hosted bySchool of Diplomacy and

International RelationsSeton Hall University

Featuring Guest Speaker Martin Edwards, PhD

Associate Professor; Director, Center for United Nations

and Global Governance Studies

This online event is co-sponsored by UNA-USA. Learn more about the alliance between Seton Hall University and UNA-USA here.

JULY 9, 12-2PM US EDT

Daniel KristoDirector of Graduate Admissions

Tier-1 Research InstitutionPrivate, Non-For-Profit University

8 Schools and Colleges

Top 5 Most Connected Campus in the US by US News and World Report

Top 5 Universities for Internships by International Business Times

1st Post-Cold War School in International AffairsAPSIA Affiliate Member

UNA-USA/UNF Partner SchoolSHU Center of Academic Excellence

“We are natural partners: Seton Hall and the United Nations. (Your students and graduates) fill our negotiating rooms and the headquarters of the United Nations in New York. They staff our field operations and bring uncommon intellect and professionalism to their work.”Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General

South Orange, NJ

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• Bachelor of Science

• Master of Arts with 13 Specializations

• B.S./M.A. 5-Year Accelerated Program

• Graduate Dual Degrees

• Post-Conflict Graduate Certificate

• United Nations Studies Graduate Certificate

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ACADEMIC PROGRAMSACADEMIC PROGRAMS

• The UN at 70• Recapping the MDG

Experience• From the MDGs to the SDGs• Some Unanswered

Questions• Financing for Development• Bigger Lessons

• Inspiring external evaluation: • Integrated Commission on

Multilateralism• Commission on Global Security,

Justice, and Governance• Inspiring UN internal

appraisals:• 1325 Review• HIPPO Panel

• Inspiring policymaking:• Financing for Development

(July)• Post 2015 Development Agenda

Summit (September)• Paris Climate Change Summit

(Nov-Dec)

• Unveiling the Sustainable Development Goals• Goals and Targets• Means of Implementation• Follow-Up and Review Process

• The SDGs are the follow-up to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which have been completed

• The SDGs are intended to guide global policymaking until 2030

• Several places, actually!• OECD DAC, which created

International Development Goals in 1996

• UN, which held a Millennium Assembly in September 2000

• Intensive follow-ups to produce a composite list of goals, targets, and indicators

• A good overview is at the link below, but this is not without problems: • http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/md

g/Resources/Static/Products/Progress2015/Progress_E.pdf

• I’ll reference this in the discussion that follows

• Answering the “Did the MDGs work?” question isn’t easy:• Counterfactual: What would

countries have done had the MDGs not existed?

• Respecting the baseline: These goals were ambitious!

• Implementation: The pathway from goal to outcome is complex

• What’s the question? Are we ascertaining if the targets were met, or are we measuring something else?

• Whether targets were met varies regionally:• Target 1a (Halve, between

1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day) was met globally, but not in SSA

• Child mortality (Target 4a) has been cut considerably, but progress in Oceania has been especially difficult• Again, the target was a 2/3

reduction. We’re at more than 50% globally.

Domestic conditions matter: In conflict-affected countries, the

proportion of out-of-school children has increased since 1999

Urban-rural divides in developing countries make progress on child and maternal mortality difficult

Progress on many targets hampered by global recession and civil war

Lack of data is also a barrier to policymaking

More countries produce better data: The percentage of developing

countries that had two or more data points for at least 16 of the 22 MDG indicators rose from 2% in 2003 to 79% in 2014.

Domestic reforms also make a difference: A forthcoming UNDP-

commissioned study of 50 countries found that 2/3 of them developed national strategies for reaching the MDGs.

