Alice Jacobs

British diplomat adjusting to London life again. Previous postings to New York, UN, South Africa and Colombia. Working Mum. Cyclist. Views my own.

[Jenny Chapman @JennyChapman]

Yesterday in New York, I announced further UK support for the UN Peacebuilding Fund.

This will help deliver peace efforts which tackle the root causes of conflict and irregular migration.

Prevention saves lives and money.

[Government Economic Service (GES) @GES_UK]

The Government Economic Service Assistant Economist Graduate Scheme is now open for applications! 🚀

✅ Make a difference to society
✅ Government departments across UK
✅ Flexible working  
✅ Learning & development opportunities  

https://t.co/5G66bRgwJk

[Ambassador Barbara Woodward @BWoodward_UN]

Tomorrow we assume the Security Council Presidency.

The world is facing more conflict than at any other time since World War II, causing suffering for millions.

Using the Council to advance international peace and security through diplomacy, not war, will be our focus.

[UK at the UN 🇬🇧🇺🇳 @UKUN_NewYork]

There are more conflicts in the world right now than at any time since World War II.  

75 years on, the Geneva Conventions are as crucial as ever.  

🇬🇧 @ferguseckersley explains their importance from @UN HQ in New York.

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

In this moment of deepening global conflict, the world is looking to the United Nations Security Council more than ever to provide leadership for peace.

The UK will always play its part in fulfilling this – we have returned our country to responsible global leadership.

#UNGA79

[Anneliese Dodds @AnnelieseDodds]

Rebuilding our development reputation. Genuine partnership with the Global South. Economic growth. Climate action. Empowering women and girls. Equality at the heart of all we do.

Change begins now.

[Complex Risk Analytics Fund @CrafdData]

CRAFd finance, connect, & reimagine #data to save lives! In just 1 year, we've empowered 40k+ users in 100+ org, delivering $10B in support.

Thanks to our partners: @AA_stabilisiert, @StateCSO, @USAIDSavesLives, @FCDOGovUK, @eu_eeas, @DutchMFA

More: https://t.co/lZ9mzAO0Sl

[Alice Jacobs @aphjacobs]

Brilliant. Cannot wait to see her live in Edinburgh soon with my long-time Swiftie daughter (admittedly I’m also one….)

[Taylor Swift @taylorswift13]

The Tortured Poets Department. An anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time - one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure. This period of the author’s life is now over, the chapter closed and boarded up. There is nothing to avenge, no scores to settle once wounds have healed. And upon further reflection, a good number of them turned out to be self-inflicted. This writer is of the firm belief that our tears become holy in the form of ink on a page. Once we have spoken our saddest story, we can be free of it.

And then all that’s left behind is the tortured poetry.

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT is out now: https://t.co/PzuwWnatO7

[Complex Risk Analytics Fund @CrafdData]

#NEW: $3.5M invested in data to transform crisis response!

CRAF'd & partners boost crisis #data by investing in projects with @IDMC_Geneva, @UNmigration, @icpac_igad, @RCClimate & @UNDP.

Together, we finance, connect, & reimagine data to save lives.

→https://t.co/6rkPYLhCUg

[Alice Jacobs @aphjacobs]

@AmbMKimani @nyuCIC @nyuniversity Congratulations! and well done @nyuCIC on a top choice appointment!

[Alice Jacobs @aphjacobs]

From Pretoria to New York to a gloomy Oxfordshire - but nice flat, quiet, open roads for #cycling again! Finally got my bike out of storage boxes and with a proper Garmin for a Christmas present I won’t get lost….

[Alice Jacobs @aphjacobs]

Congrats @UNPeacebuilding on this launch. A critical initiative to help show preventing #conflict really works and boost the case for more political and financial investment in #peacebuilding @UKUN_NewYork #PeacebuildingImpactHub @UNDPPA

[United Nations Peacebuilding and Peace Support @UNPeacebuilding]

Today, @UNDPPA and its partners 🇨🇦🇨🇷🇩🇪🇸🇸 are launching the #PeacebuildingImpactHub.
The Hub is designed as a @UN system-wide collaborative effort that also brings together governments, think tanks, academia, and civil society peacebuilders.

[Nick Dyer @NickDyerFCDO]

Launched today at the Global Food Security Summit #GFSS23 is 🇬🇧 White Paper on International Development. Development has got harder but more important. But we need to change how we approach the challenge. Take a look👇@FCDOGovUK @David_Cameron @AndrewmitchMP @PhilipRBarton

[Melinda Bohannon @MelindaBohannon]

Thanks for the opportunity to share what the UK is doing @FCDOHumRsch @FCDOGH @FCDOREDGCSD @InnovateFCDO @NickDyerFCDO

[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office @FCDOGovUK]

The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint for the world we want to see by 2030.

Last night, our London office was lit up in support of @UN Global Compact’s SDG Flag Campaign to remind us all to work in partnership to accelerate delivery on the SDGs.

#TogetherForTheSDGs

https://t.co/gOYNaPISbG

[Alice Jacobs @aphjacobs]

As everyone leaves #UNGA78 exhausted……
I’m back in (a rather soggy) NYC for talks with @UNDPPA @UNPeacebuilding @UNDP Crisis Bureau @UNOSAPG on how we can do more together to advance peacebuilding and prevent conflict and atrocities.

A sort of homecoming @UKUN_NewYork

[James Cleverly🇬🇧 @JamesCleverly]

I’m at the @UN, here’s why.

[Melinda Bohannon @MelindaBohannon]

Conflict is the biggest driver of humanitarian need today. This new UK contribution to @CrafdData will help harness the power of data and technology to help predict and prevent conflict and save lives. #SDGs

[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office @FCDOGovUK]

The UK is hosting the first-ever global #AI safety summit this year 📢

Today at #UNGA, we’re supporting the first AI trust fund, using #data and analytics to back developing countries. @CrafdData

This will speed up progress towards the @SDGoals and peacebuilding around the world 🇺🇳

https://t.co/UgmSYbUaqU

[Alice Jacobs @aphjacobs]

How I’ve missed the classic British wet summer holiday….Cornwall to Cumbria for the best fudge, millionaire’s shortbread, ice-cream, gingerbread, scones, clotted cream and fish & chips.And a bit of hiking in the drizzle. Spectacular @lakedistrictnpa @VisitCornwall @VisitBritain