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Council of Despair? The Fragmentation of UN Diplomacy

04/30/2019. To overcome dysfunction and retain credibility, the council’s members should prioritise the few cases where international cooperation is still possible.

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A ‘strong and united Europe’ has never been more needed, declares UN chief Guterres

05/30/2019. “This is the moment in which we need to restore trust. Trust between people and political establishments. Trust between people and the institutions. Trust between people and international organizations”

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Statement by Michel Veuthey

05/17/2019. Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2019)

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XXVII International Hospitallers Conference

03/25/2019. “Hand in hand”: the leitmotiv that the Grand Hospitaller, Dominique de la Rochefoucauld-Montbel recalled at the opening of the Order of Malta’s XXVII International Hospitallers Conference.

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The Global Risks Report 2019

01/15/2019. The Global Risks Report 2019 is published against a backdrop of worrying geopolitical and geo-economic tensions.

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Speech of the Grand Master to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Sovereign Order of Malta

08/01/2019. The Grand Master, Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, received today the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Sovereign Order of Malta for the traditional audience of the beginning of the new year.

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Most ‘precious’ resource of our time is dialogue

António Guterres, speaking in Doha, underscored the importance of international cooperation in the “enormous challenges” of our time.

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The imperative of UN reform

10/31/2018. Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva gave a conference entitled “The imperative of UN reform” at the University of Geneva

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Hope, industriousness, reconciliation

09/12/2018. In illustrating the Order’s many activities, the Grand Chancellor said that “bringing hope is the most important task” of our social and humanitarian programmes.

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The Coming Crime Wars

09/21/2018. Future conflicts will mostly be waged by drug cartels, mafia groups, gangs, and terrorists. It is time to rethink our rules of engagement.

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