• Need to change the process and make it more inclusive

• Need to change the focus to the world as a whole

• Need to change the goals themselves to focus on improving states too

• Need to rethink monitoring of the goals to make sure they’re met

• Need to strengthen data architecture so that countries measure what counts

• Key Document: Rio + 20 Summit Declaration (2012)• SD has three dimensions

• Economic• Social • Environmental

• Called for the formation of an Open Working Group and extensive civil society involvement in creating the goals

• Technology provided another input to the goals• World We Want survey: 7 ½

million people voted worldwide on priorities for their families

• Top two priorities: education and health

• But note! The next two priorities are not in MDGs:• Better job opportunities• Honest and responsive

government

• Open Working Group• Originally had 30 members

• States represented regionally • Moved to 70 as members

started sharing seats• US shared a seat with Canada

and Israel • 2 co-chairs appointed: Perm

Reps from Hungary and Kenya

• Civil Society offered advice through 9 Major Groups and other stakeholders

• Consistent Themes: • Poverty, Hunger, Health,

Education, Gender, Environment• Some New Wrinkles:

• Access to Energy• Infrastructure• Growth and Employment• Inequality• Cities• Governance• Climate Change*

• The goals are more ambitious for those that ‘carried over’• Poverty: Eliminate extreme

poverty ($1.25/day)• Hunger: End malnutrition• Health: End preventable deaths

of newborns and children under 5

• Gender: End discrimination, VAW, and child marriage, forced marriage and FGM.

• MDGs had eight goals (such as “Improve Maternal Health”) and 18 targets (“Reduce under-five mortality rate by 2/3 between 1990 and 2015”)

• By contrast, the SDGs have 17 goals and 169 targets

• Put another way: the SDGs are the MDGs on steroids!

• The sheer number of goals and targets has invited criticism.

• It is hard to imagine the alternatives.

• We committed to a public process based on an expansive view of SD, and this was the outcome.

• SG’s attempt to reframe the goals by grouping them under six headings has failed to catch on.

• Indicator Overload• Follow up and review• Toward Multi-Stakeholder

Governance• Information and

Implementation

• With more goals and targets, there are more indicators, which places a strain on state capacity. Indicators are to be completed next year.

• At present, only 16% of the 300 proposed indicators are feasible by National Statistical Offices

• Needs to be substantive to be consequential

• Example that’s often referenced is Universal Periodic Review

• Three questions•Is the review process going to name and shame?•How will it avoid burdening countries?•How will national and regional level reviews work?

• The Post-2015 world is a multistakeholder one, in which IGOs, states, and civil society collaborate in problem solving• UN Global Compact• Global Alliance for Vaccines

and Immunization

• But we know little about these initiatives!

• We’re advocating an institutional form without understanding much about it

• Civil Society has an important role in ensuring accountability within countries, but we should be modest about its potential• Only 1 in 4 Americans can

name the current UNSG; 2 in 5 didn’t know enough about him to evaluate his job performance

• Information deficits are a serious barrier to collective action and lobbying

• In the US, even soft forms of governance like Agenda 21 have been portrayed as threats to American sovereignty.

• Some parts of the country are not going to like the SDGs. How do we fix this?

• Can’t create the world we want without better informed citizens!

• Want to close with talking briefly about another piece of the Post-2105 agenda

• FfD focuses on the issue of HOW the goals can be achieved

• Discussions started in 1997

• Third such conference is in Addis Ababa next week

• Negotiations ongoing for past year led by two co-facilitators (Perm Reps of Norway and Guyana)

• Updated draft of outcome document is now online

• Pieces of the document will still be negotiated next week. Even what it is going to be called has changed!

• Much more in flux than SDGs, which are basically locked

• Not necessarily surprising• States negotiate harder over

$!

• Ambiguity!• What makes the SDGs

work is their clarity. • FfD outcome document

far from this standard• Agreement language doesn’t

obligate states• Doesn’t outline benchmarks

• Para 51: “We encourage ODA providers to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to LDCs.”

• Para 97: “We take note of UNCTAD’s principles on responsible sovereign lending and borrowing.”

• Who Governs?• Role of ECOSOC vs

IMF/G20/OECD• Who Pays and How?

