On Wednesday, June 8th at 9:15am EST, UN Secretary-General Candidate António Guterres will discuss his experience and how it informs his vision of the future of global politics and the United Nations. He will address questions including how he would shape the job of UN secretary-general and define his priorities in office.
IPI Live Event FeedIn February 2016, the government of Portugal formally nominated Mr. Guterres as a candidate for the position of UN secretary-general. Mr. Guterres served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from June 2005 to December 2015. During his tenure, he oversaw a profound structural reform of UNHCR, reducing staff in its Geneva headquarters by over 20 percent and increasing the organization’s cost effectiveness and emergency response capacity. Following the introduction of a needs-based budgeting approach and an increase in the number of people displaced by conflict and persecution—from 38 million in 2005 to over 60 million in 2015—the volume of UNHCR’s activities tripled during his time in office. Indeed, Mr. Guterres’s tenure was marked by some of the largest displacement crises in decades, particularly the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, but also the crises in South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and Yemen.
This event is part of IPI’s Global Leader Series.
The conversation will be moderated by IPI Senior Adviser for External Relations Warren Hoge.
On Monday, June 6th the Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM) will be webcasting a Public Consultation on its Discussion Paper, “Global Pandemics and Global Public Health.”
Live Event FeedThe event will stream live from Geneva, beginning at 10:00am New York time/4:00pm Geneva time.