Dr Youssef Mahmoud is a former United Nations Under-Secretary-General who has headed several UN peace operations in central Africa. Prior to these assignments, he held other senior United Nations positions, notably as UN Resident Coordinator in Guyana and Director in the UN Department of Political Affairs. He is currently a Senior Adviser at the International Peace Institute in New York, and a Visiting Professor at the African Leadership Centre in Nairobi, Kenya and King’s College, London. He also serves as Co-Chair of Home for Humanity, a citizen-led movement for planetary regeneration.
In times of radical uncertainty we need to actively cultivate compassion, hope and agency.
