Rebecca E. Webber Gaudiosi represented the United States at the UN from 2006¿14, leading on US engagement with over 25 organizations focused on environment and sustainable development. She has also worked with several UN specialized agencies and on bilateral environment issues. Her most recent assignment was at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Jimena Leiva-Roesch was at the Permanent Mission of Guatemala to the UN in New York, from 2009-15, where she last served as Counselor. She was the lead negotiator for Guatemala in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and UN climate change negotiations. She is currently a Research Fellow with the International Peace Institute. Ye-Min Wu has worked with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore for over a decade. While at the Permanent Mission of Singapore to the UN in New York, she chaired UN negotiations as well as represented the Group of 77 and China in UN negotiations on sustainable development issues.
Introduction Part I: Negotiator Tool-Kit 1. Negotiating the Hard Stuff 2. Aren
t Interests and Positions the Same Thing? Part II: Inside the UN 3. The Insider
s Guide to the UN Negotiation System 4. Don
t Go it Alone: Building Relationships and Alliances 5. Welcome to Negotiations Theatre: an Off-Broadway Production 6. I Call this Meeting to Order: Chairing UN Negotiations 7. Mitigating Asymmetric Power: the 800-pound Gorilla and the Fearless Ant Part III: Working on It 8. I am a Female Negotiator: So What? 9. Please Excuse Us as We Upgrade our Process
and Software Conclusion