• Globalizing Taxation• ODA vs Internal Resources• Sovereign Bailouts• How much attention to illicit

flows?• What should Follow Up and

Review look like?

• Originally framed as “How we’re going to pay for the goals,” but the outcome is going to be rather different.

• If developing countries feel FfD3 was a flop, this has big implications for climate talks moving forward….

• Post-2015 agenda is still a work in progress, though it might be packaged as a done deal.

• International cooperation is always a difficult balancing act of reconciling different interests. This is as true today as when the UN was founded.

• Civil society is deeply involved in Post-2015 agenda for good reason. Is it “fit for purpose?”

• How international agreements are designed matters!

Questions?Questions?Thank you! Stay in touch with me:

Twitter @MartinSEdwards Email: martin.edwards@shu.edu

Daniel KristoDirector of Graduate Admissions

(973) 275-2142daniel.kristo@shu.edu

Visit us on the web: diplomacy.shu.edu

www.facebook.com/hallDiplomacy

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hosted bySchool of Diplomacy and

International RelationsSeton Hall University

Featuring Guest Speaker Martin Edwards, PhD

Associate Professor; Director, Center for United Nations

and Global Governance Studies

This online event is co-sponsored by UNA-USA. Learn more about the alliance between Seton Hall University and UNA-USA here.

JULY 9, 1-2PM US EDT

Daniel KristoDirector of Graduate Admissions

Tier-1 Research InstitutionPrivate, Non-For-Profit University

8 Schools and Colleges

Top 5 Most Connected Campus in the US by US News and World Report

Top 5 Universities for Internships by International Business Times

1st Post-Cold War School in International AffairsAPSIA Affiliate Member

UNA-USA/UNF Partner SchoolSHU Center of Academic Excellence

Prof. Andrea Bartoli, Dean

South Orange, NJ

“We are natural partners: Seton Hall and the United Nations. (Your students and graduates) fill our negotiating rooms and the headquarters of the United Nations in New York. They staff our field operations and bring uncommon intellect and professionalism to their work.”Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General

UNITED NATIONS INTENSIVE UNITED NATIONS INTENSIVE SUMMER PROGRAM SUMMER PROGRAM IN NEW YORK CITYIN NEW YORK CITY

• A Packed Agenda: • Sustainable Development Goals• Financing for Development • Climate Change

• New ways of working: • Multi-stakeholder Partnerships• Enhanced Role for Civil Society

• Both factors create a demand for expertise about the UN system

We plan on meeting this challenge by training a new generation of practitioners!

In one year, working professionals and graduate students in the New York area can develop the knowledge and skills needed to participate in the Post-2015 development agenda.

Seton Hall’s UN studies certificate program is valuable for government civilian planners, diplomatic and UN practitioners, educators, aid workers and others.

(12 credits)

C O R E C O U R S E S

DIPL 6007

UN Insider's View 3

DIPL 6015

Human Resources Management in Intl Orgs. 3

DIPL 6021

UN Security Council Issues 3

DIPL 6202

Politics at the UN: Relevance and Reform 3(3 credits) E L E C T I V E (Choose 1 of the following)

DIPL 6004

Peacemaking and Peacekeeping 3

DIPL 6005

Public International Law 3

DIPL 6120

Catholic Peacemaking 3

DIPL 6129

Preventing Humanitarian Crises 3

DIPL 6140

International Human Rights 3

DIPL 6007 | UN: Insider’s View Bridges the gap between students and practitioners by complementing an academic understanding of the United Nations with an appreciation of the day-to-day concerns and realities of the organization. Structured around a series of guest lectures offered by UN officials and representatives of governments, civil society and the private sector on a broad range of substantive issues of current concern to the United Nations.

DIPL 6015 | Human Resources Management in International Organizations Provides a comprehensive review of human resources management policies and practices in international organizations. It is designed to develop both analytical and practical skills for dealing with complex personnel management issues in a multicultural and political environment.

