Oxford LibGuides: United Nations: University of Oxford Podcasts

Introduction

This free site from the University of Oxford features public lectures, teaching material, interviews with leading academics, information about applying to the University, and much more. All the material is arranged within a series of related talks or lectures and may be in audio, video or document format.

Content is being added regularly to the site. All content is free for you to download and watch or listen to.

Below are some examples of podcasts which all have the keyword tag 'united nations'. There is a search facility on the website.

Drugs, Destabilisation and UN policy in Guinea-Bissau: The role of Investigative Journalism. OxPeace 2011
Daniel Ruiz, PhD Candidate, Instituto Gutierrez Mellado, Madrid, gives the first talk in session three in the 2011 OxPeace Conference
Killing in Humanitarian Wars
Professor Cecile Fabre, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Lincoln College Oxford University, gives a talk for the ELAC/CCW lunchtime seminar series on the 3rd May, 2011. Introduced by Dr David Rodin. May 2011
OxPeace 2013: UN Peacekeeping Radio: Session 2A UN Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
Sacha Meuter gives a talk for the OxPeace 2013 conference: The Future of Peace Building, May 2013
Private Diplomacy, Public Peace: Practical Challenges in Contemporary Peace Negotiations
Seminar given by the Director of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Martin Griffiths on the role played by private mediators in securing peace between warring factions and states in areas such as Africa and the Middle East. January 2010
Quo Vadis Global Governance? Civilizational Challenges Facing the United Nations
This featured as the fourth talk in the 'Religion, Spirituality and Global Governance' interdisciplinary conference in May 2012.
Refugee rights: beyond the 1951 Convention
Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2014 by Professor Yakin Ertürk (former UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women) recorded on 20 November 2013 at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Responding to Conflict in Africa: the United Nations and Regional Organizations
Dr Jane Boulden discusses the different ways in which United Nations and Regional Organizations will respond to conflict in Africa. June 2014
Sovereign Equality and Moral Disagreement: Premises of a Pluralist International Legal Order
Professor Brad Roth, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Wayne State, Detroit, gives a talk for the ELAC/CCW seminar series on 17th May 2011. Introduced by Dr David Rodin.
The UN's role in Overcoming Development Challenges
Special Lecture given by former Prime Minister of New Zealand and now Administrator of the United Nations Development Program the Rt Hon. Helen Clark. She is introduced by Director of the Global Economic Governance Program, Professor Ngaire Woods. March 2010
UN conflict management in East Timor
lav Ofstad (ELAC Visiting Fellow 2011), gives a talk for the ELAC Discussion Event on 28 Feb 2012