Remaking the UN

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Join the Ford Foundation and Project Syndicate during the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week for three sessions examining how the UN can be reimagined for a rapidly changing world and what the future of global governance could look like more broadly.

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Moderator: Jo Coburn, Presenter
4:00 PM Welcome Remarks
  1. Heather Gerken, President of the Ford Foundation
Session One: The UN and Global Order
As a key institution of global governance for many decades, the United Nations has long had to adapt in the face of new challenges and changing global conditions, and the current moment is no exception. With the broader landscape of norms, rules, and institutions that underpin global governance increasingly contested, what roles should the UN be seeking to play, and how should it do so?
4:15 PM Panel Discussion and Q&A with International Media
  1. Heba Aly, Director of Article 109
  2. Comfort Ero, President and CEO of the International Crisis Group
  3. Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
  4. Enrique Javier Ochoa Martínez, Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of Mexico
4:55 PM Break
Session Two: The UN and Its Parts
The UN is far from a monolith. Fulfilling its purpose within the broader global-governance landscape depends on different parts of the system carrying out different functions, the most high-profile of which is the office of the Secretary-General. The question, then, is what role the next Secretary-General should play vis-à-vis the rest of the UN system and UN member states, and what implications this will have for the institution’s place in the broader global landscape.
5:20 PM Panel Discussion and Q&A with International Media
  1. Shamala Kandiah Thompson, Executive Director at Security Council Report
  2. Susana Malcorra, Former Foreign Minister of Argentina, Former Chief of Staff to the UN Secretary-General, and Founder and President of GWL
  3. Natalie Samarasinghe, Co-Founder of 1 for 8 Billion and Executive Director of Vibe Fund
  4. Philipp Schönrock, Director of Cepei
5:55 PM Break
Session Three: The UN and Its Members
The UN is ultimately composed of its member states, which are themselves key players not only in the UN but also in their own projects of world-making, which in turn implicate other international institutions, countries, and coalitions. How does the process of remaking the UN intersect with and sit alongside other “remaking” efforts led by member states and geared toward addressing global challenges?
6:00 PM Fireside Chat
  1. Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, Deputy Chief of Staff for Administration of Ghana
  2. Anne-Marie Slaughter, Senior Advisor at New America, Incoming Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE, and Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University

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