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  1. 12/07/2024

    🔒 Brazil: Interview with Brazilian Diplomat Camila Olsen

    Subscriber-only episodeInterview with Brazilian Diplomat Camila Olsen on Promoting Brazil Abroad and Attracting FDI Interview with Camila Olsen, Head of Trade, Investment, Agriculture and Energy Section at the Brazilian Embassy in CopenhagenToday I interviewed the Brazilian diplomat Camila Olsen, head of trade investment, agriculture and energy at the Brazilian embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, where she oversees a portfolio of trade in agriculture, we also spoke about Foreign Direct Investment...

    28 min

  2. 12/07/2024

    🔒 Vint Cerf and Maria Ressa on the Internet Governance Forum

    Subscriber-only episodeUN Secretary General Calls for a Global AI Regulatory Agency These last couple of days have been quite busy on issues of AI and emerging tech governance at the UN and its agencies. We had the IGF meeting in Geneva with Maria Ressa and Vint Cerf, AI at the Security Council in New York, and the UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Turk calling also for a study on the impacts of new technologies and the possible creation of a Special Rapporteur on Tech is being fl...

    30 min

  3. 11/25/2024

    🔒 Housing as a Human Right

    Subscriber-only episodeThe UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and many other international human rights treaties state that the right to housing under international human rights law is the right to live in peace, security and dignity. The violation of the right to housing is often experienced by marginalized and disadvantaged groups including indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, ethnic and religious minority communities, people of color, migrant...

    15 min

  4. 01/14/2024

    🔒 European Space Agency Director-General Josef Aschbacher

    Subscriber-only episodeJosef Aschbacher, European Space Agency Director-General, on COP28 and the Agreement With UNEP to Monitor Climate ChangeGetting things done at COP28: Watch my interview with the European Space Agency Director-General Josef Aschbacher where we do a 360 degree on climate action and ESAInterview with the ESA Director-General Josef AschbacherSpace travel is the stuff of dreams for most of us. I have dreamed of space missions since I organized a press briefing at the enginee...

    29 min

  5. 01/14/2024

    🔒 Steve MacFeely on Data Governance

    Subscriber-only episodeWorld Health Organisation in Davos 2024Interview with Steve MacFeely, Director of Data and AnalyticsWe spoke about the upcoming UN Statistics Commission meeting that begins on the 23rd of February, in New York. The heads of all international organizations and national statistical offices will discuss a wide range of issues, and this year health is at the top of the agenda, with a full-day dedicated to it. We also talked about the right fora to discuss data governan...

    12 min

  6. 05/13/2023

    🔒 Interview with Francesca Perucci, Assistant Director, UN Statistics Division

    Subscriber-only episodeI interviewed Francesca Perucci, Assistant Director, Statistics Division at the UN in New York, to speak about the UN World Data Forum. The 2023 Forum will take place in China, from 24 to 27 April, at the Hangzhou International Expo Center. Organisers are expecting government representatives, policymakers, private sector, data and statistics experts to address the data gaps in development. They will also identify data partnerships and showcase innovation in data ga...

    20 min

  7. 05/13/2023

    🔒 Climate Change and the Loss and Damage Fund

    Subscriber-only episodeInterview with Bogolo J. Kenewendo, former Trade Minister of Botswana. She is a global economist with deep expertise in international trade and development with a particular focus on Pan-African development and a passion for accelerating digitization and innovation across the continent.As the Minister of Investment, Trade, and Industry in Botswana, she implemented reforms to significantly improve the ease of doing business, open up both domestic and international m...

    17 min

  8. 05/13/2023

    🔒 ASG Christian Saunders, UN

    Subscriber-only episodeWe interviewed Christian Saunders, Assistant Secretary General for the Office of the Special Coordinator for Improving the UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. Mr. Saunders just came back from a visit to Colombia where he met with community leaders and UN officials based in the country. We discussed what are the main tasks of the Office of the Coordinator for Improving the UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA)and the positive changes that are ...

    14 min
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