Asif R. Khan آصف خان

@asifrkhan.bsky.social

Director, Policy & Mediation Division, UN Department of Political & Peacebuilding Affairs/DPPA Mediation Support/Policy Planning/Gender, Peace & Security/Guidance & Learning/Innovation/ Climate Peace & Security. peacemaker.un.org futuringpeace.org

Frank and productive exchanges this week in Brussels at the annual 🇪🇺EU-🇺🇳UN Strategic Dialogue on Conflict Prevention and Mediation. We discussed the UN - EU relationship in peace and security and above all the implementation of the Pact for the Future. Much to do for these partners in peace! 🕊️

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Brussels evening thoughts, after Day 1: one realises that months of online calls & "meetings" can't replace valued human, face to face encounters. Nuance, tic, raised eyebrow, smile, irony, consolations. Mediation is a human endeavour. So must be our interactions, quibbles w colleagues, adversaries.

Asif R. Khan آصف خان@asifrkhan.bsky.social · 2y ago

Coming up: Brussels! 🇪🇺 Looking forward to 2 days of the EU-UN Dialogue on Mediation & Conflict Prevention this week. Also meeting with a host of supporters of diplomacy and good offices - in the EEAS, the Political & Security Committee and Commission. To quote John Ruggie, multilateralism matters.

Coming up: Brussels! 🇪🇺 Looking forward to 2 days of the EU-UN Dialogue on Mediation & Conflict Prevention this week. Also meeting with a host of supporters of diplomacy and good offices - in the EEAS, the Political & Security Committee and Commission. To quote John Ruggie, multilateralism matters.

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During the annual Security Council Open Debate on women, peace and security held on 24 October 2024, the Secretary-General’s “Common Pledge for Women’s Full, Equal and Meaningful Participation in Peac...

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