The course on Multilateral Diplomacy was comprehensive, insightful, and innovative. The issues covered were timely and relevant, and the online chat sessions allowed for knowledge sharing by a wide cross-section of officials, including the facilitato...
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Theyear 2020 markedthe 75th anniversary of the United Nations (UN). It is also the year that the world was faced with responding to the emergence of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, an unprecedented global challenge that has left no area ...
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Theyear 2020 markedthe 75th anniversary of the United Nations (UN). It is also the year that the world was faced with responding to the emergence of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, an unprecedented global challenge that has left no area ...
Author: Katharina E. Höne
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The conference will discuss the major findings of the research study The future of (multilateral) diplomacy conducted with the support of the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The discussion will include insights from the ministry and other partn...
22 Oct 2020
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The past 75 years vs the last 7.5 months: The need to respond to COVID-19 and the tremendous impact the crisis had on almost all aspects of life around the world, highlighted the crucial importance of the UN. To what extent are the past 75 years refl...
1 Sep 2020
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As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, South East Asia has become a particularly affected region, numbering, by 2 June 2020, more than 90 000 COVID-19 cases and 2000 deaths. As a region characterised by the deep interdependence of its countries, with ...
9 Jun 2020
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During the COVID-19 crisis, for the first time in history, billions of people on all continents and at sea, underwent an identic experience, irrespective of country, race, nationality, or gender. No war, no crisis, no pandemic, no revolution in the p...
3 Jun 2020
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In our monthly WebDebate, which is organised in the context of the International Forum on Diplomatic Training (IFDT), we looked at Multilateral diplomacy in times of COVID-19. When we observe the responses to the COVID-19 crisis, we seem to encounter...
9 Apr 2020
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In this WebDebate, we will take a look at multilateral diplomacy in the times of COVID-19 in three main steps:
First, we will unpack the role of the UN system and the WHO in particular. We will explore how the system is set up to deal wit...
7 Apr 2020
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Author: Kishan S Rana and Bipul Chatterjee (eds)
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In this WebDebate, we aim to discuss the importance of the UN for multilateral diplomacy, the various approaches that different countries take towards the world organisation, recent shifts in multilateral diplomacy at the UN, and possible responses. ...
4 Feb 2020
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Diplo offers four interactive postgraduate-level online courses starting the week of 22 July 2019
21st Century Diplomacy
Diplomatic Law: Privileges and Immunities
Internet Technology and Policy: Challenges and Solutions
Multilateral Diplomacy
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22 Jul 2019
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Prof. Dr Milan Jazbec is an ambassador in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, and a professor of diplomacy at the University of Ljubljana and the New University in Kranj in Slovenia. He was the Slovene ambassador to North Macedonia, as well ...
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Diplo offers four interactive postgraduate-level online courses starting the week of 23 July 2018
21st Century Diplomacy
Diplomatic Law: Privileges and Immunities
Internet Technology and Policy: Challenges and Solutions
Multilateral Diplo...
23 Jul 2018
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The overarching question of the WebDebate in March was: how can African states navigate multilateral diplomacy successfully?
Addressing this formidable question were Amb. Amr Aljowaily, Egypt’s ambassador to Serbia, and Dr Yolanda Kemp Spies, a se...
23 Mar 2018
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Dr Katharina (Kat) E Höne researches, writes, and teaches on a number of issues in the area of diplomacy, global governance, and the impact of technology on international relations. Over the last years, she has focused on research at the intersection...
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In our March WebDebate, we raise the question: How can African states navigate multilateral diplomacy successfully?
Although African states are incredibly diverse in terms of the challenges and opportunities they face, the question of how to engag...
6 Mar 2018
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Amb. Amr Aljowaily is Egypt’s Ambassador to Serbia. He is also visiting faculty at UNITAR’s Multilateral Diplomacy Program, adjunct faculty in International Security at the School of Global Public Affairs of the American University in Cairo, and a co...
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Dr Petru Dumitriu was a member of the Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations system (JIU) from 2016 to 2020. Previously, he served as ambassador and permanent observer of the Council of Europe to the United Nations Office and other international...
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The 9th BRICS summit which took place from 3-5 September, in Xiamen, has once again stimulated a debate about whether the grouping has become a new dominant actor for global governance. Alongside the G7 (Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan...
18 Oct 2017
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