The UN Brief interviewed John Frank to discuss the opening of the UN Affairs office, both in Geneva and New York (they are working from home since March 2020), they plan to open physical offices near the UN, sanitary guidelines permitting, this Summer.

John Frank became Microsoft’s Vice President, United Nations Affairs on the 1st of March 2020, to focus on deepening Microsoft’s engagements on issues related to the environment, skills training, human rights, and security. 

Previously he was Vice President, EU Affairs, based in Brussels, and Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, and Chief of Staff for Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith, at Microsoft’s headquarters, in Redmond, Washington.

Frank also led Microsoft’s office in Paris, overseeing legal and regulatory issues for the launch of the Microsoft Network (MSN) in Europe. From 1996 to 2002, he led Microsoft’s Legal and Corporate Affairs group for Europe, Middle East and Africa, focusing on privacy, security, consumer protection, and antitrust matters.

Before joining Microsoft, he practiced law in San Francisco with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Frank received an AB degree from Princeton, and a JD from Columbia Law School.

John Frank, VP UN Affairs Office, Microsoft

Andrew Gilmour, CEO Berghof Foundation

John Krakauer, MD, Johns Hopkins Medical School

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Interview with Andreas Sandre, author of Digital Diplomacy: Conversations on Innovation in Foreign Policy, a reference for diplomats around the world, and Press and Public Affairs Officer at the Embassy of Italy, in Washington DC.

Digital Diplomacy with Andreas Sandre

Interview with Diplomat Alejandro Ramos Cardoso, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Mexico, in New Zealand.

Diplomat Alejandro Ramos Cardoso

Interview with Alex Uberlis, Partner at Blackstone Law Group.

Alex Urbelis, Partner at Blackstone Law Group

The World Health Organisation has launched a Foundation to increase its sources of funding to include donations from the private sector and individual donors. 

The Foundation is an independent grant-making agency headquartered in Geneva. 

It was launched in May 2020 “to create new opportunities for major donors, corporate partners and members of the general public to engage with WHO. The COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO, which WHO and the UN Foundation launched earlier in 2020, together with the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, helped test the potential for broader support to WHO by raising $238 million in corporate and individual pledges for COVID-19 response efforts”.

WHO Foundation Appoints CEO | 07 December 2020

The UN Brief interviewed Sameer Chauhan, UN International Computing Center Director, to speak about its history, mandate, and what is in store for 2021.

Sameer Chauhan, ICC

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