Leadership and the United Nations

Abstract

Serving and former UN leaders and other leaders from around the world discuss some of the issues facing the United Nations and the international community in the 21st century. The discussion is usually framed in the context of leadership challenges. Contributors: Jacques Baudot, Denis Benn, Noel Brown, Branislav Gosovice, Major-Gen. R. M. Kupolati, Nafis Sadik, Alvaro de Soto, Prince Hassan Bin Talal,Jan Egeland, Paul Findley Arundhati Ghose, Abdel Salam Majali, Clovis Maksoud, Paul McCloskey, Andreas Pastrana, Adel Safty, Simon Veil Sahabzada Yaqub-Khan, Hui Yongzheng, and Queen Noor.

About the Author

Adel Safty was born in Egypt and education in France and England. He holds undergraduate university degrees in English and French Literature from the University of Paris III, and an Honours Bachelor of Law Degree from the University of London, England. He holds graduate degrees in political sociology and political science, and a PhD in International Relations from La Sorbonne University, Paris. France.

He is also a graduate of the Leadership Development Programme of the Centre for Creative Leadership in Brussels, Belgium, and a graduate of the John F. Kennedy School of Government Leadership Programme, at Harvard University.

Dr. Safty is University Professor, and former International Affairs Commentator for Global Television. Among his publications, his book From Camp David to the Gulf (Black Rose Books, 1993, 1997) was selected Publisher's Choice in 1993 and a second edition appeared in 1997. As Head of UN Mission and Director of the Leadership Academy, Prof. Safty organized and was president of the United Nations Leadership Conferences in the late 1990s that brought together distinguished leaders and scholars from over 100 countries. In 1997, Professor Safty received the First UNESCO Chair in International Leadership. He is currently Dean of Leadership and Public Affairs at Bahcesehir University-Istanbul.