Student visit to the UN office in Vienna

On November 23rd , the Export students of 5th semester paid a visit to UN office in Vienna (under the auspices of Chair for Intl. Law and Global Political Studies). The first part of visit was composed of introductory lecture on the UN in general and followed by the documentary movie and two standing UN exhibitions (ODC and OOSA).

The second, more substantive part of visit was a lecture on the mandate/role and work of the UN Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC), given by high-ranking UN ODC official Mr. Stuart Gilman, Ms. Alexandra Souza Martins and two associates (one of them being our Export studies graduate). During the 80-minutes tour-de-table session, the IMC fellow students had the opportunity to learn about the practical implication of the UN ODC in general and Corruption-related activities in particular (including the International Corruption instrument that enters into force in two weeks time) as well as to hear thoughtful and inspiring answers on series of their questions.

Summing up at the end of this content-intensive and extremely valuable event, Mr. Gilman stated that he was impressed by interest, commitment and knowledge of our students as demonstrated throughout the questions and discussion with him, and expressed the wish to regularize such visits as by addressing forthcoming generations with the UN ODC/Corruption-related issues. As the follow up, the possibilities of assisting the ODC projects by our students will be discussed (including the co-publishing).

Text: Mr. Bajrektarevic

The UN ODC's presentation can be found here.