13 December 2019, 05:30 am
Mahatma Gandhi, Multilateralism and the United Nations
Programme Type
Discussions
Mahatma Gandhi, Multilateralism and the United Nations
Speaker: Miloon Kothari, an independent expert on human rights and social policy, and former Special Rapporteur on adequate housing with the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council
 
The lecture will explore the contribution of Mahatma Gandhi and other leaders from India to the development of multilateralism as a defining, and lasting, characteristic of the global work of the United Nations. The lecture will reflect on the contemporary relevance of the ideas of global solidarity and commonality of purpose espoused by Mahatma Gandhi
 
Chair: Prof. Ashis Nandy, Trustee, IIC
 
(Collaboration: U.N. in India)