IMPACTFUL AND TRANSFORMATIVE
FEATURE TWO
FEATURE STORY > M AT H N O O R T M A N N INCOMING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ACUNS (JULY 2018) PROFESSOR OF TRANSNATIONAL LAW AND NON-STATE ACTORS CENTRE FOR TRUST, PEACE AND SOCIAL RELATIONS, COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
INTRODUCING ACUNS S E C R E T A R I A T ’ S N E W H O S T:
COVENTRYUNIVERSITY AND ITS CENTRE FOR
ACUNS has chosen Coventry University’s flagship research Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) to host its Secretariat for the next five years. These years are going to be challenging ones in terms of the defining ideals of CTPSR: “trust”, “peace” and “social relations.” According to United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres:
TRUST, PEACE AND SOCIAL RELATIONS 1.
WE ARE ENCOUNTERING A “TERRIBLE LACK OF TRUST... IN GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONS”;
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WE MUST “RESOLVE TO PUT PEACE FIRST”; AND
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WE MUST “RECONSTRUCT RELATIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND LEADERS – NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL.”1 1 “Secretary-General’s remarks at the World Government Summit” (13 February 2017);
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“New UN chief Guterres pledges to make 2017 ‘a year for peace’” (1 January 2017); “Secretary-General-designate António Guterres’ remarks to the General Assembly on taking the oath of office” (12 December 2016).