| In UN Game
of Thrones One Stone But Two Birds In The
New Rules For UN Games
By Matthew
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UN GATE / SDNY,
March 29 -- Although
conferences and projects are
put on hold due to the severe
COVID-19 pandemic, UN
Department of Peace Operations
(DPO) released a P-3 temporary
position on 24 March 2020.
The recruiting
will be extraordinary.
Despite that it’s
only a temporary vacancy, it
reflects the delicate change
in the global political
landscape and the nuance
deserves to be
savored. The
position is created for
candidates from East Asia, who
have degrees from top
universities, socializing
talents and support from their
governments, which have shared
interests and concerns. These
governments feel they haven’t
been rewarded by their
substantial investment in
peacekeeping, to their
disappointment. They are still
significantly underrepresented
in DPO and their numerous
attempts for positions have
met setback.
One of the
candidates used to be
confident that he was so close
to success, yet the recruiting
branch reneged and would not
let him get into the first
round of test. Will he
be blessed by the Goddess of
Chance this time? Their French
language skills might
constitute the biggest barrier
in the endeavor.
The key player in
this tremendous maneuver is
not from Asia. He comes from a
country with the heritage of
business and free trade, which
has connected it with the
Oriental land for centuries,
be it Shogunate or Meiji era.
The spirit of free trade in
ingrained in his genes. He is
multilingual, well-informed,
well connected both in UN and
EU, which made him smelled
danger from early on:
the global order is falling
apart. He signaled
time and time again but got
ignored. After a series
of twists and turns, like the
expedition leading to the
discovery of Barents
Sea, he eventually built trust
with ‘them’. He is a marvelous
negotiator, striving for the
win-win solution with his
flexibility and
creativity.
Some senior UN
officers has acted as
messengers and liaison
persons, exchanging
information. Important
meetings were arranged in
locations far away from New
York. One of the
'couriers' has a flexible
working schedule, thanks to
the kindness of the team
leader. Furthermore, the team
leader is naturally bonded to
DPO and is willing to bridge
the communication.
East Asians in
DPO, although its number is
extremely limited, have also
conducted hard
coordination. This
is a mere epitome of the joint
efforts by peace lovers from
the East and the West. The
cooperation will go beyond the
security field. In times of
disorder, they need to stick
together against fragility, of
course, in alignment with UN
strategy for 2020. Stay
tuned.
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