda/policy-briefs
United Nations University: https://unu.edu/explore
Where to listen to this episode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R06Hz-T2C0MContent
Guest: Adam Day, Head of the Geneva Office, United Nations University Centre for Policy Research
Host: Francesco Pisano
Producer: Amy Smith
Editing and social media designs: Menga Chen
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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We are starting our 2024 series with an episode with H.E. Mrs. Claudia Fuentes Julio, Permanent Representative of Chile.
Ambassador Fuentes Julio talks about her interesting career path into diplomacy and representing her country. She tells us about the geography of Chile, bounded between the magnificent Andes and the vast Pacific Ocean, and she relates some of the history of Chile and its long connection with multilateralism, including as a founding Member of the United Nations.
Where to listen to this episode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdlO3HCabTkContent
Speakers: Ambassador Claudia Fuentes Julio
Host: Francesco Pisano
Producer: Amy Smith
Editing and social media designs: Menga Chen
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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In this end of year episode, Francesco Pisano, Director of the Library & Archives and senior managers Sigrun Habermann and Blandine Blukacz-Louisfert, find themselves on the other side of the table to talk about why knowledge matters in our times, whether libraries matter, what expertise we need and what digitization, technology and AI can mean for knowledge services.
Together, they come up with an innovative list of wishes to bring you advanced knowledge services for work and research in multilateralism.
Resources:
https://www.ungeneva.org/en/library-archives
Where to listen to this episode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube:Content
Speakers: Francesco Pisano, Sigrun Habermann, Blandine Blukacz-Louisfert
Host: Amy Smith
Producer: Amy Smith
Editing & social media: Mengna Chen, Amy Smith
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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A conversation with Ambassador Matthew Wilson
As part of our ambassadors’ series, for this episode we invited the Permanent Representative of Barbados, Ambassador Matthew Wilson, to explore the role of Barbados in the Caribbean region and in the world today, and its enduring partnership with the UN over 40 years.
Ambassador Wilson talks with Francesco Pisano, Director of the Library & Archives, providing us with a comprehensive insight into Barbados' fascinating history, its position as the hub for the UN Multi-Country Office (MCO) for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean and as a Permanent Representative of the key global challenges facing multilateralism, and its profound engagement with the UN as a small country.
Where to listen to this episode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube: (2) Barbados in the UN and in the world - YouTubeContent
Speaker: H.E. Ambassador Matthew Wilson
Host: Francesco Pisano, Director, UN Library & Archives
Producer: Amy Smith
Editing & social media: Mengna Chen, Amy Smith
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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Le Monde d’ici commence ailleurs : coopérations utiles pour des temps compliqués
Pour cet épisode, nous sommes ravis d’accueillir Isabelle Durant, ancienne Secrétaire générale adjointe de la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le Commerce et le Développement (CNUCED). Isabelle Durant est une femme politique belge, membre du parti Ecolo qu'elle dirigea à deux reprises, elle fut sénatrice et Vice-Première ministre fédérale en Belgique. Elle a été vice-présidente du Parlement européen pendant la 7e législature et elle a ensuite été élue au Parlement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.
Son livre, Le Monde d’ici commence ailleurs : coopérations utiles pour des temps compliqués vient de paraître aux Editions Couleur livres. Isabelle Durant parle avec Francesco Pisano, Directeur de la Bibliothèque & Archives de l’ONU Genève de son parcours, de son livre et elle se penche sur deux thématiques très actuels : les « obsessions identitaires et migrations » et la question du « multilatéral à l’agonie ? »
Ressources
Livre : Durant, I. (2023) Le Monde d’ici commence ailleurs : coopérations utiles pour des temps compliqué. Éditions Couleur livres
Où écouter cet épisode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube:Contenu
Invitée : Isabelle Durant
Hôte : Francesco Pisano
Réalisation et montage : Amy Smith
Conception pour réseaux sociaux : Amy Smith & Mengna Chen
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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Futures of multilateralism – an applied research project on the challenge of transforming the global order
In this episode, three young researchers from the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Simfora Bangasimbo, Karim Achy, Sohini Chakrabarti talk about their applied research project on Futures of Multilateralism. The UN Office at Geneva and the Graduate Institute collaborate in several knowledge and research domains and this research project on futures of multilateralism was submitted by the Library & Archives and The Fab, the Institute’s innovation lab.
Francesco Pisano, Director of the Library & Archives, discusses with the graduate students as they explore what multilateralism may look like in the following 3 scenarios: a world of stable and cooperative geopolitics and open access technology; a world of volatile geopolitics and open access technology; and a world of volatile geopolitics and closed access technology. In the second part, the students move on to a stimulating discussion reflecting on their research.
