Ep. 17: Can Global Diplomacy Survive COVID-19?

On March 13, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
ordered New York-based personnel to start working from home from
March 16-April 13. In this episode, we explore the question: How is
working remotely affecting diplomacy? To answer it, we talked to
four diplomats from four countries, all based in New York, about
how their respective missions to the UN are handling the crisis:
Rodrigo Carazo, the Costa Rican ambassador to the UN, Deputy
Permanent Representatives Dmitry Polyanskiy of Russia and Odd-Inge
Kvalheim of Norway and Mohamed Ali Jalardi, a counselor for
Lebanon. And, we look at how the UN itself is transitioning from
operating at the UN headquarters to...living room couches. Links:
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