Programme area: UN Leadership

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.

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.

Navigating development complexities needs integrated leadership

In the Art of UN Leadership interview series, Frode Mauring, recently retired United Nations Resident Coordinator (UNRC) talks about development coordination in the country context.

In this conversation with Edit Morin-Kovacs he gives diverse perspectives and candid reflections on the leadership needed to move development forward.

Solving problems and shifting systems with intentional ethical leadership

In the Foundation’s Art of UN Leadership interview series, Programme Manager Edit Morin-Kovacs was in conversation with Dr Monica Sharma during her visit at the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation where she conducted a short workshop on principled and ethical leadership.

‘Encourage leadership, participation and engagement from Persons with Disabilities’

During 2023 we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In observation of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December, Renata Juliotti founder of Inclusive Agency, journalist, teacher and lecturer, member of the Society for Disability Studies was in conversation with Edit Morin-Kovacs.

‘Leadership should build on the very foundation of the organisation’

We recognise International Human Rights Day with a Leadership Interview Leni Stenseth, Deputy Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Veronika Tywuschik Sohlström and Marijana Markotić from the Foundation’s Leadership team asked the questions.