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In 2018 I sat down to write an autobiographical reflection that was also a cookbook. I thought I knew what the book was about. I was wrong.

The House That Cannot Unionize The United Nations asks the world to honor collective bargaining. It asks its suppliers to honor it. Then it goes home, closes the door, and tells its own staff: you do not get those rights here. Edgard Mounib Seikaly   May 04, 2026 I have spent over more than two decades inside that house. I know where the drafts come in. The architecture of managed dissent There are currently three federations serving staff associations and unions across the UN system. CCISUA, the Coordinating Committee of International Staff Unions and Associations, FICSA, the Federation of International Civil Servants’ Associations, and UNISERV make up that triumvirate, collectively covering staff associations and unions across the common system. Each agency has i...

What is your last assignment with UNICEF? Chief of supply and Logistics Nigeria

One year ago today, I retired. At least, that is what the paperwork said.

The Leadership UNICEF Needs Now: Systems. Integrity. Moral Courage.

A soon to be published collection of verse born from the embers of war and the whispers of peace;  rooted in the ache of longing, the grace of family, the fire of passion, the solitude of the soul, the fracture and the healing of the human heart, the silent witness of observation, and the eternal shelter of a mother's love.