Climate change, migration and displacement: Distinguishing fact from fiction
This event examined the facts behind the effect of climate change on the movement of people and insecurity.
State of human rights in 2017
In this seminar, speakers discussed the main human right challenges and trends of 2017, starting with Human Rights Watch’s newly released World Report 2018.
Let youth decide: Promoting youth inclusion through international agendas
In this seminar, speakers discussed how to enable young people’s political engagement and access to decision making.
Getting in shape: Reforming the UN to make it fit for the 2030 Agenda
In this seminar, speakers who follow the ongoing UN reform process discussed what is at stake, the key issues and controversies, and possible outcomes.
Dag Hammarskjöld Commemoration: 2017
This September, 56 years will have passed since Hammarskjöld and the persons accompanying him tragically died in a plane crash in Ndola, Zambia.
Dag Hammarskjöld: Markings of His Life
A special seminar in New York with Henrik Berggren, the author of the new biography of Dag Hammarskjöld.
Inclusive societies without civic space?
A seminar on the global trend of shrinking space for civil society and implications for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Collective leadership and networking action
A seminar where accomplished strategists Petra Kuenkel and Steve Wadell outlined how their transformational change theories can aid implementation of the SDGs.
Can the UN Prevent Serious Violations of Human Rights?
A seminar on the “Human Rights up Front” initiative and how the UN, Member States and civil society can improve responses to human rights violations.
From Declaration to Action: How to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance from Undermining Sustainable Development
A panel discussion on how global action can contain the threat of resistance to antibiotics.