Convivencia

A blog by
Miguel Ángel Moratinos

UNITED NATIONS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL,
High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations

Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos is the High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC). In this blog, he regularly shares his vision for the work of UNAOC, as well as his thoughts, ideas, and observations about current global events.

BMW trabaja en la diversidad y la inclusión

BMW trabaja en la diversidad y la inclusión

Los premiados en Cascais posan junto a Miguel Ángel Moratinos (quinto desde la izquierda) e llka Horstmeier (octava). El grupo automovilístico alemán mantiene su colaboración con la Alianza de las Civilizaciones de Naciones Unidas a través de su centro de innovación...

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Moratinos a Mares30, tras ser premiado en Fez: Muy orgulloso de tener esta relación con Marruecos y cuando estoy en el Reino me siento marroquí

Moratinos a Mares30, tras ser premiado en Fez: Muy orgulloso de tener esta relación con Marruecos y cuando estoy en el Reino me siento marroquí

Un premio merecido. Un excelente gesto hacia uno de los grandes amigos y admiradores del Reino. Ama a los marroquíes y viceversa. Llegó hace cuarenta años a Rabat como diplomático y regresó hoy a Madrid desde la ciudad de Fez con un premio merecido y de reconocimiento. Llegó a Marruecos como joven diplomático y ayer fue galardonado como un experimentado diplomático y defensor de la Paz.

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New Centrality for the Euro-Mediterranean Space

New Centrality for the Euro-Mediterranean Space

We are witnessing a moment of transition in international governance. Everyone unanimously concludes that we are facing a multipolar world. This process of reconfiguration of international architecture leads us to consider the future of the Euro-Mediterranean area today. On the one hand, some analysts may see a serious danger of turning the Mediterranean into “a forgotten sea,” as I myself described it in an article from 1989. However, if we take a closer look at the new geopolitics in the world, and provided that policy-makers are able to respond to these new challenges, I am convinced that the Euro-Mediterranean space will once again find a new centrality.

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New Centrality for the Euro-Mediterranean Space

New Centrality for the Euro-Mediterranean Space

We are witnessing a moment of transition in international governance. Everyone unanimously concludes that we are facing a multipolar world. This process of reconfiguration of international architecture leads us to consider the future of the Euro-Mediterranean area today. On the one hand, some analysts may see a serious danger of turning the Mediterranean into “a forgotten sea,” as I myself described it in an article from 1989. However, if we take a closer look at the new geopolitics in the world, and provided that policy-makers are able to respond to these new challenges, I am convinced that the Euro-Mediterranean space will once again find a new centrality.

Paz Por Estado

Hace más de 100 años que Lord Balfour mandó su famosa carta a S.M. la Reina de Inglaterra Isabel II, proponiendo la creación de un “Hogar Judío”. Hace más de 77 años que la Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas aprobó la resolución 181 para la creación de un Estado...

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Auschwitz: Humanity’s Hell

It was as if Mother Nature had conspired to make the weather suitably cold, gloomy and unpleasant on 23 January – the day I made my first visit to Auschwitz. The sombre conditions were an apt backdrop for my tour through the camp set up by the German Nazis during the...

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The Return of Civilizations

I was pleasantly surprised when visiting the new Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi, magnificently designed, and created by the great French architect Jean Nouvel to prove the creative force of the world’s diverse civilizations. All of them are represented in this imaginative...

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En defensa de la diplomacia

Publicado en Política Exterior, mayo/junio de 2023 En un contexto de crisis del multilateralismo y ante un mundo crecientemente fragmentado, es preciso reivindicar la diplomacia como medio de relación con ‘los otros’, instrumento de prevención de conflictos y creación...

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CONVIVENCIA

A blog by Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos

HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE UNITED NATIONS ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS

Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos is the High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC). In this blog, he regularly shares his vision for the work of UNAOC, as well as his thoughts, ideas, and observations about current global events.