In November, Oscar Fernández-Taranco took the helm at the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO), after four years as an Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs. With more than 30 years of experience in the United Nations System, Mr. Fernández-Taranco worked both at Headquarters and in the field, managing development, political, peacebuilding, human rights and humanitarian operations in Africa, Latin… Continue reading Year-End Conversation
Month: December 2014
Fifty years ago, Paul Burgett arrived at the University of Rochester.
It’s a mid-September morning. Members of the Eastman School of Music’s freshman class arrive at Hatch Recital Hall. They’re about three weeks into the semester, just long enough to have had a taste of Eastman life, just short enough for everything still to be new. They chat and shift in their seats. And then Paul… Continue reading Fifty years ago, Paul Burgett arrived at the University of Rochester.
Department of Political Affairs annual donor meeting 2014
Amid numerous crises, DPA launches $25.5M appeal to supplement regular budget A record number of Member States participated as the United Nations Department of Political Affairs launched a to ensure that it can adequately respond to existing and emerging challenges in conflict prevention and resolution already stretching UN capacity. “From Syria to South Sudan, the… Continue reading Department of Political Affairs annual donor meeting 2014
Il Rosmarino: food, farm, community
Although we are creatures who love, are dependent on, and share meaningful time around food, most of us have no role in its cultivation or production. Happily, there are people whose lives are constructed around their relationship with land, food, and animals. Often these are people who constitute a community—a community engaging in the difficult… Continue reading Il Rosmarino: food, farm, community