Author Description

"Transforming Multilateral Diplomacy provides and insider's perspective of the negotiations that produced the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Not only did this process mark a sea change in how the UN conducts multilateral diplomacy, it changed the way the UN does its business. Told from the unique point of view of Ambassador Macharia Kamau and other key participants from governments, the UN Secretariat, and civil society, this book tells the story of the people, issues, negotiations, and paradigm shifts that unfolded through the Open Working Group (OWG) on SDGs and the subsequent negotiations on the 2030 goals and their negotiation make this story a must-read for anyone interested in multilateral negotiations, sustainable development, and the UN."--book cover