Alumni Spotlight: A Conversation with Jovar Gallaza Pantao on International Day of Peace
‘Due to the complexities and uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, it is vital to enhance peacebuilding skills and values through peace education.’
Back to basics: Living the principles of the UN Charter – An interview with Bintou Keita
“Our role as leaders is to unleash the talents of each individual member and find out how these fit together so that the UN can reach its full potential.”
Alumni Spotlight: An interview with Ana Prada
“Peace can be so many things: it starts internally, spiritually, with how one connects with oneself, and how one connects to others.”
Change starts with us – An interview with Helmut Buss
“As leaders, to change behaviour we need to start with ourselves and make it a continuous practice.”
Dag Hammarskjöld’s 1961 Oxford lecture: Three untold stories
While the history of Dag Hammarskjöld’s Oxford lecture could fill a book, this post explores the untold stories behind three known versions of the text.
Leadership and loneliness – An interview with Dominik Bartsch
“A good leader is one who finds and fosters a unity of purpose that ties together the team, that makes the whole greater than the sum of its parts.”
Mobility and leadership – An interview with Peter de Clercq
Can the UN have one without the other?
Feminist leadership: an inspiration for all – An interview with Bela Kapur
“The practice of feminist leadership is not the prerogative of women leaders only.”
Whose norms shape development in the United Nations?
‘My internship has provided me with an opportunity to explore how internationalism facilitates development.’
Leadership not by title: An interview with Kanni Wignaraja
“I have been truly fortunate to have worked with amazing women leaders when I first joined UNDP at a very young age.”