Volker Perthes @perthes.bsky.social
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Scholar, diplomat, advisor. Former UN Under-Secretary-General (2021-2024). Former CEO (2005-2020) German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
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Just published: Here is my account of the work of UNITAMS in Sudan, lessons that can be learned, and the limits of UN good offices. These limits are particularly evident where two armies are set for war against each other.
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Längeres Radiointerview zum Nahen Osten (vor der Tötung Nasrallahs aufgenommen) im Österreichischen Rundfunk.
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“Action 14” in the UN
#PactForTheFuture
says: „We will protect all civilians in armed conflict.“ (Not “some civilians” but „all“. Not „we will attempt to“ but: „We will protect …“). This is a commitment of all states. Let’s hold leaders accountable:
#Action14
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“Action 14” in the UN „Pact for the Future“ says: „We will protect all civilians in armed conflict.“ (Not “some civilians” but „all“. Not „we will attempt to“ but: „We will protect …“). This is a commitment of all states. Let’s hold leaders accountable:
#Action14
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„Can international interventions, and can the UN, prevent or stop wars?“
That is the question former Swiss diplomat Tim Guldiman discusses with Melanie Hauenstein (UNDP) and me in his podcast „Debate á trois“ (in German).
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„Hunger is used as a weapon of war“. A podcast interview on
#Sudan
with „Der Spiegel“ (only in German, sorry).
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What-I-Read: Robin Niblett, The New Cold War. How the Contest Between the US and China Will Shape our Century (Atlantic Books, London, 2024): While I don’t entirely agree with Niblett’s bipolar frame (see more on my LinkedIn account) this is an intelligent book, worth reading.
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Interview on Sudan in today‘s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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This day, 75 years ago, the Fourth Geneva Convention was adopted. Let us remind all warring parties that the Geneva Conventions are binding international law: Civilians must be protected. And, among other things, hostage taking, torture, starvation as means of war are forbidden.
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Besökte Älvsborgsbron en gång till. Ganska länge sedan jag fick vara med på invigningen som den tyske konstruktionsledarens grabb …
Mycket trevligt att fika på ”Flickorna på Färjenäs”. På den tiden var det nog ”Erikson Livs”.
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Volker Perthes @perthes.bsky.social Retweeted
Mit dem Zukunftsgipfel der UN im September möchte Generalsekretär Antonio Guterres verlorenes Vertrauen in multilaterale Institutionen wieder aufbauen. Notwendig ist dafür die Vereinbarung eines Follow-up-Mechanismus, so
@volkerperthes
@handelsblatt
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We need to rebuild confidence in international institutions. The Summit for the Future in September could become an opportunity.
My op-ed in today‘s Handelsblatt (in German):
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Here is my new article in Survival, vol 66, issue 4, pp 127-148: On Sudan‘s transition to war (rather than democracy and peace). Now online:
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If Pezeshkian’s win in Iran’s presidential race shows one thing, it is how much the people want change: Half of those eligible to vote defied the regime by not voting at all. And more than half of those voting chose the candidate promising some domestic and international opening.
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Here is a short interview I gave this morning to German TV/ZDF on the humanitarian situation in Sudan, the threat of famine in Darfur, the behaviour of the warring parties, and the need for at least a local truce:
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Thanks to the German Foreign Office
@GermanyDiplo
for organizing an inspiring conference on the forthcoming UN Summit of the Future. Big thanks to Ambassadors Leendertse (
@GermanyUN
) & Gertze (Namibia) for their efforts to broker a consensual draft „Pact for the Future“.
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