Artificial Intelligence to Turbocharge Action on the SDG Progress in Africa
Today 30 January, 9:00 - 11:00 AM
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As we look ahead to 2050, Africa is on the brink of a significant demographic shift, with a projected population of 2.5 billion. This demographic change brings forth a parallel surge in demand for essential services and food. The transformative potential of AI stands as a beacon to address these challenges, offering substantial opportunities to enhance productivity and drive structural changes across the continent. Join experts as they discuss opportunities, and ways for ethical and inclusive AI practices. 

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APSIA Career Sessions for International Students: Opportunities at Multilaterals and the G4 Visa
31 January, 3:00 - 4:00 PM 
Webinar

Led by Rebecca Aman of Johns Hopkins SAIS, this session will explore opportunities at multilaterals as a strong option for international students.

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Reinvigorating Global Governance with the UN Under-Secretary General
1 February, 12:10 - 1:10 PM 
Jerome Greene Hall

The Human Rights Institute and the Columbia Law School Human Rights Assocation invite you to join Mr. Guy Ryder, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Policy at the Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG), for an engaging discussion on "Reinvigorating Global Governance: Challenges and Opportunities to Reviving Multilateralism."

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Nordic - Baltic Voices on Critical Geopolitical Issues
5 February, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Low Library 

The Chairs of the Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Committees of Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Sweden will address critical issues confronting the world, including the war in Ukraine and crises in the Middle East; the responses of Nordic-Baltic countries, in particular, the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO; and potential paths to the restoration of peace.

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Climate Justice Series: Segregation and Environmental Injustice
9 February, 10:00 - 11:30 AM
Online

The upcoming session, “Segregation and Environmental Injustice,” will integrate hard data and social sciences to frame environmental injustice in India as essentially caste injustice. Participants will be able to make connections with similar perspectives around questions of racial justice in climate change policies in the United States, particularly as this discussion will also include an introduction to Ava DuVernay’s new feature film Origin, adapted from Isabel Wilkerson’s book, Caste, on global systems of hierarchy, oppression, and access to resources.

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UN Association of the USA's Global Engagement Summit 
16 February
UN Headquarters

The United Nations Association of the USA’s Global Engagement Summit, held at UN Headquarters in New York City, is the largest annual gathering of UN supporters in the country, bringing together U.S. and UN officials, community leaders, young professionals, and subject matter experts from across the country to delve into the mission and lifesaving work of the United Nations.

This full-day summit is one of many educational and inspirational programs that UNA-USA coordinates to help make Americans aware of the strong connection between the U.S. and the UN.

The theme for GES 2024 is “Pushing Forward >>> For People & Planet”. The summit will take place on February 16 from 10am-6pm at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City
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The internship is for six months. This internship is unpaid in person and full-time. The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) was established by the General Assembly in June 2017. The Office has five main functions: (a) provide leadership on the General Assembly counter-terrorism mandates across the United Nations System; (b) enhance coordination and coherence across the 45 Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force entities to ensure the balanced implementation of the four pillars of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy; (c) strengthen the delivery of UN counter-terrorism capacity building assistance to Member States; (d) improve visibility, advocacy and resource mobilization for UN counterterrorism efforts; and (e) ensure that due priority is given to counter-terrorism across the UN System and that the important work on preventing violent extremism is firmly rooted in the UN Global Strategy.

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This internship is located in the Information Management Unit in the in the Department of Peace Operations at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Department of Peace Operations (DPO) provides political and executive direction to UN peacekeeping operations around the world and maintains contact with the Security Council, troop and financial contributors, and parties to the conflict in the implementation of Security Council mandates. The Department works to integrate the efforts of UN, governmental and nongovernmental entities in the context of peacekeeping operations. The Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) focuses primarily on five action areas in international peace and security, ensuring sound analysis and early warning, preventing conflict and engaging in peacemaking, managing political crises and violent conflicts, sustaining peace, and enhancing partnerships. The Department's mandate is to prevent and resolve conflict through inclusive political solutions. Information Management Unit oversees the information management systems, policies, and processes for the DPPA-DPO, supporting analysis, solutions development and advisory services.

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This internship is UNPAID and is designed to be in person and full-time (35 hours per week), on the United Nations premise (New York, USA). This internship can be adjusted based on the needs of the successful candidate to part-time (20 hours per week) and/or remote. A fulltime internship is for an initial period of two months, and a part-time internship is for an initial four months. Internships may be extended up to a maximum of six months, depending on the needs of the Division. This internship is located in the Policy Planning Team in the Policy and Best Practices Service (PBPS), Division of Policy, Evaluation and Training (DEPT) in the Department of Peace Operations (DPO). 

