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Building Peace that Lasts - a conversation with Itonde Kakoma Mar 15, 2024

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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/id1469021154
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy
YouTube: 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

Pan-European economic integration and the role of UNECE Feb 23, 2024

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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/id1469021154
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R06Hz-T2C0M&t=3s

Content

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

A Breakthrough: six transformative shifts (Part II) with Adam Day Feb 09, 2024

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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/id1469021154
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R06Hz-T2C0M&t=3s

Content

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

A Breakthrough: Six Transformative Shifts (Part I) Jan 26, 2024

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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/id1469021154
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R06Hz-T2C0M

Content

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

Chile in the U.N. and in the world Jan 12, 2024

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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/id1469021154
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdlO3HCabTk

Content

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

Knowledge matters in incomprehensible times Dec 20, 2023

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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/id1469021154
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy
YouTube:

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

Barbados in the UN and in the world Dec 08, 2023

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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/id1469021154
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy
YouTube: (2) Barbados in the UN and in the world - YouTube

Content

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

Le monde d’ici commence ailleurs : bookcast avec Isabelle Durant Nov 17, 2023

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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/id1469021154
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy
YouTube:

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

Futures of multilateralism Nov 10, 2023

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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/id1469021154
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy
YouTube:

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

A UN for the future Oct 27, 2023

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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)

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