No Place Like Home - Mohamed Yahya - UN Resident Coordinator, Pakistan

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Why peace begins with people, not power, with Bintou Keita - Former UN Secretary-General's Special Representative DRC

Bintou Keita knows instinctively that some moments call for a more human response than words alone can offer. Once, at a ceremony to mark the end of the devastating Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone, she found herself hesitating to deliver her pre-prepared statement to a grief-stric ...  Show more

Youth, power and possibility, with Felipe Paullier - UN Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs

A medical doctor by training, Dr. Felipe Paullier is a passionate advocate for young people. Two years ago, aged just 32, his life took a new turn when he became the first-ever Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs, the youngest senior appointment in the history of the Un ...  Show more

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