Envoy Magazine

Heritage for Humanity - envoy 26 New Sites Join UNESCO’s World Heritage List From sacred landscapes to sites of remembrance, UNESCO’s 2025 additions reflect a global commitment to cultural resilience, ecological unity, and the pow...

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The rainforest becomes the crossroads for multilateralism - envoy COP30 in Belém puts Brazil at the center of a global test—can the world still act together to fight climate change? The Amazonian city of Belém will host COP30 (U.N. Climate Conference) in November. H...

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Childhood Hero Diplomacy: How Fictional Icons Are Taking on Global Issues - envoy The United Nations Headquarters in New York has arguably the highest concentration of diplomats per square foot — especially during the annual General Assembly High-level Week, which this September wi...

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Can the U.N. save us from the AI reckoning? - envoy The United Nations takes on the challenge of AI governance with scientific panel modeled after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change For all its lofty ideals, the United Nations is not known f...

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For the love of a King - envoy “Why do you come to my shop so often?” Pema abruptly asked me. I was taken aback. This middle-aged lady, owner of a sprawling emporium serving the tourist trade on busy NorzimLam main street in Thimph...

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Inside Plastic’s Hidden Threat to Children’s Health - envoy UNICEF warns plastic pollution is a silent crisis harming children’s health from birth through adolescence Children today are surrounded by more plastic than ever before. In its 2024 report, Generatio...

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The Silent Authority Crisis: Why Brilliant Leaders Are Being Overlooked in the Digital Age - envoy The executive boardroom fell silent as Leah, a senior executive at a Fortune 100 tech company with over two decades of strategic innovation experience, shared a painful truth. “I was passed over for t...

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Is Peacekeeping Still Fit for Purpose? - envoy Global leaders call for major reforms to save UN peacekeeping missions as violence surges, political deadlock deepens, and the threat of reduced U.S. funding looms With wars flaring across continents ...

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Predicting the future for children in an aging world - envoy With 2025, a new generation emerges—the Generation Beta. Gen Beta defines the demographic cohort who are born from 2025 to 2039. Some of the Gen Beta will live to see the 22nd century. But what they’l...

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The Silent Revolution: The Untold History of AI in Healthcare - envoy For decades, artificial intelligence (AI) has been quietly revolutionizing healthcare, long before it became the buzzword it is today. While headlines celebrate AI’s latest feats—whether it’s diagnosi...

For decades, artificial intelligence (AI) has been quietly revolutionizing healthcare, long before it became the buzzword it is today. envoymag.com/a-i/the-sile...

Runway Activism: Protests to Progress - envoy Runway has evolved into a space where fashion meets activism It was a hot summer day in 2019, I was standing outside the Prada headquarters in New York City, moments before the brand’s Cruise 2020 col...

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The evolving language of music from ancient rhythms to THE AI REVOLUTION - envoy Music and language likely share the same ancient roots, emerging from early humans’ need to connect, communicate, and thrive as social beings. When NASA launched Voyager 1, currently the farthest huma...

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No Borders, Just Stories: How Theater Creates a Refuge for the Displaced - envoy Of all the arts, theater has always been a powerful force in bringing people together. In Ancient Greece, the birthplace of Western theater, audiences of 15,000-20,000 would gather to witness the play...

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New American Expansionism: Trump’s MANIFEST DESTINY - envoy John Gast, American Progress, 1872 Columbia, the female figure of America, leads Americans into the West and into the future by carrying the values of republicanism. MANIFEST DESTINY Manifest Destiny ...

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Jean-Pierre Lacroix: Adapting Peacekeeping to Global Challenges - envoy In an insightful interview, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations at the United Nations, discusses the evolving landscape of peacekeeping, its challenges, and its futur...

In an insightful interview, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations at the United Nations, discusses the evolving landscape of peacekeeping, its challenges, and its future in a world fraught with conflict.

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Syria's Post-Assad Struggle: Economic Ruin, Humanitarian Crisis, and the HTS Dilemma - envoy In the wake of Assad regime’s collapse, sanctions, religious zealotry, local enmities and geopolitical competition shape Syria’s complex and volatile landscape, in which HTS has become a dominant forc...

