UNOG Executive Briefings

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• published: 08 Mar 2016
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The UNOG Executive Briefings, introduced in 2012, quickly grew in popularity and have become a staple of International Geneva. The Executive Briefings are designed to bring to Geneva’s diplomatic community and UN system organizations the views of key senior officials of the UN and its partners. This helps to connect International Geneva more closely with the work of the UN globally and to encourage a better understanding of Geneva as the operational hub of the system. Thirty-one Executive Briefings were held in 2015, and delegates from 149 permanent mission attended. The speakers were from UN system organizations, including the World Bank Group, major NGOs, think tanks and the academic community. Topics included Afghanistan, the Middle East, the Sustainable Development Goals and their implementation phase, health in the context of the Ebola crisis, disaster risk reduction, environment and climate, economic trends, terrorism, science, internet governance and international justice. In addition, several briefings were held specifically for NGOs. In this video, listen to H.E. Ms. Yvette Stevens, Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone, H.E. Mr. Nebojsa Kaludjerovic, Permanent Representative of Montenegro, H.E. Ms. Carole Lanteri, Permanent Representative of Monaco, H.E. Mr. Kok Jwee Foo, Permanent Representative of Singapore and H.E. Ms. Regina Maria Cordeiro Dunlop, Permanent Representative of Brazil talk about the value of Executive Briefings.