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Magdalena Piskunowicz, born in Poland in 1984, is a current Headquarters’ Summer Intern at the United Nations in the Financing for Development Office, DESA.
She has studied law at the University of Gdansk in Poland and is now doing her masters degree in international law in the UK – University of Sussex. During her studies she focused on the issues of corporate social responsibility and human rights protection.

Working in a law firm for two years made her realize that she is more passionate about the international affairs than business life.
However, the experience gained whilst working on the corporate and company law cases proved to be useful as now she is dealing with international financial issues for the purpose of developing countries. (more…)

AFM Shamsuz Zaman, more familiarly known as Pappu, is a photojournalist and craftsperson specializing in batiks and papier mache handicrafts. He has worked for UNICEF, UNDP and UN/DESA for 26 years as a database administrator and photographer. During his many years in New York City, he has taken many courses in photography, crafts, graphic design, digital art and film making from various institutions such as New York Institute of Photography, School for Social Research, School of Visual Arts and New York University’s Department of Film, Video and Broadcasting. He returned to his home country, Bangladesh, in 2004 and established a subsidiary multimedia company for Shaw Wallace Bangladesh group of companies. SWBL is a company with a high degree of CSR, whereby the major portion of all profits are channeled to a foundation to promote education in Bangladesh. Its largest donation to date is the construction of a 10-storied building to house the Mathematics Department of Dhaka University. He is married and has 2 children. (more…)

Ambassador Byron Blake, Jamaican, is currently Senior Adviser to the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
He was twice responsible for the economic and environmental negotations for the Group of 77 and China (a negotiation group for 131 developing countries, members states of the United Nations).
His interests include regional integration, development economics, environmental issues as well as international trade and the role of business in national development.
As a former Assistant Secretary General of CARICOM, he maintains an avid interest in international negotiations especially for small countries. For more informatin on his work in CARICOM is http://caricom.org; and for the G-77 see http://G77.org (more…)

Ambassador Byron Blake, Jamaican, is currently Senior Adviser to the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
He was twice responsible for the economic and environmental negotations for the Group of 77 and China (a negotiation group for 131 developing countries, members states of the United Nations).
His interests include regional integration, development economics, environmental issues as well as international trade and the role of business in national development.
As a former Assistant Secretary General of CARICOM, he maintains an avid interest in international negotiations especially for small countries. For more informatin on his work in CARICOM is http://caricom.org; and for the G-77 see http://G77.org (more…)

Ambassador Byron Blake, Jamaican, is currently Senior Adviser to the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
He was twice responsible for the economic and environmental negotations for the Group of 77 and China (a negotiation group for 131 developing countries, members states of the United Nations).
His interests include regional integration, development economics, environmental issues as well as international trade and the role of business in national development.
As a former Assistant Secretary General of CARICOM, he maintains an avid interest in international negotiations especially for small countries. For more informatin on his work in CARICOM is http://caricom.org; and for the G-77 see http://G77.org (more…)