Financing the UN Development System: Resourcing the Future
Out now! Read and download the tenth annual report on financing the UN development system, produced by the Foundation and the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office.
The Art of Leadership in the United Nations: Our duty to find new forms
In the third edition of this report we explore UN leadership in three critical areas: facing normative erosion, operating in fragile settings, and responding to urgent polycrisis situations. It is aimed at those interested in promoting effective and principled leadership within the UN.
Leading the International Organization for Migration with empathy and vision
The Deputy Director General for Operations of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Ugochi Daniels, talked to Programme Manager Edit Morin-Kovacs about her leadership style, which is shaped by personal experiences and an extensive career in the humanitarian sector.
UN Geneva Diplomats Engaged in Comprehensive Peacebuilding Training
What is the role for diplomats in Geneva? During a one-day training, Geneva-based diplomats were invited for the second consecutive year to learn more about the multifaceted aspects of peacebuilding and ongoing policy processes aimed at strengthening the UN’s engagement in sustaining peace.
The Foundation participated in Funding Compact session at ECOSOC
This month the Foundation was invited to participate in the 19th plenary meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations that took place on 14 to 16 May 2024 in New York.
‘Enhancing partnerships for financing peace’ in the spotlight at annual SIPRI Forum
This month the Foundation and Interpeace co-hosted the ‘Enhancing partnerships for financing peace’ panel discussion at the annual Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development.
Interview with our incoming Executive Director
In middle July, Björn Holmberg will take up the post of Executive Director. He brings more than 25 years of extensive international experience in the Swedish public service and civil society organisations to the Foundation. He sat down with Simone Hagfeldt to tell us more about why he wanted to take up this position.
The Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture 2023/2024
The Foundation and Uppsala University are delighted to announce that the Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture 2023/2024 will take place on 16 September.
Hope, peace and open dialogue for diplomacy beyond the Conference Room
Dennis Francis, President of the United Nations General Assembly at its 78th session was in conversation with Programme Manager Edit Morin-Kovacs to mark the International Day of Multilateralism and International Diplomacy for Peace.
In this interview, he shares his reflections on the challenges and lifting the importance of multilateral diplomacy.
Panel discussion: ‘Enhancing partnerships for financing peace’
Are you attending this year’s Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development (SIPRI Forum)? Don’t miss the Foundation’s panel discussion, co-organised with Interpeace.