In the current context, what we can expect from HLPF 2019 is not as much as we would like.
Author: Jimena Leiva Roesch
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Importantly, the Guatemalan justice process appears to have the full backing of the UN and members of the international community.
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United Nations Environment Executive Director Erik Solheim discusses connections between environmental management and peace and security.
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As a result of entrenched corruption, on top of weak tax bases, Guatemala has not been able to develop its social services.
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Migration and asylum claims are often discussed behind closed doors and related policies are considered strictly internal issues.
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Guatemala Attorney General Thelma Aldana discusses the political transition in Guatemala following last year’s uncovering of a vast criminal network, which extended to the president and vice president.
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Economic arguments against the necessary carbon-free revolution make increasingly less sense when politics are taken out of the equation.
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Zia Mian, Director of Princeton University’s Project on Peace and Security in South Asia, discusses
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Ambassador David Donoghue, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations, discusses implementation of the UN’s new Sustainable Development Goals.
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Thomas Gass, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, discusses the new “social contract” forged by the Sustainable Development Goals.
