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  • UN80: Beyond Disposable Staff, Distracting Reforms and Restoring UN Effectiveness

    27 de junio, puesto en línea por Naima Abdellaoui
    In an era defined by the gig economy and pervasive job insecurity, advocating for permanent contracts within the United Nations might seem anachronistic, even counterintuitive. Yet, clinging to a culture of short-term, precarious contracts is not just detrimental to staff well-being; it’s a (…)

  • ‘Enabling Machines to Make Life and Death Decisions Is Morally Unjustifiable’

    27 de junio, puesto en línea por CIVICUS
    CIVICUS discusses autonomous weapons systems and the campaign for regulation with Nicole van Rooijen, Executive Director of Stop Killer Robots, a global civil society coalition of over 270 organisations that campaigns for a new international treaty on autonomous weapons systems. In May, United (…)

  • Fixing the House the World Built: A Realistic Plan for UN Reform

    27 de junio, puesto en línea por Stephanie Hodge
    I’ve spent much of my life in the machinery of international development, navigating acronyms, crises, and committee rooms with stale coffee. Through it all—amid war zones, climate summits, and remote island consultations—one institution has remained constant: the United Nations. Revered, (…)

  • A Crisis-Stricken UN’s Frantic Hunt for Low-Cost Locations—away from New York & Geneva

    27 de junio, puesto en línea por Thalif Deen
    In the US, the success of a business enterprise or the value of real estate is reflected in a repetitive and alliterative phrase: “LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION”. As the UN continues its plans for system-wide restructuring– amidst a growing liquidity crisis– one of the key issues on the (…)

  • A Growing Gap between Principle and Implementation: 20 Years of Responsibility to Protect

    26 de junio, puesto en línea por Jennifer Xin-Tsu Lin Levine
    United Nations member states this week reiterated their commitment to the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity—at a time when world powers are failing to meet these obligations. On the 20th anniversary of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine, (…)