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UN Director Promotes LGBT Rights Activism

By William Zhu November 17, 2015

United Nations Free and Equal Campaign Director Charles Radcliffe called for increasing activism amidst a climate of shifting attitudes toward LGBT rights in an increasingly polarized world at a forum...

UN Commissioner Discusses Global Refugee Crises, Reform

By Cheryl Liu October 30, 2015

The United Nations’ High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres called on the international community to collaborate on resolving ongoing refugee crises at the semester’s third Global Futures...

HOCHBERG: Food for Thought

HOCHBERG: Food for Thought

By Gracie Hochberg October 9, 2015

While many children do not buy their parents’ “there are starving children” argument as a reason to eat that last bite of broccoli, the tired adage makes even less sense in the context of current...

The Promise of Reverse Innovation

The Promise of Reverse Innovation

By Sebastian Nicholls July 2, 2015

The expiration of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals this year brings to mind important questions. In 2000, the UN set 2015 as the deadline to eradicate global poverty, promote gender equality,...

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Ban Reflects on Service in SFS Address

By Kshithij Shrinath May 16, 2015

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon reflected on the importance of service and unity in a world filled with crises and opportunities during his address to the Class of 2015 at the School of...

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Claudia Fritsche, Liechtenstein’s ambassador to the United States, remarked on the changes she has noted in her 40-year career in foreign service.

Diplomat Discusses Career in Foreign Service

By Giovanna Azevedo October 10, 2014

Claudia Fritsche, Liechtenstein’s ambassador to the United States, recounted her career in foreign service in an event hosted by the International Relations Club at the Mortara Center on Wednesday...

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The Feminism Debate

By Emma Lux October 6, 2014

Emma Watson, U.N. Women Goodwill Ambassador, recently spoke at the U.N. Headquarters in New York in an attempt to clarify the meaning of “feminism” to a generation of women who seem to be missing...

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Sigrid Kaag discussed her involvement in the destruction of Syrias chemical weapons.

UN Coordinator Discusses Syrian Chemical Weapons

By Margaret Heftler October 3, 2014

Sigrid Kaag, the United Nations special coordinator of the mission to eliminate chemical weapons in Syria, spoke on the challenges and successes encountered in the midst of the Syrian Civil War in...

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A Recurring Theme of Objectification

By Kate Riga September 29, 2014

"If men don’t have to be aggressive in order to be accepted, women wouldn’t feel compelled to be submissive. If men don’t have to control, women won’t have to be controlled. Both men and women...

Former Russian Foreign Minister Defends Policies

By Jennifer Ding October 4, 2013

Former Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov defended Russian foreign policy on Syria and the United Nations in ICC Auditorium on Thursday evening. “Russian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century”...

MUN Debates in Australia

By Emily Summit April 18, 2013

While the Georgetown Model United Nations team frequently travels to compete, its trips are usually limited to four-hour bus rides to Yale or the University of Pennsylvania. But last month, GUMUN flew...

Law School Scholar to Head AIDS Fund

By Hiromi Oka November 23, 2012

Ambassador Mark Dybul (COL ’85, MED ’92), co-director of and distinguished scholar at Georgetown University Law Center’s O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, was appointed executive...

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