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THE GSTAAD LAB
The
Gstaad Lab is an open portal to share with our readers and supporters interesting, inspiring, and creative projects -- books, reports, documentaries, apps -- on and/or by international organizations.
We welcome suggestions and we encourage submissions. In order for us to have us evaluate your project, please send
us an e-mail,
attaching a short synopsis, biographical notes of the
author/s, and a website link (if available).
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ACT GLOBAL, GO MOBILE: A NEW APP BY THE UN FOUNDATION(2011)
By
the United Nations Foundation (www.unfoundation.org)
People often ask “How can I get involved?” The UN Foundation mobile application allows citizens worldwide to learn more about areas where they want to add their voices, advocate and help support the UN. It makes it easy, fun, and informative to engage every day with the UN.
· Stay informed. The UN Foundation app gives you instant access to information on UN Foundation initiatives that are improving children’s health, empowering women and girls, combating climate change, and using innovation and technology to improve the lives of impoverished people around the world. The app also keeps you up-to-date with daily content, photos, videos and push notifications for breaking news. The photo-scramble game, “Pieces of Peace,” is a fun way to get up to speed on UN projects on the ground.
· Get connected. Every individual and organization can make a difference — what path will you take to help create a better future for the world? Join the movement on the go and engage your social network to mobilize your friends. The new app connects you to popular UN Foundation social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and help support the UN's work and recovery efforts by donating via text, phone or Web.
· Make a difference. With a couple taps, you can get involved in lifesaving work in everyday ways. The mobile app allows you to donate $10 to send an anti-malaria bed net t save lives in Africa, send a message to thank a peacekeeper, advocate for a better world, or share facts about girls' lives in the developing world through your social networks. Join us and take action today! |
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IMPROVING LIVES: PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE EUROPEAN UNION (2010)
By
the United Nations Office in Brussels (www.un.org or www.unbrussels.org)
Summary: 20 September 2011 - The sixth annual Partnership Report Improving Lives: Partnership between the United Nations and the European Union in 2010 conveys results of a vibrant partnership that spans over 110 countries across the globe. Through photos and text, the report gives a glimpse of our work on the ground.
This year's UN-EU Partnership report highlights the full spectrum of issues on which both organizations cooperate, helping to make the world a more just, stable and secure place. Together the UN and EU tackled the humanitarian crisis in Haiti following its devastating earthquake and the massive displacement and suffering caused by flooding in Pakistan, amongst others. At the same time, as this report highlights, the UN and EU cooperated in many countries and regions of the world to ensure sustainable development.
As UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon notes in his foreword, "Millennium Development Goal 8, which focuses on the global partnership for development, embodies our collective promise to meet the urgent needs of the world's most vulnerable people. This shared commitment is at the heart of the collaboration between the United Nations and the European Union. Our vibrant partnership spans all three pillars of the work of the UN - peace and security, human rights and development. Joining forces in over 100 countries, the UN and the EU have achieved much more than either could have separately.
This report illustrates how our partnership is making an impact where it counts most: in the lives of people. I commend it to all who share our determination to create a better future. |
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UNITED NATIONS FOR KIDS
By
Andreas Sandre von Warburg (YouTube)
Created and directed by Andreas S. von Warburg, "United Nations for kids" is a short cartoon documentary about the UN and its mission. The first episode is a general introduction and includes a little historical background and details on the principal bodies of the UN (subtitles in English and other languages are available at dotSub). The second episode is an introduction to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and efforts to achieve them by 2015. |
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WHY
IS KOFI ANNAN NOT A WOMAN? GENDER AND LEADERSHP
AT THE UN
By
Erika Suban and Andreas Sandre von Warburg (www.undocumentary.com)
Since
its foundation in 1945, the United Nations has
been struggling to achieve gender balance at
the Secretariat and improve the status of women
in the UN system. The United Nation is still
not the most hospitable place for women and
does not seem fully committed to repair the
imbalance. In the past decade, a few women have
been appointed at the helm of Agencies, Funds,
and Programs worldwide, but no woman has ever
had the opportunity to lead the Organization
as Secretary-General.
Now
that Ban Ki-moon has taken over from Kofi Annan
as the eight Secretary-General, it seems clear
that the UN has a long way to go in order to
achieve the goals set in 1995 at the Beijing's
4th World Conference on Women, chiefly among
those a 50/50 gender distribution within the
Secretariat by the year 2000.
"Why
is Kofi Annan not a woman?" aims at exploring
gender and leadership issues within the United
Nations, as well as the recent developments
towards a more gender-balanced management.
In
March 2006, in his address for the celebrations
of International Women's Day, Annan said, "the
world is ready for a woman Secretary-General."
Is the statement an important step forward for
the United Nations and its leadership? Is it
a considerable achievement for all women around
the world? Mechanisms established by the General
Assembly to improve gender balance at all professional
levels have not yet been put in place and women,
especially those in high ranking positions,
still feel discriminated against. Many still
see the United Nations and the world of international
relations as a "boys club" domain,
still closed to women.
The documentary was premiered in New York, at Scandinavia House, in October 2006 and has been screened around the United States in schools and college campuses, including Columbia University. It premiered in Europe in February 2008, at the United Nations Regional Information Center in Brussels (UNRIC), during the celebrations of International Women's Day.
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