Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, His Excellency Jan Elliason paid a visit to the Kennedy School. He spoke most eloquently on the subject A World in Turmoil. In particularly he highlighted the worrying new specter of Terrorism and Territory, and the increase in self-identification according to ethnic and religious rather than national divisions.
His Excellency touched on the UN role in peace, security ("the Arab Spring has become the Arab Winter"), human rights, climate change ("there is no Planet B").
He characterizes himself as a worried optimist. His greatest hope is that in this century we will finally see women equally empowered with men.
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