On April 14, 2016 at Civic Hall, the first ever open debate took place between candidates for the UN Secretary-General. Director Emeritus of Ralph Bunche and one of Future UN Development System’s co-directors, Thomas G. Weiss, was present and said the following after the two-hour debate:

This process, and this evening in particular suggests we can be more open, less scripted. I think we’ve already made steps in the right direction. When all is said and done we have increased the costs to the security council of making a bad decision.

Please click here for a short video of the event and a summary article.