Book launch: Negotiating at the United Nations: A Practitioner's Guide Tuesday 17 September

MEET THE AUTHORS
"Negotiating at the United Nations: A Practitioner's Guide"
Prepare for the GA
by honing your negotiation skills!
Tuesday, 17 September 2019, 1:00 - 2:00 PM
United Nations Bookshop, GA Building, Visitors’ Concourse

Rebecca E. Webber Gaudiosi Jimena Leiva-Roesch Ye-Min Wu

This tool for negotiators at any level will help you explore the dynamics of relationships and alliances, the art of chairing a negotiation, and the importance of balancing power asymmetries among many other practical aspects of negotiation at the UN. The authors also focus on
the impact of information technologies and on what it means to be a woman negotiating at the UN. (Routledge)

Rebecca E. Webber Gaudiosi represented the United States at the UN from 2006–14, focusing on the environment and sustainable development.
Jimena Leiva-Roesch was a Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Guatemala to the UN, from 2009-15. She was the lead negotiator on the SDGs and climate change negotiations.
Ye-Min Wu worked at the Permanent Mission of Singapore to the UN, where she chaired UN negotiations and represented the G77 and China in negotiations on sustainable development.
This event is open to United Nations pass holders and visitors.
Visitors must register in person at the Visitors’ Check-in Office
(801 First Avenue at 45th Street) before passing through UN Security screening (46th Street entrance to the main UN building).
For further information, please email us at bookshop@un.org  Buy the book here.

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