Resources:
IHEID - The Fab: https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/FAB
Our Common Agenda: https://www.un.org/en/common-agenda
Where to listen to this episode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube:Content
Speakers: Simfora Bangasimbo, Karim Achy, Sohini Chakrabarti
Host: Francesco Pisano, UN Library & Archives
Producer: Amy Smith
Editing & social media: Mengna Chen, Amy Smith
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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A conversation with Swiss Youth Representative, Flora Chiper
This episode with Flora Chiper, Swiss UN Youth Representative for 2023-2025, explores the role of Youth Representatives and their current work, vision and hopes for multilateralism. Flora Chiper is multicultural and multilingual and brings a scientific perspective to the team of Swiss youth reps. She is currently a postgraduate student at the University of Basel, Department of Biomedicine Tissue Engineering Group and was previously at Harvard Medical School researching cartilage regeneration using stem cells. Flora advocates for a more data-driven decision making, long-term thinking and for more meaningful inclusion of youth in the multilateral system.
Resources:
UN Youth Delegate Programme: https://social.desa.un.org/issues/youth/un-youth-delegate-programme#:~:text=The%20roles%20of%20a%20youth,attending%20meetings%20and%20informal%20negotiations.
Conseil Suisse des Activités de Jeunesse : https://www.sajv.ch/en/projects/youth-rep
Youth: https://social.desa.un.org/issues/youth
Our Common Agenda: https://www.un.org/en/common-agenda
SDG Report. Towards a Rescue Plan for People & Planet: The-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Report-2023.pdf (un.org)
Where to listen to this episode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube:Content
Speaker: Flora Chiper, Swiss Youth Rep
Host: Amy Smith, UN Library & Archives
Producer: Amy Smith
Editing & social media: Mengna Chen, Amy Smith
Photo: © Jos Schmid
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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A conversation with Ambassador Dušan Matulay
This episode is part of our ambassadors’ series hosting Permanent Representatives of UN Member States in Geneva for conversations about the role of their countries in the UN and in the world. We invited the Permanent Representative of Slovakia, H.E. Mr. Dušan Matulay, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Slovakia’s membership in the UN.
Ambassador Matulay talks with Francesco Pisano, Director of the Library & Archives and tells us more about Slovakia’s long history, its position as a landlocked country at the very heart of Europe, what Slovakia stands for and wants to share with the world, and what it means to be a smaller country at the United Nations.
Where to listen to this episode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1B5wwFLa5kContent
Speaker: H.E. Ambassador Dušan Matulay
Host: Francesco Pisano, Director, UN Library & Archives
Producer: Amy Smith
Editing & social media: Amy Smith, Nadia Al Droubi, Mengna Chen
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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In this episode we continue our explorations in view of the Summit of the Future. The Summit of the Future (in 2024) will be a key moment to reaffirm and recommit to effective multilateralism in the interest of both people and the planet.
But how do we set out to redesign multilateralism and craft the future we all want in our era of ultra-rapid technological change? And how do we factor in our decisions of today the interests of future generations? Can we still rely solely on classical forms of decision making? Can we trust AI and other emerging technologies to remain tools at our service instead of becoming our masters?
We talk with Konrad Seifert who is the co-founder of the Simon Institute. He also co-founded and led Effective Altruism Switzerland, developing theories of change and looking at the future beyond the current generation.
Resources
Simon Institute : https://www.simoninstitute.ch/
Longtermism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_We_Owe_the_Future
Where to listen to this episode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube:Content
Speaker: Konrad Seifert
Host: Francesco Pisano, Director, UN Library & Archives
Producer: Amy Smith
Editing & social media: Amy Smith & Nadia Al Droubi
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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Our ambassadors’ series hosts Permanent Representatives of UN Member States for conversations about the role of their countries in the UN and in the world. In this episode we invited the Permanent Representative of Germany, Ambassador Dr. Katharina Stasch, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Germany’s membership in the UN.
In 1973 there were two German states. The Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic were both admitted to membership in the United Nations fifty years ago, on 18 September 1973. Ambassador Dr. Stasch tells us more about this historic moment, how it has shaped Germany’s membership in the UN, and what happened once the two countries were reunited in 1990.
Where to listen to this episode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube:Content
Speaker: H.E. Ambassador Dr. Katharina Stasch
Host: Francesco Pisano, Director, UN Library & Archives
Producer: Amy Smith
Editing & social media: Amy Smith & Nadia Al Droubi
Photo: Photo: Antoine Tardy.© StäV
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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Corinne Momal-Vanian is the Executive Director of the Kofi Annan Foundation. Previously, she worked in various senior positions and a variety of countries for the United Nations, most recently as Director of Conference Management at the United Nations Office at Geneva (2015-2020) and Director of Information (2010-2015).
