Seton Hall Graduate Degree in International Affairs

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Ian Martin

Ian Martin is a former under secretary-general and special representative of the UN secretary-general to Libya (2011-2012) and Nepal (2005-2006); special envoy to Timor-Leste (2006); and former secretary-general of Amnesty International.

OPINIONS

For Myanmar, Why Not Send an Asean/UN Civilian Monitoring Mission?

Opinion by Ian Martin and Charles Petrie
• April 24, 2021

This weekend, Asean will be deliberating on possible courses of action regarding Myanmar. Across the country, brave people, many of them children, are being murdered daily; health services are ceasing to function in the middle of a pandemic; the…

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OPINIONS

The Job of the World’s Top Humanitarian Official Is Open. Will a Briton Get the Post Again?

Opinion by Ian Martin
• March 3, 2021

LONDON — Should the world’s top humanitarian official be chosen through a meritocratic selection process open to candidates from any country, or should the choice be restricted to a single nationality and nomination by that government? The answer is…