This past summer was beyond exciting, as I had the opportunity to work as an intern with the Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the United Nations. From June until August, I worked with minister-counsellors responsible for disarmament and […]
A Forum for Dialogue through the United Nations What do you do when something is illegal but necessary? Who do you look to when your country is quite literally, being ripped in two? As the self-determination vote in Catalonia became […]
Imagine you awake one morning to find that your internet is down in your apartment, “No problem,” you think. You switch to your cellular service on your phone. Your phone isn’t working either. You try to turn on your TV. […]
UNSS, New York, July 2018 In support of the 20th anniversary of The Guiding principles on Internal Displacement, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has launched the campaign #InvisibleCitizens, to humanize and draw global attention […]
In September 2015, 150 member states of the United Nations came together to decide new strategies and goals to help confront the issues of poverty, wellbeing and the environment. The culmination of this event was the adoption of The Sustainable […]
Fabrizio Ruggiero is an Italian artist and sculptor, renowned for his fresco paintings. In June 2015, Ruggiero’s collection of 16 portraits was part of the exhibition at the United Nations titled, “The Transformative Power of Art.” The portraits were of global […]
After an introduction to the United Nations Global Compact (UN GC) in 2013 at the UN school of Multilateral Diplomacy, I became a fan of the United Nations and was impressed by the idea of having a Corporate Social Responsibility […]
On Tuesday, the UN Security Council failed to pass a resolution on Palestinian statehood. Wednesday the Palestinian Authority moved to join the International Criminal Court. Thus begins a chain of events that is unlikely to lead to a positive outcome anytime soon, but which […]