The Policy, Evaluation and Training Division (DPET) is mandated to develop and disseminate the policy and doctrine guiding the work of Peacekeeping Operations. In addition, the division has the responsibility to evaluate, at the request of the heads of the departments, how those policies are being applied, gather lessons learned and best practices, and use that information to guide the development, coordination and delivery of standardized training, so as to complete the learning cycle. DPET is also responsible for developing and maintaining strategic cooperation with various UN and external partners. The Policy and Best Practices Service (PBPS) is part of the Policy Evaluation and Training Division (DPET) of the Department of Peace Operations. It provides support to both DPO and DOS. The core function of PBPS is to help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of peacekeeping operations through the exchange of good practices between missions, the development of guidance material that reflects lessons learned, and thematic policy support in selected areas. PBPS also leads several reform processes. The intern will support the Policy Planning Team with the following tasks:

• Assistance in monitoring national and regional level political developments;
• Assistance in the review of various policies, papers and other documents/materials;
• Assistance in preparing reports, concept papers, policy documents, talking points, articles and other materials;
• Assistance in the development of strategic communications, presentations and visualizations;
• Attending and taking notes at conferences and meetings;
• Assistance in preparing thematic discussions, brown bags or events organized by the Policy Planning Team;
• Assistance in editing, content creation for internal and external communications products, including digital, newsletters, learning products or translation;
• Assistance in information management, statistical analysis or data extractions and project management development.

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The Peacebuilding Support Office would like to recruit an intern to support the work of the Peacebuilding Strategy and Partnership Branch (PSPB). Tasks will include:

1. Supports PBSO's work aimed at advancing the Secretary-General agenda on peacebuilding and sustaining peace and the Youth, Peace and Security agenda, including through background research, data analysis, inputs to documents, and the provision of meeting summaries.
2. Support the branch through the preparation of background and analytical material related to peacebuilding, including in support to internal and external engagements of the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding and other senior officials.
3. Participates in UN mechanisms and coordination platforms to ensure integrated and coherent system approach to peacebuilding;
4. Participates and supports relevant meetings of the Peacebuilding Commission as well as supports work related to the management of the Peacebuilding Fund when needed;

The branch strives to offer interns an opportunity to work independently with substantive issues while also assisting colleagues in the day-to-day operations of the office.

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The duration of the internship is for 3-6 months. This internship is UNPAID and full-time (35 hours per week). The internship will be undertaken either remotely outside the duty station or in a hybrid working arrangement at the UN Premise, New York, United States. The Intern will support the work of the Central African Republic Integrated Operational Team (CAR IOT), which covers the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). Within the delegated authority the Political Affairs Intern will perform the following duties:

• Monitor and analyze key political and security developments, including as they relate to the implementation of mandate of MINUSCA;
• Based on situation reports, press clippings, and media reports from the mission area, provide a daily news feed for principals;
• Monitor general issues and summarize key public and academic articles, correspondences relating to peacekeeping;
• Draft weekly reports on the political and security situation for the Security Council;
• Assist in the preparation of communication materials, including presentations;
• Participate in meetings and draft minutes/meeting summaries;
• Carry out individual research assignments and contribute to briefing materials on peacekeeping-related issues;
• Perform any other duties as requested.

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Within the Programme Unit of the CERF secretariat, within the limits of delegated authority, the interns will be responsible for the following duties:

1. Monitor and analyze humanitarian developments in countries affected by disasters and emergencies, in collaboration with relevant OCHA desk officers.
2. Conduct quantitative analyses and qualitative research to support the decision to allocate funding to the most underfunded emergencies or to support anticipatory action frameworks.
3. In support of a Programme Officer, review incoming CERF applications, draft responses to Resident and Humanitarian Coordinators, heads of UN agencies and agency focal points.
4. Liaise with other branches and units within OCHA and UN agencies to ensure that incoming CERF applications are being reviewed in a coherent manner, maintaining high standards of transparency and accountability.
5. Ensure timely and appropriate support to Resident and Humanitarian Coordinators and OCHA field offices for CERF-related processes.
6. Support the preparation of and participate in CERF trainings.
7. Support the whole process – including quantitative and qualitative analysis, consultations and other components – of allocation rounds to underfunded emergencies.
8. Support the setup of Anticipatory Action (AA) frameworks including research and analysis, compilation of background information, coordination with AA teams across headquarters and country operations, development of the necessary documents for AA frameworks (forecast overview, action plan, crisis timeline, etc.).
9. Prepare or contribute to the preparation of various documents, e.g., draft sections of studies, background papers, policy guidelines, briefings, etc.
10. Contribute to the revision of CERF's operational handbook and other guidance.
11. Develop and maintain reference and resource information on specific topics or policy-related issues; respond to various inquiries and information requests; keep abreast of latest humanitarian developments, provide information and advice on a range of related issues.
12. Analyse, summarise and report on data on CERF grants.

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This internship is located in Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD), Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). The Division seeks to strengthen international cooperation for social development, particularly in the areas of poverty eradication, productive employment and decent work and the social inclusion of older persons, youth, family, persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples, and persons marginalized from society and development. The intern works under the supervision of and reports to the Chief of the Programme on Disability Section in the Social Inclusion and Participation Branch (SIPB)/DISD.

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The internship is unpaid and may be either full-time or part-time. This position is located in the Strategic Communications Section of the Office of the Director for Coordination and Shared Services (ODCSS) serving the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) and Peace Operations (DPO). The incumbent will report to the Digital Communications Manager, Strategic Communications Section. The Office of the Director for Coordination and Shared Services enables, directs and coordinates departmental efforts to ensure the effective integration and management of both Departments.

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MSF offers an internship program through the New York office that takes place three times a year. Interns are paid an hourly salary and can apply to work in a variety of positions, including advocacy, marketing and multimedia, finance, access campaigns, research, and more. Interns must be eligible to work in the US without sponsorship and are responsible for obtaining their own accommodation.

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