William R. Pace

Mr. William R. Pace, Executive Director of the World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy, provides an update on the International Criminal Court and the reform efforts at the UN. September 16, 2017

Lauren Kubiak

Lauren Kubiak, an International Oceans Analyst with the Natural Resources Defense Council, highlights how the oceans are suffering from climate change and human degradation. September 14, 2017

John Burroughs

John Burroughs, Executive Director of the New York-based Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy & Director of UN Office of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, discusses how a recently adopted UN treaty to ban nuclear weapons may reverse nuclear proliferation. September 15, 2017

Richard Roth

Richard Roth, CNN's senior U.N. correspondent, reflects on how the UN of today is dramatically different from the institution created from the ashes of WW2 in 1945. September 28, 2017

Cameron Munter

Ambassador Cameron Munter, President and Chief Executive Officer of the East West Institute, details how EWI helps the US, China, Russia, Europe and other powers to defuse dangerous conflicts. September 28, 2017

Peggy Kalas

Peggy Kalas, Coordinator of the High Seas Alliance (HSA), focuses on the importance of preserving the biodiversity of the high seas, as well as combatting climate change, overfishing and plastic pollution. September 28, 2017

John Wilmoth

Mr. John R. Wilmoth, a US National and Director of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division at the UN, highlights major population trends and how they positively or negatively can affect various countries. September 27, 2017

Selim Jahan

Mr. Selim Jahan, a Bangladeshi National and Director of UNDP's Human Development Report Office in New York, discusses the Human Development Report 2016 'Human Development for Everyone' and how it impacts all 7.6 billion people on Earth.

Edwin Webb

Edwin Webb, President and CEO of the World Trade Center -Kentucky, highlights the importance of international trade on Kentucky, the US and the world. August 1, 2017

Sally Kader

Sally Kader, president of the International Federation for Peace and Sustainable Development, elaborates on the five areas of focus: Women Empowerment, Interfaith Dialogue, Youth Leadership, Human Rights and Human Trafficking. June 28, 2017

Jonas Haertle

Jonas Haertle, Head of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative of the UN Global Compact, details how businesses and management schools can work with the United Nations  to instill more ethical business practices into their curricula. June 27, 2017

Meg Jones

Meg Jones, Chief of the Economic Empowerment Section of UN Women, identifies how her program works to empower women in many aspects, such as economic, social and political. June 27, 2017. 

Paksy Plackis-Cheng

Paksy Plackis-Cheng, founder of Impactmania focuses on her program, but then switches the conversation to discuss how and why Global Connections Television was launched and its impact around the world. June 27, 2017

Dan Thomas

Dan Thomas, Communications Director for the President of the 71st UN General Assembly, discusses the UN's leadership in communicating about climate action and sustainable development, as well as other major issues such as women’s empowerment and human rights. June 30, 2017

Yash Ranga

Yash Ranga, with the Jaipur Rugs Foundation, elaborates on how the "Gandhi of the Carpet Industry" strives to develop a humanitarian philosophy and Democratize the rug supply chain. May 31, 2017

Jonathan Granoff

Jonathan Granoff, president of the Global Security Institute, explains how nuclear weapons are a major threat to people worldwide and what the UN and the Global Security Institute are doing to reverse this dangerous trend. June 1, 2017

Elifuraha Laltaika

Elifuraha Laltaika, of the United Republic of Tanzania, is the Executive Director of the Association for Law and Advocacy for Pastoralists who recently became an expert member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for the continent of Africa. May 4, 2017

Joan Carling

Joan Carling, former Secretary-General of the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, focuses on the Tebtebba group in the Philippines and other indigenous peoples contributions to achieve sustainable development. May 4, 2017

Dessima Williams

Her Excellency Dessima Williams, Grenada's former Ambassador to the UN and the current UN Special Adviser on the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, highlights how the 17 goals, such as eliminating poverty and combatting climate change are being implemented. May 4, 2017