Guest Authors:

MONA ALI KHALIL, Director, MAK LAW INTERNATIONAL, Strategic Consulting Service, and former Senior Legal Officer of the UN Office of the Legal Counsel
ANDRES FIALLO, Ecuadorian diplomat with experience in various UN processes as a Negotiator, Coordinator and Senior Advisor on international law, peace and security

Moderation:

ANGELA KANE, Vice-President of the International Institute for Peace and former United Nations Under Secretary General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs

Content:

The pandemic has had and is still having a strong impact on international diplomacy. It became clear that global cooperation and solidarity are central to dealing with the socio-economic effects of the global health crisis. Global challenges need global answers. The question therefore arises whether multilateral institutions like the World Health Organization and the United Nations, which celebrated its 75th anniversary in October 2020, are sufficiently efficient and effective to tackle the many global challenges and whether the commitment to universal values is strong enough to overcome narrow national interests. Our guests have co-authored a book with other UN diplomats on the Future of Diplomacy After COVID-19 that explores the lessons learned from the last year and offers their key recommendations for the post-pandemic world to strengthen multilateralism and the ability of multilateral institutions to maintain international peace, and security.