WTO Public Forum 2021, Organizer Raymond Saner, CSEND-DD, Geneva BACKGROUND This session focuses on the sub-theme of PF21, “Strengthening the Multilateral Trading System”. The panelists will assess how plurilateralagreements and plurilateral initiatives could be fully mulilateralized or conclude that plurilaterals will remain outside the WTO context. Speakers and the audience will be invited to ponder the following questions: SPEAKERS: Hamid Mamdou, ret. Former Head of the Services and Investment Division at WTO,...
The discussions on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) make 2015 a special year.The SDGs chart a new course in numerous ways: they are being elaborated in a far more inclusive manner than previous goals, they define objectives for countries at...
People are at the core of organizations whose mission is to deliver aid, through local communities working to generate income, and through national and International leaders working to shape policies and create good governance. At various levels, these interventions aim...
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be implemented from 2016 to2030. SDG 4 focuses on education. What should be the policies and means to achieve SDG 4 (education)? ; Should education mostly increase a country’s productivity, economic growth, national competitiveness...
Ageing is a natural phenomenon of the life course. Societies have various ways in dealing with their respective senior members. However, human societies have seen an unprecedented age bonus with an extended life expectancy into the 80’s. Number of people...
Programme Programme – Summative Report Presentation – The International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers’ Association, Mr. Jamie Williamson, ICOCA, Geneva Presentation – PMSC AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW: THE NEED FOR IMPLEMENTATION, KELISIANATHYNNE, ICRC Presentation – The Respect of...
Private Military and Security Companies in Public Arenas, 12/11/2019Raymond Saner, Amaka Uchegbu & Lichia Yiu Over the last 20 years, proliferation can be observed of non-state actors in important areas of international relations, including trade, communication, finance, and security (Saner...
The measuring and monitoring of human trafficking, by Raymond Saner, Lichia Yiu, Laurel Rush Public Administration and Policy (2018) Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the difficulty of measuring and monitoring of human trafficking within the context of...
On the occasion of Nelson Mandela International Day, Albie Sachs, Former Judge of the South African Constitutional Court, and Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, reflect on today’s challenges to human rights and how to move the...
Armed conflicts, terrorism, and wars are increasing and international tensions are growing in many parts of the world. Governments are increasingly using Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) to do the war making and International Organisations and Transnational Companies employ...