DIPL 6201 | UN Security Council Issues An in-depth study of the bureaucratic and political factors that shape the policy and process of this key UN institution. Lectures and class sessions will focus on specific topical issues of relevance to the Security Council.

DIPL 6202 | Politics at the United Nations: Relevance and Reform This course will examine how the United Nations seeks to address the growing range of transnational problems that appear on its agenda. This increased demand for action comes at a time when the organization is being subjected to varying interpretations about its structure, role and potential in the international system. The course will explore what the UN does, how it works, and the challenges it faces while also considering the potential for United Nations reform in the name of greater effectiveness and legitimacy.

DIPL 6004 | Peacemaking and Peacekeeping Examines theories and research concerning the nature and causes of conflict at the domestic/international levels; examines methods for avoiding, managing or resolving such conflicts.

DIPL 6005 | Public International Law Explores the nature and content of international law governing relations between states and relations between states and nonstate actors. The first part of the course examines the building blocks of international law; the second part applies this framework to particular topics, such as the use of force, human rights and international environmental law.

DIPL 6120 | Catholic Peacemaking Offers an introduction to the understanding and practice of Catholic peacemaking as experienced through the centuries. It focuses on Catholic contributions to a contemporary understanding of peace; the appreciation of the changing context in which this understanding has evolved, especially through the encounter with relevant Catholic Peacemakers; and the identification of peace as a relevant contemporary challenge that must be confronted by all.

DIPL 6140 | International Human Rights This course introduces the basic philosophy and principles of human rights and examines the historical development and expansion of human rights norms. The course then focuses on the instruments, institutions, and enforcement of human rights from a multidisciplinary perspective, exploring the major international human rights regimes and treaties.

DIPL 6129 | Preventing Humanitarian Crisis Investigates the causes, global responses to, and prevention of complex humanitarian emergencies. Beginning with the fundamental problem of defining what qualifies as a humanitarian crisis, this course further examines significant cases searching for factors to account for successful and unsuccessful international engagement.

Martin S. Edwards, Ph.D.Associate Professor and

Director of UN Studies Certificate

Courtney Smith, Ph. D.Associate Professor and Senior Associate Dean

Philip Moremen, J.D., Ph.D.Associate Professor

Additional courses to be taught by experienced practitioners

Andrea Bartoli, Ph.D.Professor and Dean

Outside the classroom: Guest LecturesLast year, we hosted talks by:

Brazil’s Permanent Rep to the UN Amb. Patriota

US National Security Advisor Susan Rice

UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng

• Inside the classroom: Knowledge and Skills

• My students learn about international organizations using applied learning to write op-eds and complete policy analysis projects

• For more info: • https://www.shu.edu/news/article/443452• https://

reforminginternationalorganizations.wordpress.com/

• http://blogs.shu.edu/unstudies/2015/05/02/project-findings-us-public-opinion-of-the-united-nations/

• http://blogs.shu.edu/unstudies/2015/06/16/research-findings-investigating-twiplomacy/

Timeline: One year (Fall, Spring, and Summer)

Schedule: Evening Weekly Courses

Credits: 15 Total (5 Courses)

Location: South Orange, NJ Campus

On-line at: diplomacy.shu.edu

Open Enrollment

Online Application Formaccompanied by

Personal statement (up to 500 words)

ResumeTwo letters of recommendation

Undergraduate Official transcriptsEnglish language proficiency*

*SCHOOL CODE 2811 FOR TOEFL/IELTS

QuestionsQuestions??

Daniel KristoDirector of Graduate Admissions

(973) 275-2142 | daniel.kristo@shu.edu

Martin EdwardsDirector of UN Studies Certificate

Program(973) 275-2507 | martin.edwards@shu.edu

Visit us on the web: diplomacy.shu.edu

www.facebook.com/hallDiplomacy

www.twitter.com/shuDiplomacy