Steve Schlesinger, a Fellow at the Century Foundation in New York City and author of "Act of Creation: Founding of the United Nations," illustrates how the Trump Administration has weakened both the UN and the US by its lack of involvement in critical agencies and agreements dealing with climate change and human rights.

Ms. Alayne Frankson, Executive Director of the United Nations Office of Administration of Justice, highlights how the UN's internal justice system has contributed to improving staff/management relations, which could even be a model for other private sector businesses and public agencies. October 25, 2019

Liz Karan, Project Director of Protecting Ocean Life on the High Seas with the Pew Charitable Trusts, focuses on an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction.

Robert Mardini, Permanent Observer of the International Committee of the Red Cross at the UN, describes the work of the IRC and the Red Crescent in dealing with humanitarian crises in Yemen, Syria and the Ebola virus, while stressing the importance of the Geneva Conventions. October 23, 2019

Chuck Stetson, CEO of the Stetson Family Office Coalition for Better Health at Lower Cost, is working to advance the United Nation's 2030 Development Agenda, especially Sustainable Development Goal 3 to promote good health and well-being for all. October 20, 2019

Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, describes major issues confronting the world body and how various secretaries-general, Kofi Annan, Ban Ki-moon and Antonio Guterres, brought diverse skills to the job as head of the UN. October 18, 2019

Nancy Prager-Kamel, Co-Founder and CEO of Strategic Expansion Solutions, as well as Chair of the Board of the Association of Foreign Correspondents-USA, discusses a potpourri of topics ranging from assaults on the media to human trafficking. October 20, 2019

Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute discusses how the 15,000 nuclear weapons in nine countries have de-stabilized the world and what one group, United Religions International, is doing to promote a reduction or elimination of these devastating weapons that can destroy the planet. October 18, 2019

Annika Savill, Executive Head of the UN Democracy Fund, explains the Democracy Fund's initiatives to promote democratic institutions and how democracy is under siege in many areas of the world. September 16, 2019

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 a recent UN treaty to ban nuclear weapons. September 16, 2019

Dr. Simon Adams, Executive Director of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, explains the "Responsibility to Protect," commonly called R2P and defines genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. September 16, 2019

Dr. Robert Hilgers, founder and CEO of the Women's Global Cancer Alliance in Haiti, describes how inexpensive techniques and professional commitment can save thousands of women's lives in poverty-stricken Haiti. September 16, 2019

Dr. Robert Farley, Senior Lecturer at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky, discusses proposals, and whether they are necessary or costly boondoggles, to establish a United States Space Force as an independent military service, as well as delving into major military, naval, and aerospace issues.

Thanos Dimadis, President of the Association of Foreign Correspondents in the United States, explains the major challenges and threats to the media industry and journalists in the US and worldwide, as well as challenges to the EU and international cooperation. September 11, 2019

John R. Wilmoth, Director of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division at the UN, profiles a recent report on the "World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights" that identified population growth, fertility rates, migration, gentrification and other issues. September 11, 2019

Teena Halbig, an entrepreneur, businesswoman, and Past President of the Kentucky Division of the United Nations Association of the USA, identifies UNA initiatives to inform the American public about the services provided by the UN and how they benefit Americans and people worldwide. September 13, 2019

Jeff Brez, Chief of the NGO Relations and Advocacy Section of the United Nations Department of Public Information, highlights the importance of involving civil society, non-governmental organizations and the public in confronting problem issues, such as climate change, human trafficking and others. September 10, 2019.

Elifuraha Laltaika is Executive Director of the Association for Law and Advocacy for Pastoralists in Tanzania, and he is an expert member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for 2017-2019. Mr. Laltaika highlights the Forum's main issues and how he liaisons with the 54 African countries to disseminate Forum policies that pertain to preserving indigenous peoples' homelands and languages, promoting human rights and combating climate change.

Eric Gregory, Director of the Kentucky Distillers'' Association, explains how the state of Kentucky has become the "Bourbon Capital of the World." Kentucky makes 95% of all the bourbon produced in the world; although every U. S. state has at least one distillery. July 3, 2019