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By (author) Gaudiosi, Rebecca W.; By (author) Roesch, Jimena Leiva; By (author) Ye-Min, Wu
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This book offers a comprehensive practitioner”s guide to negotiating at the United Nations.
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This book offers a comprehensive practitioner”s guide to negotiating at the United Nations.
Although much of the content can be applied broadly, the guide focuses on navigating multilateral negotiations at the UN. The book is a tool to help new UN negotiators, explaining basic negotiation concepts and offering insight into the complexities of the UN system. It also offers a playbook for cooperation for negotiators at any level, exploring the dynamics of relationships and alliances, the art of chairing a negotiation, and the importance of balancing the power asymmetries present in any multilateral discussion. The book proposes improvements to the UN negotiation process and looks at the impact of information technologies on negotiation dynamics; it also shares stories from women UN delegates, illustrating what it means to be a female negotiator at the UN. This book is an exploration of the power of the individual in any negotiation, and of the responsibility all negotiators have in wielding that power to speak for a better world.
This book will be of much interest to students of diplomacy, global governance, foreign policy, and International Relations, as well as practitioners and policymakers.
Table of contents:
Introduction Part I: Negotiator Tool-Kit 1. Negotiating the Hard Stuff 2. Aren’t Interests and Positions the Same Thing? Part II: Inside the UN 3. The Insider’s Guide to the UN Negotiation System 4. Don’t Go it Alone: Building Relationships and Alliances 5. Welcome to Negotiations Theatre: an Off-Broadway Production 6. I Call this Meeting to Order: Chairing UN Negotiations 7. Mitigating Asymmetric Power: the 800-pound Gorilla and the Fearless Ant Part III: Working on It 8. I am a Female Negotiator: So What? 9. Please Excuse Us as We Upgrade our Process…and Software Conclusion
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”This long-overdue book will be an immense contribution in enhancing knowledge and appreciation of the intricacies of multilateral negotiations at UN headquarters on diverse social, economic and environmental issues, molding disparate interests and subjective agendas into lasting legislative outcomes whose main objectives are to enhance peace and prosperity in harmony with our environment, respect of human rights and women empowerment.”–Munyaradzi Chenje, Deputy Chief Officer, Secretariat of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol; former UN Environment Programme New York Office Deputy Director and Head of Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs
”It is not enough to eloquently establish positions and red-lines in multilateral negotiations; perhaps it is not even enough to strive to build consensus. Instead, it takes courage, vision and skills to be successful and give meaning to a negotiated outcome, and with their years of experience and involvement in varied multilateral negotiations, Rebecca, Jimena and Ye-Min provide that connection and insight in their book. This is an inventive and resourceful blueprint for any Diplomat or Advisor contemplating a stint with the foremost international organization, the United Nations Organisation.”–Damptey Bediako Asare, Director of Policy Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Bureau; Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana; Former Negotiator for G77 &China, New York
”This is the type of publication I wish I had at the beginning of my UN journey. However, it also provides much needed lessons for seasoned diplomats as well. The messages, insights, and examples, offer that rare glimpse of
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