The following keynote speech was delivered by Richard Kinley on 17th June 2021 at the Coalition for the UN We Need‘s online event – ‘Europe and North America Regional Consultation: working together for the world we deserve’. I was asked to give a keynote on UN multilateralism, for which I’d like to thank the…
Earlier this year, scientists at the Netherlands-based Wageningen University conducted research that had many buzzing with excitement. After only several hours of meticulous training, a sample of honeybees had learned how to detect Covid-19 infections, within a matter of seconds, due to their keen sense of smell. While this method of detecting Covid-19 will certainly…
In observance of UN Day, the Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability (FOGGS) and Katoikos issued an open call to citizens of the world to submit photos with one word answering either of the following questions: What has the UN been most associated with over the past 75 years? What do you want the UN…
The Katoikos and FOGGS team organised a UN Day celebration with people who actively promote the UN’s ideals in the world without working for the UN: artists, activists, professors, entrepreneurs. The panel discussion took place on Friday, 23 October 2020 starting at 10:00 am New York time / 04:00 pm Brussels time. “For the Betterment of the…
UN Day, 24 October, is only a few weeks away. To prepare for the festivities, the Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability (FOGGS) and Katoikos are looking to build a video collage of 100 photos to symbolize what the UN represents to the citizens of the world as a part of our UN75+25 Alliance. We…
The United Nations (UN) is formed by the so-called Member States that assemble to promote both world peace and world unity. However, despite humanitarian actions to help nations that suffer from economic, political, and social problems and to prevent armed conflicts, political disagreements and religious intolerance remain two of the main obstacles for having the…
We are living in dark times because of the pandemic of COVID-19, which has been affecting many structures of society. Many of the social and economic problems, though, are a historical phenomenon that has been reinventing itself from a neoliberal logic. Facing COVID-19 many countries had to establish new rules of coexistence to contain the spread…
by Richard Kinley, Georgios Kostakos and Harris Gleckman* On 21 September 2020 world leaders will observe the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, mainly through the delivery of pre-recorded speeches and not physical presence in New York because of Covid-19. Is the UN going hybrid/virtual and transitioning to the next phase of its existence, or…
Covid-19, along with its death toll of over 900K worldwide, stunted third-world countries further on the road to development and also exposed fatal, fundamental weaknesses in the infrastructure of governments and the UN, such as lack of engagement of youth. While the UN has been agile in projecting reports and schemes to overcome the crisis…
The mission of the United Nations is to maintain international peace and security. As we enter into a new decade in the midst of a global pandemic, this mission should be held with even higher regard than it has in the past. The UN We Want for the World We Deserve should comprise of states…
