United Nations /maxbellschool/taxonomy/term/3906/all en The UN’s New Agenda for Protection | International Peace Institute /maxbellschool/channels/news/uns-new-agenda-protection-international-peace-institute-357329 <p>May 13, 2024 | The United Nations (UN) recently released its Agenda for Protection, a comprehensive document aiming to enhance protection as a collective responsibility across various UN components. It addresses previous shortcomings highlighted by inquiries into UN responses in Myanmar and Sri Lanka. However, it faces challenges due to geopolitical dynamics undermining multilateral action and UN entities’ limited roles in ongoing conflicts. </p> Tue, 14 May 2024 17:56:43 +0000 pinaki.siwach@mcgill.ca 3181 at /maxbellschool Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences  /maxbellschool/channels/news/mandate-special-rapporteur-contemporary-forms-slavery-including-its-causes-and-consequences-350485 <p>September 1, 2023 | UN Special Rapporteur Mr. Tomoya Obokata visited Max Bell School of Public Policy to examine issues of contemporary forms of slavery in Canada, including its causes and consequences. During the meeting organized by McConnell Visiting Scholar <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/visiting-professors-and-scholars/olivia-smith">Olivia Smith</a>, the Special Rapporteur met with federal, provincial, and municipal authorities, national human rights bodies, and victims of contemporary forms of slavery.</p> Tue, 05 Sep 2023 20:14:39 +0000 victoria.weston@mcgill.ca 3066 at /maxbellschool While Western leaders rally around Zelenskyy, China demonstrates its power to disrupt /maxbellschool/ukraine-munich-security-conference Jennifer Welsh comments on the spotlight shown on Ukraine at the 2023 Munich Security Conference Mon, 20 Feb 2023 21:38:19 +0000 Jennifer Welsh 2979 at /maxbellschool Reforming the United Nations: How Canada Can Lead on Human Rights | Policy Magazine /maxbellschool/channels/news/reforming-united-nations-how-canada-can-lead-human-rights-policy-magazine-346083 <p>February 9, 2023 | Following<a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/kevin-page"> Kevin Page's </a>complexity seminar, Elisa Alloul wrote about how the lack of accountability on how gross human rights abusers have joined UN bodies is hurting the UN's legitimacy and credibility. Elisa Alloul is a Master of Public Policy candidate at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº.</p> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 16:19:33 +0000 kibel.aker@mcgill.ca 2974 at /maxbellschool International Cooperation Failures in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning from Past Efforts to Address Common Threats | American Academy of Arts & Sciences /maxbellschool/channels/news/international-cooperation-failures-face-covid-19-pandemic-learning-past-efforts-address-common-339191 <p>April 2022 | The American Academy of Art and Sciences' project on Rethinking the Humanitarian Health Response to Violent Conflict has just released International Cooperation Failures in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning from Past Efforts to Address Common Threats.</p> Sun, 24 Apr 2022 05:38:35 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2822 at /maxbellschool Jennifer Welsh on how Putin’s war in Ukraine is testing the UN /maxbellschool/max-policy/testing-united-nations International crises like the one unfolding in Ukraine are always moments of truth for the robustness and relevance of international institutions. Mon, 07 Mar 2022 19:14:11 +0000 Jennifer Welsh 2796 at /maxbellschool A discussion with Canada's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, Bob Rae /maxbellschool/channels/event/discussion-canadas-ambassador-and-permanent-representative-united-nations-new-york-bob-rae-334755 <p><em>**Please note that this event is for Max Bell School MPPs and Faculty only. A recording of this event will be available.</em></p> Thu, 11 Nov 2021 20:41:17 +0000 katrine.claassens@mcgill.ca 2712 at /maxbellschool