This first episode of 2023 continues our series with Permanent Representatives to the United Nations at Geneva. Ambassador Leslie E. Norton tells us about her diplomatic career, speaks about Canada and its role in the world today, as well as exploring the long history of Canada’s involvement in multilateralism. Canada is a founding member of the United Nations, was part of the League of Nations, and has membership in many international and regional organizations, including the World Trade Organization, the G20 and other forums like the Organization of American States and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Canada has served on the UN Security Council 8 times, the most recent being in 2000. Resources Where to listen to this episode  Apple podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqTBLYAgiWM&list=PLmzrhlc0gF6KlZ8KES5Jzho0d-UZdyuIx Content    Speakers: Ambassador Leslie E. Norton Host: Francesco Pisano Editor & Producer: Amy Smith Social media designs: Amy Smith and Yiying Zhang   Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva 

This episode marks the 20th anniversary of Switzerland’s membership in the United Nations. Switzerland became the 190th member of the UN following a national referendum in March 2002, in which the majority of population (54.6%) voted in favour of joining the UN. Ambassador Jürg Lauber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations at Geneva joined The Next Page for a conversation about Switzerland’s journey in the UN and to reflect on the two decades since its accession. Resources Follow the Permanent Mission of Switzerland on Twitter: SwitzerlandUN@swiss_un The Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator: https://gesda.global/   Where to listen to this episode  Apple podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy YouTube: (2) Switzerland celebrates 20 years in the UN. A conversation with Ambassador Jürg Lauber - YouTube Content    Speakers: Ambassador Jürg Lauber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations Office at Geneva Host: Francesco Pisano Editor & Producer: Amy Smith Social media designs: Ana Hauert, Yiying Zhang, Amber Yin Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva 

Diplomate, pour quoi faire ? est le titre du nouveau livre de Jérôme Bonnafont, Ambassadeur, Représentant permanent de la France auprès des Nations unies à Genève. Le Directeur de la Bibliothèque & Archives, Francesco Pisano discute avec Monsieur l’Ambassadeur en sa qualité d’écrivain ainsi qu'autour de son livre pour nous donner un aperçu de son expérience du métier, l’importance de la diplomatie multilatérale à travers les années et parler de l’avenir de la diplomatie. Ressources : Bonnafont, J. (2022) Diplomate, pour quoi faire ? Editions Odile Jacob Où écouter cet épisode Apple podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCnx8MAtIrw&list=PLmzrhlc0gF6KlZ8KES5Jzho0d-UZdyuIx Contenu Invité : S.E. M. Jerôme Bonnafont Hôte : Francesco Pisano Réalisation et montage : Amy Smith Conception pour réseaux sociaux : Ana Hauert, Yiying Zhang, Amber Yin Photo : ©FPA Enregistré et réalisé à la Bibliothèque & Archives des Nations Unies à Genève

Cet épisode poursuit notre série de conversations avec des Représentants permanents auprès de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève, où nous explorons leurs points de vue en tant que diplomates dans le système multilatéral et ce que l'ONU signifie pour eux aujourd'hui. Clara Manuela da Luz Delgado Jesus, Représentante permanente et Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire du Cap-Vert auprès de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève et d'autres organisations internationales rejoint le directeur de la Bibliothèque & Archives, Francesco Pisano et notre collège Adriano Goncalves e Silva, pour cette conversation bilingue en français et en portugais sur le Cap-Vert. Le Cabo Verde a fait partie des Nations Unies depuis 1975 et a siégé au Conseil de Sécurité une fois comme membre de l’ONU. Madame l’Ambassadeur raconte le parcours du Cabo Verde, ainsi que son rôle dans la région et dans le monde, tout en partageant son propre parcours dans la diplomatie. Elle parle de l'importance de la coopération multilatérale aujourd'hui.   Ressources  Où écouter cet épisode Apple podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy Youtube: (1) Le Cap-Vert et la coopération multilatérale. Une conversation avec Madame l’Ambassadeur Clara Manuel - YouTube   Contenu   Intervenants : S.E. Madame Clara Manuela da Luz Delgado Jesus, Francesco Pisano et Adriano Goncalves et Silva Réalisation et montage : Amy Smith Conception pour réseaux sociaux : Ana Hauert Enregistrée et réalisé à la Bibliothèque & Archives des Nations Unies à Genève

