Karin Landgren
- Foteini Papagioti
- • September 30, 2020
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It has been a banner year for the long-overdue push to appoint women to the notoriously male-dominated leadership ranks of United Nations peacekeeping and political missions. Five out of six mission-leadership jobs in the first half of 2020 went…
- Categories: Secretary-General, UN Careers, Women
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- Opinion by Peter Nadin
- • June 23, 2015
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SYDNEY, Australia — In August 2000, Lakhdar Brahimi, a prominent United Nations diplomat from Algeria, submitted his landmark review on UN peacekeeping to the secretary-general at the time, Kofi Annan. The previous year had been crucial for peacekeeping. The retrenchment…
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- Amy Lieberman
- • December 14, 2012
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This year, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has so far appointed 55 people to high-level positions. Twelve of the appointees, nearly 22 percent, are women, filling roles like the special representative for children and armed conflict and the executive…
- Categories: General Assembly, Secretary-General, Women