Articles by Kerstin Leitner

Dr. Kerstin Leitner served with UNDP for 28 years. Among other functions, she was Resident Coordinator in Malawi and China. After her UNDP service, she was for 2 years Assistant Director-General at WHO, Geneva, in charge of Health and Environment. She retired from this post in 2005 and now lives in Berlin, Germany.


Many changes have occurred over the decades since the UN was founded. We need to name these changes, some of which are systemic. For one, many new states were formed through the decolonization process and the collapse of the Soviet Union. They joined the UN, but did they truly subscribe to the spirit of the…

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