We invited Corinne Momal-Vanian back to The Next Page for a conversation with the Director of the Library & Archives, Francesco Pisano to explore an intriguing topic: the nexus between democracy and multilateralism. In an increasingly interconnected world, how do these two fundamental ideas interact and shape the global IR landscape? They discuss how democracy can serve and support multilateralism, the evolution of multilateralism and the rise of non-state actors and civil society organizations, and the role of youth in democratizing multilateralism.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CMomal
https://twitter.com/KofiAnnanFdn
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kofiannanfoundation
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kofi-annan-foundation
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/kofiannanfoundation
Instagram: www.instagram.com/kofiannanfoundation
Resources
Website - V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy): https://v-dem.net/
Ruggie, J. (1998) Constructing the World Polity: Essays on International Institutionalization. London and New York: Routledge.
Where to listen to this episode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube:Content
Speaker: Corinne Momal-Vanian
Host: Francesco Pisano, Director, UN Library & Archives
Producer: Amy Smith
Editing & social media: Amy Smith & Nadia Al Droubi
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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Marcel Griaule, un ethnographe dans la diplomatie de l’entre-deux-guerres avec Yves Pourcher
Pour cet épisode, nous sommes ravis d’accueillir Yves Pourcher pour parler de Marcel Griaule, un anthropologue, explorateur et écrivain au destin particulier notamment parce qu’il est entré dans la diplomatie lors de la crise d'Abyssinie.
Yves Pourcher, professeur de science politique, a rassemblé plus de 50 textes de Marcel Griaule dans une publication, parue en 2023, intitulée Envahir l’Ethiopie. L’ethnologue en guerre (1935-1936). Il détaille le parcours de vie original de Marcel Griaule et, en particulier, sa fonction de conseiller particulier d’Haïlé Sélassié pendant la guerre italo-éthiopienne qui l’a mené à participer à la rédaction du fameux discours prononcé par l’Empereur d’Ethiopie devant l’Assemblée de la Société des Nations, à Genève, le 30 juin 1936. Un extrait sonore, avec la voix d’Haïlé Sélassié enregistré le jour du discours, est à écouter pendant l’épisode. Yves Pourcher s’exprime également sur l’engagement des ethnologues qui sont confrontés à une guerre sur leur « terrain » d’étude.
Ressources
Livre « Envahir l’Ethiopie. L’ethnologue en guerre (1935-1936) », éditions Anacharsis : https://www.editions-anacharsis.com/Envahir-l-Ethiopie
Plus d'informations sur Yves Pourcher : https://lassp.sciencespo-toulouse.fr/Yves-POURCHER
Différend entre l’Ethiopie et l’Italie. Requête du gouvernement éthiopien (commentaires de M. Marcel Griaule) (14 septembre 1935) : https://archives.ungeneva.org/differend-entre-lethiopie-et-litalie-requete-du-gouvernement-ethiopien
Texte du discours d’Haïlé Sélassié devant l’Assemblée de la Société des Nations (30 juin 1936) en français et amharique : https://archives.ungeneva.org/ethiopia-speech-by-the-emperor-haile-selassie-to-the-league-assembly-2
Enregistrement sonore du discours d’Haïlé Sélassié devant l’Assemblée de la Société des Nations (30 juin 1936) : https://archives.ungeneva.org/haile-selassie-eth-whole-speech-in-amharic
Où écouter cet épisode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube:Contenu
Invitée : Yves Pourcher
Animatrice : Hermine Diebolt
Réalisation et montage : Amy Smith
Conception pour réseaux sociaux : Amy Smith & Nadia Al Droubi
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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In this episode, Davide Rodogno introduces his book Night on Earth, an account of international humanitarian programmes in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the Near East in the interwar period from 1918 to 1930.
Professor Rodogno explains how concepts of international 'relief' and 'development' were deeply connected long before the existence of the United Nations. Through the conversation, we explore the long history of humanitarians operating in the region devastated by war and famine and in which state sovereignty was deficient and hear about the colonial motivations and ideologies that influenced the activities of the various secular and religious organizations and philanthropic foundations in their attempts to reshape communities and nations through reconstruction and rehabilitation programmes.
Davide Rodogno is Professor of International History and Politics, Head of the Interdisciplinary Programmes at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. He specializes in researching international organizations and philanthropic foundations, and transnational networks and movements since the 19th century.
https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/academic-departments/faculty/davide-rodogno
Resources
Rodogno, D. (2021) Night on Earth. A History of International Humanitarianism in the Near East, 1918–1930. Cambridge University Press
Rodogno, D. (2015) Against Massacre: Humanitarian Interventions in the Ottoman Empire (1815-1914), Princeton University Press – Series: Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity, Princeton, 2011, paperback.
