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The World’s Most Undemocratic Election
October 24, 2025
Imagine this: 193 people enter a great hall. One by one, they stand up and cast their votes. But here's the twist: out of all those 193 votes, only five people have the power to decide the outcome. It does not sound like democracy,...
Read MoreCommunication to UN Special Procedures on Democratic Deficit in Secretary-General Selection
October 24, 2025
Despite the UN Charter’s commitment to equality among nations, the process grants decisive power to just five States - the permanent members of the Security Council - while excluding the remaining 188 Member States, civil society, and the world’s citizens from meaningful participation. Please find...
Read MoreToo Young, Unqualified and Radical: Why I’m Running to Lead the United Nations
October 09, 2025
“Stop fixating on Gaza and Ukraine, the United Nations is doing great. You shouldn’t criticize it,” one of the highest UN officials told me back in March 2024. I just announced my campaign, surrounded by top diplomats in a marble-covered room at the UN...
Read MoreLatinidades interview | I want to be Secretary-General of the UN with Colombe Cahen-Salvador and Héctor Díaz
October 01, 2025
In September 2025, I had the pleasure to join Héctor Díaz on his podcast, Latinidades, to talk about the United Nations Secretary-General, how they are selected, and why we must refuse to accept the status quo! 🎥 You can watch the interview here. ✊...
Read MoreBlomCast — A New Age of Democracy?
September 17, 2025
In September 2025, I had the pleasure to joint Philipp Blom on his podcast: the BlomCast. You can watch the interview here.
Read MoreGaza: Guterres must put his body on the line at the UN’s 80th GA
September 10, 2025
Yesterday, the United Nations opened its 80th General Assembly session. But in the last years, Gaza exposed an institution that looks less like humanity’s hope and more like the League of Nations in its final days: paralysed, complicit, irrelevant. On its current trajectory, the...
Read MoreSpeech at Arendalsuka | Europe’s only chance at remaining relevant and resilient is to act based on values!
August 18, 2025
Last week, I was invited to speak at #Arendalsuka in Norway, and I said what too many refuse to: 👉 Europe is declining not only economically, but morally👉 Norway’s oil fund was the largest European investor in Israel’s occupation👉 We brand ourselves as green,...
Read MoreCampaign Update 🇺🇳 | If the UN Worked, Gaza Would Be Safe.
July 28, 2025
There are no words. Gaza is out of food, because Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians. Mass deaths are about to happen and our countries are complicit in this genocide diplomatically, politically and/or militarily. So take action. Protest. Agitate. Post. Do anything you can: take...
Read MoreEuroPCom 2025 | Seeking trust when institutions preach values but enable injustice
July 10, 2025
Last week, I spoke at EuroPCom, the European Union’s annual gathering of public communicators. I was asked to speak about trust. So I did. But not the kind written into branding manuals or delivered through polished messaging. I spoke about the kind that is...
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