Securing Funding for Oceanographic Program at UNESCO

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This chapter provides a detailed account of the challenges faced in securing increased funding for an oceanographic program at UNESCO. It outlines the process of drafting a resolution, assembling a diplomatic team, and navigating intense negotiations to advocate for a budget increase, emphasizing the strategic importance of ocean science within the organization.

In international diplomacy, "communication is everything". This is the main point of this conversation, in which I talk to my friend who works for the UK delegation at UNESCO in Paris. We discuss the work that UNESCO does, and the various communication challenges involved in working together with representatives from countries all around the world, including the collaborative writing of official documents where the use of a single comma can be debated for hours, and the meetings and conversations in which cultural sensitivity and good-will are essential elements for success.

Also includes some communication idioms and guitar playing near the end of the episode.

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