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Interview with Carlos Lopes Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

novembre 23, 2007
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 |  Categories: English, International Diplomat

He is young and dynamic and you will probably be hearing more about him in the months to come. On 1 March this year, Mr Lopes was appointed Director of UNITAR by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. Not only has he had a long and wide-ranging career within the UN, but he has also made excursions...

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Interview with Sir John Holmes, Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

octobre 7, 2007
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 |  Categories: English, Humanitarians

When you meet a British "Sir", you expect an elderly, grey-haired, avuncular gentleman and not a nice, young, friendly person like Sir John. His colleagues in the Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) have, by the way, put the "Sir" aside, so Sir John is now just John… Before taking up his new...

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