In the wake of Assad regime’s collapse, sanctions, religious zealotry, local enmities and geopolitical competition shape Syria’s complex and volatile landscape, in which HTS has become a dominant force, fueling not only hopes, but also concerns.

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Japan's Diplomacy: A Vision for Reform, Peace, and Security - envoy Yamazaki Kazuyuki (left), Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, attends the Peace Bell Ceremony on the occasion of the International Day of Peace 2024 (21 Sep). The theme of the Int...

Japan has its eyes on a UNSC permanent seat, and the Permanent Representative Yamazaki Kazuyuki knows how to secure it via diplomacy.

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Syria's Post-Assad Struggle: Economic Ruin, Humanitarian Crisis, and the HTS Dilemma - envoy In the wake of Assad regime’s collapse, sanctions, religious zealotry, local enmities and geopolitical competition shape Syria’s complex and volatile landscape, in which HTS has become a dominant forc...

In the wake of Assad regime’s collapse, sanctions, religious zealotry, local enmities and geopolitical competition shape Syria’s complex and volatile landscape, in which HTS has become a dominant force, fueling not only hopes, but also concerns.
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Jean-Pierre Lacroix: Adapting Peacekeeping to Global Challenges - envoy In an insightful interview, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations at the United Nations, discusses the evolving landscape of peacekeeping, its challenges, and its futur...

In an insightful interview, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations at the United Nations, discusses the evolving landscape of peacekeeping, its challenges, and its future in a world fraught with conflict.

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Switzerland's Diplomatic Recipe: Neutrality, International Law, Raclette and Musical Harmony - envoy Is the country still the diplomatic hub it once was? ‘It is in our DNA,’ says the Swiss envoy. At a time when diplomacy is being tested like never before—from the war in Ukraine to escalating tensions...

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Is the country still the diplomatic hub it once was? ‘It is in our DNA,’ says the Swiss envoy Pascale Baeriswyl.

UN’s Future in Question: Navigating Challenges of Past and Present - envoy “The longer we don’t reform the Security Council the more the council’s credibility suffers’’

As the head of advocacy at the International Crisis Group, Richard Gowan discusses topics ranging from Security Council reform to the complexities of peacekeeping missions and the need to ensure the UN remains relevant in today’s global landscape.

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How to talk to your children about conflict and war - envoy 8 tips to support and comfort your children When conflict or war makes the headlines, it can cause feelings such as fear, sadness, anger and anxiety wherever you live. Here are some tips on how to app...

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The art of sustainable beauty - envoy From the simplest weather shelter, through the grandeur of castles, to  soaring neo-futurist skyscrapers, architecture has always been a marker of human progress. Since the Neolithic era, the spaces w...

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Skunks at the Garden Party - envoy Advocating for human rights in the halls and corridors of United Nations headquarters is not easy, but it’s what some of us do every day. Most global crises and conflicts involving human rights abuses...

🦨"Skunks at the Garden Party" - that's what it feels like to advocate for human rights at the United Nations these days.

My take in ENVOY Magazine on the challenges civil society face at the UN as hostility to human rights keeps spreading. @hrw.org

The Chaos of Modern Travel - envoy As the son of a career Foreign Service Officer, our family moved every 18 months, changing countries, climates, and languages. Starting in the 1950s, much of the travel was by ship. It is hard to imag...

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After the fall of Assad, the rocky road of transition - envoy The collapse of the Assad regime liberated Syrians from decades of brutal and repressive rule and has opened the way for a better path forward. But the group that has taken over—HTS led by Ahmad al-Sh...

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Trump Trade War 2.0 - envoy Trump Trade War 2.0: Tariffs bring more questions and fears As soon as US President Donald Trump took office, he signed an executive order that would impose additional customs duties on imports from C...

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AI Gets Its Own Museum: Refik Anadol’s Dataland - envoy The world’s first AImuseum, featuring multi-sensory exhibits, is set to open in Los Angeles this year.

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Buried Danger Legacy of War: Trapped by the Past, Haunted by the Future - envoy I am a former refugee from Karabakh, born in the Jabrayil region of Azerbaijan. When I was three years old, Armenian armed forces took over my home, forcing my family to flee and become internally dis...

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