Natalie Samarasinghe

Natalie Samarasinghe is the executive director of the United Nations Association-UK, the first woman to have this role, and a co-founder of the 1 for 7 Billion campaign. She has degrees in human rights and modern history from Oxford University and the London School of Economics.

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If America’s First, Europe Asks, ‘Who Should Be Second?’

Natalie Samarasinghe

• May 18, 2017

LONDON — Since Donald Trump took office as president of the United States, numerous satirical videos have emerged, apparently from European states vying to be “second” to America’s “first.” The German spoof cites the country’s experience of walls. Luxembourg’s boasts that it has a lot of money and “you know what, Mr President? You …

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Why Feminists Shouldn’t Say the Next UN Secretary-General Must Be a Woman

Natalie Samarasinghe

• July 26, 2016

Twitter proved more effective than papal smoke signals in getting out the results of the first straw poll of candidates aspiring to be the ninth secretary-general of the United Nations. This is one reason that although some confidentiality is desirable in what is currently a recruitment process rather than an election, the 1 for …