Victor Angelo

  The UN Pact for the Future was  adopted in September 2024. The Five Core Pillars  The Pact is organized into five "tracks," each...

A few decision-makers and intellectuals think that the political UN -- read "political", I am not talking about the specialised ag...

  10 October 2025 | Worldwide | Secretary-General Contingency Plan Letter to Staff Members Dear Colleagues,   I am writing to update you on ...

The cooperation between nations has been seriously impacted by the current crisis. Each country decided the best way to battle the pandem...

As we get ready to go into June, we must be as ambitious as possible. It is not just a question of optimism. It is not a matter of rhetor...

Today started the 2020 edition of the Munich Security Conference (MSC). This is an important annual event, that brings together a good nu...

Some theoreticians keep saying, as they love to repeat one another, that “we live in a post-democratic world”. I disagree. Democracy is a...

When it comes to the difficult response to the current US Administration, the EU leaders have decided to follow two lines. First, to k...

I welcome every statement made by the political leaders, including today´s speech by the French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, as well as C...

This year there will be a lot of ink invested on who should be the next Secretary-General of the UN. We will see many opinion pieces on th...