UN Necessary
Nudhara Yusuf and Daniel Perell of the Coalition for the United Nations We Need—also with the Stimson Center's Global Governance Innovation Network, and the Baha’i International Community—look ahead to the UN’s 2024 Summit of the Future through a series of intimate and penetrating discussions with many of the international figures contributing to the Summit’s shaping.
Join them as they talk with people from all regions of the world, and with diverse international service experience, as they consult on how the Summit of the Future can realize its promise.
Episodes
8 episodes
The UN’s Next Chapter with Stephen Heintz and Richard Ponzio
In this episode of UN Necessary, recorded on 22 January 2025 in New York, hosts Nudhara Yusuf and Daniel Perell sit down with Stephen Heintz, President and CEO of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Dr. Richard Ponzio, Director of the Glo...
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Episode 8
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49:16
A legacy of change: Carlos Alvarado Quesada on breaking inertia for a sustainable future
From the sidelines of the COP28 climate conference in Dubai, UAE, in November 2023, UN Necessary’s Daniel Perell spoke with former president of Costa Rica Carlos Andrés Alvarado Quesada on his administration’s efforts to push against societal i...
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Episode 7
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25:26
Dialogue is more than talking points: Felipe Paullier on enabling youth to reform the United Nations
In the last UN Necessary episode ahead of the Summit of the Future, Nudhara Yusuf and Daniel Perell speak with Uruguayan doctor and activist Felipe Paullier, the UN’s first Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs, to explore his vision fo...
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Episode 6
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53:23
Something’s going to give: Natalie Samarasinghe on reforming the United Nations in a world on the brink
In this episode of UN Necessary, recorded in March and July, hosts Nudhara Yusuf and Daniel Perell dive into the complexities of global governance and United Nations reform with Natalie Samarasinghe, outgoing global director of advocacy at the ...
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Episode 5
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29:40
The UN reforms we need: David Passarelli on hope, more science and less interference
UN Necessary’s hosts, Nudhara Yusuf and Daniel Perell, share reflections on the United Nations Civil Society Conference, which was held between May 9-10 in Nairobi, Kenya, and how it might pave the way for civil society to play a meaningful Sep...
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Episode 4
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32:01
The world at a crossroads: Maria João Rodrigues on how multilateralism can include everyone
Before he was Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres was prime minister of Portugal; and before she was President of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies, Maria João Rodrigues was Minister for Employment and Educat...
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Episode 3
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38:24
Do it for the plot: Ishaan Shah on youth activism, anti-slavery and the UN system
Ishaan Shah, a 20-something student at King’s College, University of London, became seized with the problem of modern slavery while still a teenager. Now a youth activist whose work cuts across the United Nations system, he joins Nudhara Yusuf ...
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Episode 2
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19:43
Multilateralism 2.0: Maria Fernanda Espinosa on the responsibility to include
Nudhara and Dan are joined by Maria Fernanda Espinosa, president of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly and Executive Director of GWL Voices, about the international community’s responsibility to includ...
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Episode 1
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