THE IMPOSSIBLE DIPLOMACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS (UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva)
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(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) Lecture by Zeid Ra`ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington D.C. on the occasion of the presentation of Georgetown University`s Trainor Award for Excellence in the Conduct of Diplomacy 17 February 2017 (Issued as received) Good afternoon, - A new era is unfolding before us. We find ourselves in a political earthquake zone. To many of us it appears the international system could become dangerously unstable. Fresh shocks are opening up unsuspected fault-lines, weight-bearing pillars are in danger of collapse. Our humanitarian colleagues are being asked to do the impossible, as...