A time for change and effective multilateralism – a conversation with Adam Day

The Next Page

In this episode we explore a recent report of the High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism - A Breakthrough for People and Planet: Effective and Inclusive Global Governance for Today and the Future (United Nations University, 2023) - which offers a pathway to revitalize the multilateral system in view of the Summit of the Future. The Summit of the Future will be a key moment to reaffirm and recommit to effective multilateralism in the interest of both people and the planet.

Adam Day is Head of the Geneva Office of United Nations University Centre for Policy Research. He oversees programming on peacebuilding, human rights, peacekeeping, climate-security, sanctions, and global governance, while also acting as co-lead on UNU-CPR’s support to the High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism.

Resources

United Nations University: https://unu.edu/explore

HLAB Report: https://highleveladvisoryboard.org/breakthrough/pdf/56892_UNU_HLAB_report_Final_LOWRES.pdf

High Level Advisory Board: https://highleveladvisoryboard.org/

Books mentioned:

Slaughter, Anne-Marie. (2018). The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Networked World. Yale University Press.

Carayannis, Tatiana & Weiss, Thomas G. (2021) The “Third” United Nations: How A Knowledge Ecology Helps the UN Think. Oxford University Press.

Where to listen to this episode

· Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154

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· YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc7CX2RRWZ8&list=PLmzrhlc0gF6KlZ8KES5Jzho0d-UZdyuIx

Content

Speaker: Dr. Adam Day, Head of Geneva Office, United Nations University Centre for Policy Research

Host: Francesco Pisano

Producer, editing & social media: Amy Smith

Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva