Here we go again: Trump wants U.S. special forces to kill crime leaders on Mexican soil

An issue or two come to mind🧵

The obvious first: Legality. Mexico is a sovereign nation, and it would have to approve any such action. It won't. Already as this...
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#ICYMI 📍This morning, IPI & Singapore Mission UN co-hosted a roundtable for the Forum of Small States on 'Small States and Global Governance: Managing the Challenges of Emerging Technologies and 'Frontier Issues.''
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📢 IPI Board Member Michelle Yeoh received the Medal of Freedom last week ⬇️
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AI research & development are deeply geopolitical.

Hence, the Global Majority must play a crucial role in the negotiations for the Global Digital Compact.

We must strive for international solutions that hold all states & the private sector companies to agreed-upon red lines.

My review of Kjeksrud's book on 'Using Force to Protect Civilians' is now out in International Peacekeeping. Congrats to Stian on a great contribution to the POC literature! Stian Kjeksrud tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Stimulating discussions ⁦Intl Peace Institute⁩ with Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein & ⁦⁦Adam Lupel⁩ on int’l peace & security against the background of 🇷🇺 aggression against 🇺🇦together with ⁦SCEEUS⁩ & ⁦SwedenUN 🇸🇪⁩ colleagues ⁦Carl Mörner⁩ ⁦Charlotta Rodhe⁩ ⁦Fredrik Wesslau⁩

📌 On the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, we must ask “How to Overcome Violence.” Our VP Adam Lupel spoke recently on this at the #ICForumCH in Basel. #MultilateralismMatters

Watch full session ⬇️
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Join us live today for this special conversation between Intl Peace Institute President Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein and UN GA President Dennis Francis:

Can the World Bank Deliver on Climate Change? Testing the Evolution Roadmap through Loss and Damage. Read the new Intl Peace Institute report by Michael Franczak: ipinst.org/2024/04/can-th…

Pascale Baeriswyl Pascale Baeriswyl opens first plenary panel of #ICForumCH day two on “Trust”, a critical ingredient for sustainable peace. How can we forge trust among the “un-like-minded”? Difficult questions to start the day.

Intl Peace Institute vice president (and my wonderful boss) Adam Lupel at the International Cooperation Forum in Switzerland #ICForumCH

It’s been a good couple of days in Geneva with meetings World Health Organization (WHO) Interpeace The GCSP Adam Day and more. Now on to Basel for the #ICForum2024 for panel with swisspeace on How to Overcome Violence!

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Great discussion earlier today on how to reinvigorate multilateralism to meet the challenges of our time organized by Estonia in UN | #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 with a stellar panel moderated by Intl Peace Institute VP Adam Lupel #SotF #InstitutePeace

Full house at 🇪🇪event on #multilateralism , #UNcharter & role of #smallstates .

Strong calls to recommit to the norms & principles that apply to all countries equally. #SotF , #GArevitalization & #SCreform provide opportunities to turbocharge our efforts towards a better United Nations.

#ICYMI 📍This morning, IPI & Singapore Mission UN co-hosted a roundtable for the Forum of Small States on
'Small States & Global Governance: Building a Stronger Multilateral System for a Better Future.'
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Small states wield significant influence at the UN.

Through skilled representation & diplomatic capital, we are truly successful at agenda-setting at the UN.

Size isn't the sole determinant of impact.

Pleased to welcome Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, Intl Peace Institute President and Chief Executive Officer, at World Health Organization (WHO) today. We had a very productive discussion about the ongoing Member States’ negotiations on the Pandemic Agreement, and the importance to ensure equity is at the centre of the…

Can the #SummitOfTheFuture strengthen the voice of citizens in global governance?

New challenge paper with Maiara Folly Aishwarya Machani @aordonez

Published by Iswe Foundation Plataforma CIPÓ Southern Voice United Nations Association - UK (UNA-UK) and - my home - United Nations Foundation

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Today, Life&Peace Institute in partnership with the Intl Peace Institute Permanent Mission of Kenya to the UN 🇰🇪 🇺🇳 NorwayUN & Sweden in Geneva will cohost a public forum on Kenya’s National Peacebuilding and Prevention Strategy, which LPI's Lesley Connolly will be among speakers at 3:15 PM!
Register here buff.ly/49ZWZrd