Seton Hall Graduate Degree in International Affairs

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Maiara Folly

Maiara Folly is a founder of Plataforma CIPO, a Rio-based civil society organization.

OPINIONS

It’s Opaque: Who Runs the UN and How Did They Get There?

Opinion by Maiara Folly and Enyseh Teimory
• April 18, 2023

LONDON — One of the most powerful positions in the United Nations is the head of its peacekeeping wing. The post of under secretary-general oversees 100,000 peacekeepers and administers an annual budget of $6.5 billion, nearly double what the…

Categories: OPINIONS, Secretary-General, UN Agencies, UN Peacekeeping

Where Is Brazil as the UN Marks Its 75th Anniversary?

Maiara Folly
• August 12, 2020

RIO DE JANEIRO — This year marks the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. Amid the major economic and geopolitical effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is a time to reflect on the successes and failures of the UN…

Categories: Climate Change, Governance, Human Rights, Latin America, SDGs

OPINIONS

Brazil Can Lead the Way on Managing the World’s Refugee Crisis

Opinion by Maiara Folly
• June 5, 2018

RIO DE JANEIRO — Only weeks from the start of the 2018 World Cup, soccer teams of refugees from Mali, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, Angola, Burkina Faso and Gambia who had migrated to Brazil became the…