The challenge of sustaining peace: The 2015 review of the UN peacebuilding architecture
Together with the International Peace Institute (IPI), the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation co-hosted a policy forum offering, for the first time since its release, an event to discuss the Advisory Group of Experts’ report on the 2015 Review of the UN Peacebuilding Architecture, which has recently been submitted to the presidents of the UN General Assembly and the UN Security Council.
Something to live for, great enough to die for
“’Something to live for, great enough to die for’ – UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld Revisited” was the theme of a panel organised by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation at the Annual Meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) in The Hague/Netherlands. The Special Lunch Panel was held on 13 June at […]
Tribute to Praful Bidwai
We learn with shock and disbelief about the sudden passing away of Praful Bidwai. As courageous public intellectual he advocated the true meaning and values of humanity, international solidarity and social justice. As a board member of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation during the first decade of this century he represented civil society at its best. […]
Almedalen 2015: Vem bestämmer hur en stat ska styras?
Den nya globala utvecklingsagendan, post-2015, håller på att tas fram. Många av de föreslagna målen är inte kontroversiella och kan till mångt och mycket ses som en uppföljning av de åtta millenniemålen. Förslaget till mål 16 innefattar däremot delmål som berör bland annat mänskliga rättigheter, rättvisa och inkluderande samhällen där alla har samma rättigheter och friheter.
Almedalen 2015: En universell utvecklingsagenda post-2015 – allas och ingens ansvar?
Med ett halvår kvar att uppnå millenniemålen samlas världen i september för att tillsammans besluta om en ny hållbarhets- och utvecklingsagenda. Många aktörer har bidragit för att komma fram till de nya målen men engagemanget behövs bortom september för att genomföra agendan – globalt och lokalt.
Financing development: High expectations for conference in Addis Ababa
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are expected to define an ambitious and bold development agenda, following the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Gail Hurley, Policy Specialist on development financing and UNDP’s focal point for the upcoming Financing for Development conference in Addis Ababa, spoke about the financing of this new, post-2015 development agenda during a seminar organised by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and UNDP Nordic office in Stockholm in June.
Call For Strengthening Protections For National Security Whistleblowers
This month, as part of the “Stand Up for Truth” tour, a group prominent whistleblowers – Daniel Ellsberg, Thomas Drake, Coleen Rowley and Jesselyn Raddack shared their stories at a roundtable in the Swedish Parliament calling for the strengthening protection of whistleblowers. The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation co-organized the event with the Right Livelihood Award Foundation who, in 2006, awarded Daniel Ellsberg the Right Livelihood Award.
Uppsala Health Summit: A world without antibiotics
The annual Uppsala Health Summit was organised on 2-3 June and the theme for this year was antibiotic resistance. The 180 invited experts discussed concrete action and next steps on the many interlinked issues concerning antibiotic resistance. The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation co-organised the workshop “Access, not Excess – Rational Use of Antibiotics”.
EAT Stockholm Food Forum: “2015 is the year we can create positive change”
On 1-2 June, the annual conference EAT Stockholm Food Forum welcomed a broad range of global stakeholders to discuss solutions to sustainable food consumption and the development of a food road map to 2050 when the world’s population is believed to amount to 9 billion. Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation participated in the conference and co-organised a workshop on “The Protein Puzzle: The Future of Protein Consumption”. These activities were carried out within the Foundation’s programme Global Disorders, where antibiotics resistance and global governance are particularly relevant to the discussion.
In the World We Want, What UN Do We Want?
On 29-30 May, the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, together with the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (ECOSOC), organised a high-level meeting outside New York on the subject of UN reform. The meeting marked the culmination of the first phase of an intensive dialogue process among the UN member states and the UN development system on the future of the UN development system in light of the imminent post-2015 development agenda.