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Youth for SDGs Scholarship – Applications open!
Youth for SDGs Scholarship Young people working to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are invited to apply for a scholarship for a unique experiential learning program taking place onboard Peace Boat voyage, focusing on sustainable development....
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Attention! Applications open for the 2019 Global Health and Innovation Prize
Dear students of Seton Hall University's School of Diplomacy and International Relations, We hope to see you at this year's 2019 Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale on April 13-14, 2019. The 16th annual Global Health & Innovation Conference, which...
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Syrian Refugees
This post was written by Maliheh Bitaraf. Maliheh is a graduate student at the Seton Hall School of Diplomacy and International Relations. Maliheh got her first Master's degree in Mass Communication at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). Maliheh is a Media...
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Upcoming Events Join UN DPI NGO Youth Representatives Steering Committee for Youth-led Chat Series #Youth2030: Making the UN youth strategy a reality! Tuesday, 13 November 2018， 2:30 - 4 p.m. DPI NGO Resource Centre (UNITAR Building, 810 UN Plaza, 2nd floor, New York)...
read moreHaitian Refugee Crisis
Through rivers, streams, hills, mountains and deserts, the refugee route is not unfamiliar to men, woman and children. After a distance of thousands of miles and crossing eleven countries, they seek their right to self-determination. Millions are migrating for several...
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UN Events and Campaigns
Events Meet the Authors of the Security Council Chamber Tuesday, 6 November 2018, 1 - 2 p.m. United Nations Bookshop, GA Building, Visitors’ Concourse RSVP and see theinvitation. First Chat Series in Fall 2018 | #Youth2030: Making the UN youth strategy a reality!...
read moreThe Africa Dialogue Series 2018-A New Vision for Africa and the 2063 Agenda.
This article was written by Ted Mitchell Apondi. Ted is a freshman at the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University. He is also a UN Digital Representative for the Center for United Nations and Global Governance studies and a Diplomacy...
read moreAlan Metzler visits the School of Diplomacy
In October, Alan Metzler visited the School of Diplomacy and International Relations to talk to the Diplomacy students about his long career serving the country. Mohamad Mirghahari, an aluminum of Master’s in Communication of 2004 and the first Abd el-Kader Fellow was...
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U.N. Resolution on Space as a Driver of Sustainable Development
Space exploration has always excited humanity, and has sparked an intense curiosity of the unknown. When the United States put a man on the moon, the entire country was filled with immense pride. The world saw space as an opportunity, an opportunity to expand...
read moreThe Global Leadership Dinner 2018
From left to right: Rev. Brian Muzas, Ph.D., Kendra Brock, Research Assistant, Cristian Ramos, Permanent Egyptian ambassador to the UN, Mohamed Edrees, and Professor Hugh Dugan, Ph.D. On October 10, 2018, the School of Diplomacy had the privileged to attend once again...
read moreInternally Displaced Persons in Colombia
After nearly five decades of violent conflict caused by the guerrilla and paramilitary organizations, the rural population in Colombia has strongly been affected by the atrocities committed by these groups. Today, Colombia has 7.7 million Internally Displaced Person...
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UN Events and Campaigns
iDIASPORA iDIASPORA is a global engagement and knowledge exchange hub for diaspora communities and those looking to engage with them. It provides comprehensive, regularly updated data and analysis relevant to diaspora communities, policy makers, NGO actors, and...
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