In Defence of Our Humanity: Real Life as a United Nations Ambassador in a Troubled World
暫譯: 捍衛我們的人性：作為聯合國大使在動盪世界中的真實生活
Hill, Stephen
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2025-06-07
- 售價: $2,280
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $2,166
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 368
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 9819723655
- ISBN-13: 9789819723652
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商品描述
This book is based on Stephen Hill's direct experience working in the United Nations for many years as consultant and over a decade as full time Member of Staff--based in Indonesia and part-time in Paris, serving as United Nations Regional Director for Science for Asia and the Pacific as well as Principal Director and Ambassador of the United Nations Agency UNESCO (the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) across South East Asia.
It was not always a quiet life. Stephen had to handle the negotiations and aftermath of two of his own UN staff taken hostage in 1996 for five months by freedom fighters into the jungles of West Papua; the May 1998 Revolution in Indonesia where he had to escape his house at 2.00am through mobs and fires while his own security staff had changed into civilian clothes and run off down the street to escape, then evacuate everyone else, but stay to report to the UN Security Council and liaise with the incoming Transition Government. In the early 2000s, Stephen needed to escape Indonesia, under UN Security instruction, from the terrorist organisation, Abu Sayyaf from Mindanao, the Southern Philippines, when they sent a Hit Squad down through Manado and across Sulawesi towards Jakarta to assassinate him in Jakarta because of his collaborative work throughout Mindanao's previous fundamentalist Islamic conflict zones, amongst other things, bringing literacy to 7,000 villagers, mainly women, building nine radio stations with community support across religious lines, and introducing basic education into Islamic Schools previously teaching only the Koran and Arabic.
This book captures all of this rather exciting life but delivers a message from experience--the Power of Community and Cultural Empowerment in successful United Nations Action to bring positive change into the world.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
這本書基於史蒂芬·希爾（Stephen Hill）在聯合國多年擔任顧問及十多年全職員工的直接經驗——他在印尼工作，並且在巴黎兼職，擔任聯合國亞太區科學區域主任，以及聯合國教科文組織（UNESCO）在東南亞的首席主任和大使。
這並不總是一段平靜的生活。史蒂芬必須處理1996年兩名聯合國員工被自由戰士劫持五個月的談判及後果，他們被帶入西巴布亞的叢林；1998年5月印尼革命期間，他不得不在凌晨2點通過人群和火焰逃離自己的家，而他的保安人員則換上便衣，沿街逃跑以避險，然後撤離其他人，但他仍然留在現場向聯合國安全理事會報告並與即將上任的過渡政府聯繫。在2000年代初，史蒂芬在聯合國安全指示下需要逃離印尼，因為恐怖組織阿布沙耶夫（Abu Sayyaf）從南菲律賓的棉蘭老島派遣了一支刺殺小組，經由馬納多穿越蘇拉威西前往雅加達，企圖在雅加達刺殺他，原因是他在棉蘭老島的前伊斯蘭極端主義衝突區域的合作工作，此外還包括為7000名村民（主要是女性）帶來識字教育，建立九個跨宗教界線的社區廣播電台，以及在之前僅教授《可蘭經》和阿拉伯語的伊斯蘭學校引入基礎教育。
這本書捕捉了這段相當刺激的生活，但傳遞了一個來自經驗的訊息——社區和文化賦權的力量在成功的聯合國行動中，為世界帶來積極的變化。
作者簡介
Stephen Hill is a polymath, qualified at research level and experienced in both natural and social sciences, and Professor of Sociology at age 30 at the University of Wollongong, Australia, now Emeritus Professor. Over his career, he was also awarded and founded the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence in Research Policy (1990 to 1995), served part-time as Australia's Foundation Chairman in APEC, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Organization (1990 to 1995), and has consulted broadly through Asia for international agencies and countries since 1965. Meanwhile, he has been a prolific writer with many research articles across numerous disciplines and over 20 published books. His central objective over his career has been to foster knowledge for the sake of peoples' empowerment and welfare. He served full time as the United Nations Regional Director for Science for Asia and the Pacific while in parallel as Ambassador and Field Director of the UN organization, UNESCO, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, across South East Asia.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
史蒂芬·希爾（Stephen Hill）是一位博學者，具備研究級別的資格，並在自然科學和社會科學方面擁有豐富的經驗。他在30歲時成為澳大利亞伍倫貢大學（University of Wollongong）社會學教授，現為名譽教授。在他的職業生涯中，他曾獲得並創立了澳大利亞研究委員會的研究政策卓越中心（Centre of Excellence in Research Policy，1990年至1995年），並在亞太經濟合作組織（APEC）擔任澳大利亞創始主席的兼職職位（1990年至1995年）。自1965年以來，他還為國際機構和各國提供廣泛的諮詢服務。與此同時，他是一位多產的作家，發表了許多跨學科的研究文章和超過20本出版書籍。他職業生涯的核心目標是促進知識，以增進人民的賦權和福祉。他全職擔任聯合國亞太地區科學主任，同時擔任聯合國教科文組織（UNESCO）在東南亞的大使和現場主任。
