The upcoming Summit of the Future is an opportunity to turbocharge efforts toward a more peaceful, secure, and sustainable world. Discussions on revitalizing the work of the General Assembly and the Security Council reform can further serve as avenues…
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Gbehzohngar Findley, Liberia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, told an IPI Global Leaders Series event on September 26th that the country’s new development framework, the Pro-Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development, aimed to benefit the vulnerable, promote inclusion and align with the sustainable development goals (SDGs).“We are still in the process of developing the Pro-Poor Agenda, […]
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On Sunday, September 23, 2018, IPI held its thirteenth Ministerial Dinner on the Middle East in its Trygve Lie Center for Peace, Security, and Development. The working dinner drew the participation of foreign ministers, United Nations officials, special representatives of the Secretary-General to countries in the region, heads of humanitarian agencies, and other high-level representatives […]
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The Nobel Peace Prize is the most prestigious award of its kind in the world, and Asle Toje, a member of the committee that decides who the winners are, gave an IPI audience on September 17th an informative and entertaining glimpse into its history since it was first granted in 1901.The prize is one of […]
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Incoming President of the General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa, was honored at an evening reception at IPI on September 12th. IPI’s president, Terje Rød-Larsen, introduced her, pointing out that she is the fourth woman president in the history of the General Assembly and the first woman ever from Latin America to preside over the assembly.He […]
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Opening a discussion at IPI on Broader Perspectives on the UN of Today and Tomorrow, outgoing President of the United Nations General Assembly Miroslav Lajčák said the “sad reality” facing the international organization was that “multilateralism is under threat.” He said that principles on which the UN were founded are “no longer universally accepted and […]
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