Olara Otunnu, diplomat: UN cannot be diplomatic ivory tower
“I do not want the United Nations of New York, Geneva or Vienna to be an ivory tower, a diplomatic ivory tower. I want to see the UN not of power and privilege, but the UN of service and impact. That is the UN I want see.”
James Copnall speaks to Olara Otunnu, Ugandan diplomat, lawyer and former Foreign Minister.
He has spent decades working at the highest levels of international diplomacy. He has also served as a United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict.
Now Uganda has formally nominated him for UN Secretary-General, putting him among…
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