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Interview with Miriam Coronel Ferrer from the Philippines, a former member of the United Nations Standby Team of Senior Mediation Advisers. In this episode, Miriam recounts her experience as the first female chief negotiator to sign a final peace accord with a rebel group and offers strategies for designing inclusive peace processes. 

This episode was recorded in 2020. Although some developments have taken place since then, we believe the insights and experiences discussed in this episode are still relevant today. Any opinions expressed are solely the interviewee’s and do not represent the opinions of the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs.

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