Daughton, J.P. (2012) In the Forest of No Joy: The Congo-Ocean Railroad and the Tragedy of French Colonialism. New York. Norton
Foliard, D. (2022). The violence of colonial photography. Manchester University Press.
Levi, P. (1988) The Drowned and the Saved. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. New York.
Maalouf, A. (2006). Origines. Le Livre de Poche.
Pamuk, O. (2022) Nights of Plague. Knopf.
Robson, L. (2017). States of Separation: Transfer, Partition, and the Making of the Modern Middle East. Oakland, CA: University of California Press.
White, B. T. (2011). The Emergence of Minorities in the Middle East: The Politics of Community in French Mandate Syria. Edinburgh University Press.
Where to listen to this episode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube:Content
Speaker: Professor Davide Rodogno
Host: Francesco Pisano, Director, UN Library & Archives
Producer: Amy Smith
Editing & social media: Amy Smith & Nadia Al Droubi
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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We invited Dr. Rebecca Adami, Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer at Stockholm University, Award winner of the 2022 Bertha Lutz Prize for highest quality public writing and research on women in diplomacy by the Diplomatic Studies Section (DPLST) of the International Studies Association (ISA), for a conversation around the role non-Western women had in shaping the UN system, from the UN Charter to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
In this rich conversation, Dr. Adami shares with us the context of situation post-World War II and tells us the story of how the rights of women were included in the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She introduces us to several of the prominent non-Western women who were behind the negotiations both at the San Francisco Conference and for the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, including Hansa Jivraj Mehta and Lakshmi Menon from India, Minerva Bernardino from the Dominican Republic, and Begum Shaista Ikramullah from Pakistan.
Resources
Adami, R and Plesch, D. (2022) Women and the UN: a new history of women's international human rights. London: Routledge
https://www.routledge.com/Women-and-the-UN-A-New-History-of-Womens-International-Human-Rights/Adami-Plesch/p/book/9780367478230#
Adami, R. (2019). Women and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. New York: Routledge
https://www.routledge.com/Women-and-the-Universal-Declaration-of-Human-Rights/Adami/p/book/9781138345355
Where to listen to this episode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fslNo-7U9hgContent
Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Adami, Associate Professor,
Host: Francesco Pisano, Director, UN Library & Archives
Producer: Amy Smith
Editing & social media: Amy Smith & Nadia Al Droubi
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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Nous continuons notre série en lien avec le rapport du Secrétaire-général Notre programme commun, le Sommet pour les ODD, et le Sommet de l’avenir avec un épisode qui souligne l’importance de mettre l’égalité des genres au cœur de l’architecture multilatérale. Pour cet épisode, nous avons invité Marie-Cécile Naves, Directrice de recherche et Directrice de l‘Observatoire « Genre et géopolitique » à l’Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS) afin qu’elle nous parle de son dernier livre « Géopolitique des féminismes » publié aux Éditions Eyrolles. Marie-Cécile Naves aborde la géopolitique par le genre et nous explique l’importance du gender maintreaming dans toutes les thématiques de l’agenda international. Elle nous emmène faire un tour de monde grâce à ses exemples inspirants dans la lutte pour l’égalité.
Ressources
Site de Marie-Cécile Naves : https://mariececilenaves.com/mcn/
IRIS : https://www.iris-france.org/observatoires/observatoire-genre-et-geopolitique/
Naves, M.C., 2023. Géopolitique des féminismes. Editions Eyrolles.
Naves, M.C., 2023. « Calmez-vous madame, ça va bien se passer ». Calmann-Levy.
Où écouter cet épisode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube:Contenu
Invitée : Marie-Cécile Naves
Animatrice : Amy Smith
Réalisation et montage : Amy Smith
Conception pour réseaux sociaux : Amy Smith & Nadia Al Droubi
Photo Marie-Cécile Naves : @ Xavier Desplas
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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In this episode, we met with Richard Gowan, UN Director at International Crisis Group (ICG) to get his perspective on current issues and trends in multilateralism. He shared his thoughts on reasons for optimism and pessimism about the way multilateralism is functioning, the ways in which it is evolving and the values on which it stands. We also talked about the UN, possibilities of reform, the SDGs, the Secretary-General’s report Our Common Agenda and the Summit for the Future. Richard also explained the importance of the UN entities based in Geneva in the UN system.
Richard Gowan can be followed on Twitter @RichardGowan1
Resources
International Crisis Group: https://www.crisisgroup.org/
Where to listen to this episode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO1Vt8_OC7g&t=3sContent
Speaker: Richard Gowan, UN Director, International Crisis Group
Host: Amy Smith
Producer: Amy Smith
Editing & social media: Amy Smith & Nadia Al Droubi
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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