O’Sullivan, D. Indigenous Politics in the Pacific. Address to the United Nations’ Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, 22 October 2020.

Description

I was invited to address UN staff in New York, Geneva and Suva on contempoary themes in Pacific politics, drawing on my books 'Indigeneity: a politics of potential' and 'We Are All Here to Stay: Citizenship, Sovereignty and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples'.

This activity is complex because it involves the collection, explanation, interpretation, and presentation of diverse and contested theoretical ideas. It is complex because it translates theoretically difficult concepts into easily understandable terms for a non-specialist audience and applies them to questions of contemporary public policy. It is complex because it draws on ideas developed through my research published over several years. This means that time and effort cannot be quantified with precision but that it is, nevertheless, substantial. The diversity of end-users may be assumed from the audience's employment at the United Nations and from offices in Geneva, New York and Suva. The engagement plans and briefings occurred with UN staff.

Period	22 Oct 2020
Work for	United Nations, United States
Degree of Recognition	International