The global challenges we face today are often complex, inter-connected and inter-related. How, as a global community, can we prepare for the global threats of the future? In this episode of the #NextPagePod, we speak with Dr. Randolph Kent about his research on future global crises, and why he thinks polylateralism is needed to face them collectively.   D. Kent is the Director of the Humanitarian Futures Initiative, Visiting Professor at the African Leadership Centre at King’s College London, and Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, where he works on an initiative called the Futures Project. His past roles include several in the humanitarian sector of the UN system, including as UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia (2002), UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Kosovo (1999), UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Rwanda (1994-1995), and emergency and preparedness roles in Sudan and Ethiopia.  Dr. Kent speaks with us about his experiences in the UN, and how they've shaped his work today in futures thinking and polylateralism. What is futures methodology and should it matter for the UN and multilateralism? What exactly is polylateralism, and why does he think it's necessary to better meet global crises as an international community? Let's find out.  Resources Read Dr. Kent's report "Building an International Architecture for Managing Global Threats": https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/emerging-insights/building-international-architecture-managing-global-threats Learn more about Humanitarian Futures: https://www.humanitarianfutures.org/ Listen to the #NextPagePod episode with historian Margaret MacMillan as she speaks about the shaping of modern multilateralism: https://unitednationslibrarygeneva.podbean.com/e/episode-32-margaret-macmillan/   Where to listen to this episode   Apple podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udgjtu1vB7U Content     Speakers: Dr. Randolph Kent Host: Natalie Alexander Editor & Producer: Natalie Alexander  Social media designs: Natalie Alexander & Alma Selvaggia Rinaldi    Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva    

Today's episode delves into data. It’s all around us in our daily lives, but how important is data for multilateralism today? Especially, as we look to Agenda 2030, and measuring our progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (the SDGs)? The #NextPagePod is joined by Ruzanna Tarverdyan, Founding President of the Geneva Consensus Foundation, and author of the book, “Measuring sustainable development goals performance”, as well as Edward Mishaud, Acting Director of the SDG Lab at UN Geneva. How can we really measure if we’re achieving the SDGs? Are countries’ ready to integrate the social, economic and environmental dimensions of development? What does the data tell us about crises, and our ability to face future challenges? And how can science impact multilateralism? We explore these questions in this episode.  Resources   Learn about the book “Measuring sustainable development goals performance”, by Ruzanna Tarverdyan & Sten Thore.  Read the article from the Official Journal of the European Union entitled "Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Listening to the citizens of Europe for a sustainable future" (Sibiu and beyond)’ adopted in 2019 when the European Economic and Social Committee chose to use Ruzanna Tarverdyan & Sten Thore's definition of the notion “Sustainable Competitiveness”.  Visit SDG Lab website: https://www.sdglab.com/ Visit the UN Sustainable Development Goal indicators website Listen to the #NextPagePod series collaboration with the SDG Lab at UN Geneva, It Takes A Global Crisis on YouTube or here on Podbean.  Where to listen to this episode   Apple podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy  Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DugVc5uUABU Content     Speakers: Ruzanna Tarverdyan & Edward Mishaud Host: Natalie Alexander Editors & Producers: Alma Selvaggia Rinaldi & Natalie Alexander Social media designs: Alma Selvaggia Rinaldi & Natalie Alexander Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva    

Join us with our guest, Ann Morgan, an author, editor, Royal Literary Fund Fellow, TED speaker, literary activist, based in the U.K., for a conversation on the power of stories to connect us. At the heart of the UN Library & Archives Geneva is its mission to promote international understanding. We reached out to Ann Morgan to tell us more about her ongoing adventure of Reading the World and how reading literature from different places can help us embrace the unknown, suspend judgement and avoid jumping to fill the gaps, so that we can move from incomprehension to understanding and take part in the richness and joy of the shared experience of a story. In this episode, we consider how reading the world’s literature can help us develop the sort of cross-cultural communication skills that are necessary for diplomacy and multilateralism.  Resources The List: https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/thelist/  Photo credit: Igor Emmerich Books:  Morgan, A. (2022) Reading the World: How I Read a Book from Every Country. Harvill Secker/Random House (UK Edition)  Morgan, A. (2015) The World Between Two Covers: Reading the Globe. Liveright/Norton (US Edition)  Morgan, A. (2016) Beside Myself. Bloomsbury Publishing  Website: https://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/  TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/ann_morgan_my_year_reading_a_book_from_every_country_in_the_world?language=en  Where to listen to this episode   Apple podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy  Youtube: https://youtu.be/kJN3NTf6Yok  Content     Speakers: Ann Morgan Host: Amy Smith Editors & Producers: Amy Smith   Social media designs: Natalie Alexander & Alma Selvaggia Rinaldi    Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva  

In this episode of the #NextPagePod, we are joined by Professor Miia Halme-Tuomisaari, Associate Professor in Human Rights studies at Lund University in Sweden, and Research Associate at the Global Governance Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute. Professor Halme-Tuomisaari is a social anthropologist with a background in international law, whose focus is on the study of the contemporary human rights phenomenon.   Why does anthropology matter to the study of International Organisations and multilateralism? Our Director at the UN Library and Archives Geneva, Francesco Pisano, joins Professor Halme-Tuomisaari to find out what her research reveals.  Resources   Visit Professir Halme-Tuomisaari's website: https://miiahalmetuomisaari.net/, as well as her Instagram https://www.instagram.com/observari/  and Twitter: https://twitter.com/HalmeTuomisaari   Visit the Allegra Lab website: https://allegralaboratory.net/   Where to listen to this episode   Apple podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy  Youtube:   Content     Speakers: Miia Halme-Tuomisaari  Host: Francesco Pisano   Editors & Producers: Alma Selvaggia Rinaldi & Natalie Alexander Social media designs: Alma Selvaggia Rinaldi & Natalie Alexander Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva  

In this episode of the #NextPagePod, we are joined by Professor Thomas G. Weiss, of the CUNY Graduate Center, a renowned researcher of the United Nations secretariat and the UN system at large. Our Director at the UN Library and Archives Geneva, Francesco Pisano, explores with Professor Weiss one of his latest books, Would the World Be Better without the UN?  In his early career, he served with various parts of the UN Secretariat and UN specialised agencies. He has published countless works on the UN system, international relations, humanitarian affairs and peacekeeping.   Resources  Transcript: http://bitly.ws/t7zg  Where to listen to this episode  Apple podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc2iLBRbHEU  Content    Speakers: Thomas Weiss  Host: Francesco Pisano  Editors & Producers:  Alma Selvaggia Rinaldi, Yunshi (Daisy) Liang, Natalie Alexander  Social media designs: Alma Selvaggia Rinaldi & Natalie Alexander   Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva  

Aujourd'hui, la Cheffe de la Section de la mémoire institutionnelle à la Bibliothèque et aux Archives de l'ONU à Genève, Blandine Blukacz-Louisfert, est rejointe par Sandrine Kott, Professeur d'histoire contemporaine à l'Université de Genève et professeur invitée à la New York University, pour la présentation de son ouvrage Organiser le Monde, une Autre Histoire de la Guerre Froide apparu en 2021 aux éditions du Seuil.      Sandrine Kott est spécialiste de l'histoire du travail et des politiques sociales. Ses travaux récents se sont intéressés plus particulièrement aux organisations internationales comme lieu de circulation des savoirs et expertises en matière économique et sociale.      Dans cet ouvrage, Kott s’intéresse aux organisations internationales et ce qu’elles peuvent révéler sur la période de la guerre froide. Elle souligne également l’importance des archives dans l’analyse de l’histoire, ainsi que ce que cela révèle sur les origines et les fonctionnements du multilatéralisme. Enfin, elle souligne également l’importance de Genève dans l’histoire du multilatéralisme, ainsi que ce que cette tradition multilatérale signifie aujourd’hui.  Ressources  Transcript: https://libraryresources.unog.ch/audio/transcripts/Organiser-le-Monde-une-Autre-Histoire-de-la-Guerre-Froide-avec-Sandrine-Kott  Kott, S. (2021). Organiser le Monde, une Autre Histoire de la Guerre Froide, Seuil. https://www.seuil.com/ouvrage/organiser-le-monde-sandrine-kott/9782021408669  Où trouver cet épisode  Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy Youtube: http://bitly.ws/sGHo La Bibliothèque et Archives des Nations unies à Genève Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNOGLibrary  Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNOGLibrary  Contenu  Intervenants: Sandrine Kott  Animatrice: Blandine Blukacz-Louisfert   Réalisation et montage: Alma Rinaldi & Natalie Alexander  Design des réseaux sociaux : Alma Selvaggia Rinaldi Transcription: Alma Selvaggia Rinaldi   Enregistré et produit à la Bibliothèque & Archives des Nations Unies à Genève