DG Policy Dutch Ministry of Defense, former Dean World Bank board & ASG UN peace keeping mission Mali
The Hague, The Netherlands
Joined July 2012
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Koen Davidse retweeted
“Equality is not a dream. It’s a decision.”
— @antonioguterres calls on leaders to ensure women and girls’ full, equal and meaningful participation in peace processes, invest in women-led organizations and uphold women’s rights.
un.org/sg/en/content/sg/stat…
Merci beaucoup @guillaumeoll pour ces échanges fructueux. Notre coopération en matière de défense se renforce et nous nous réjouissons de poursuivre nos efforts conjoints.
Koen Davidse retweeted
Ahead of #UNGA81, I spent 8 days across Sudan. Conflict and climate are driving hunger faster than the response can keep up.
I'm bringing these stories to NY this week, to urge leaders to keep food security at the center of conversations. Waiting for famine is a failure of duty.
Koen Davidse retweeted
The British royal family shared video online of the Band of the Coldstream Guards playing Dolly Parton's famous song "9 to 5," a tribute to the music superstar and philanthropist who died Tuesday.
"Remembering the late, great Dolly, who brought joy, comfort and inspiration to so many - including the millions of children given free books through her Imagination Library," the post read.
Parton's Imagination Library has gifted more than 200 million books since the organization began in 1995.
Koen Davidse retweeted
Cheap armed drones are putting lethal power into ever more hands to kill at distance from victim and law.
Civilians and humanitarians are paying the price. In Kherson, Ukraine, and in an increasing number of places globally.
Technology is outpacing accountability. And humanity.
Koen Davidse retweeted
One thousand two hundred days of a war with relentless suffering for the Sudanese people.
Sudan’s man-made war is being paid for on the backs of women and children who had no say in it, yet suffer the most, missing an education.
At last week’s UN Security Council Arria-formula meeting on Safeguarding Education in Sudan, I reiterated the call to end this war and pull Sudan back from the brink of losing another generation of its children to a life without education.
Koen Davidse retweeted
🇬🇧 Fans dance to iconic Kate Bush song on Wuthering Heights Day
People dressed in red gather on the Folkestone Harbour Arm in southeast England to recreate Kate Bush's iconic video choreography for her song "Wuthering Heights" as part of the global 'The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever 2026' event.
On the day we honour UN peace keepers it was a pleasure to catch up with the head of peace keeping @lacroix_UN. Peace keepers are courageously protecting civilians and making solutions to conflicts possible.
Koen Davidse retweeted
flying into LGA, i hit the jackpot — a flight path straight up the hudson river. if you look closely, you can even see the plane's shadow sweeping across manhattan.
Koen Davidse retweeted
Emmanuel Macron chante « la bohème » accompagné à la batterie par le premier ministre Nikol pachinyan . Dîner d’état à Erevan. La musique en amitié.
Koen Davidse retweeted
One of the greatest and oldest special effects in history can be witnessed in Rome today
And it has been playing out, on cue, for nearly 2000 years...
Each year on April 21, the traditional birthday of Rome — the legendary date Romulus founded the city in 753 BC — the midday sun pierces the oculus at the crown of the Pantheon's dome and casts a perfect disk of light that settles squarely on the temple's entrance.
For roughly two minutes and fifty seconds, the bronze doors blaze gold...
At that exact moment, the Emperor would step across the threshold, his body swallowed in sunlight, as though the heavens themselves were handing him the city.
Hadrian's engineers designed the entire building as a cosmos in miniature: the interior is exactly 43.3 metres wide and 43.3 metres tall, meaning a perfect sphere fits inside it.
The Roman senator Cassius Dio wrote that the vaulted roof was meant to resemble the heavens themselves...
Koen Davidse retweeted
Grateful to @KingdomNL_UN & the International Peace Institute for the launch of Action For Peacekeeping Impact.
As conflicts grow more complex, we must partner to strengthen our ops & keep @UN peacekeeping fit for the future. #InvestInPeace
Brief: peacekeeping.un.org/en/docum…
Koen Davidse retweeted
Following Friday’s consultations, the Netherlands, together with the United Kingdom, France and other partners, has reaffirmed our commitment regarding the Strait of Hormuz by signing the statement below.
We have agreed to draw on our joint diplomatic, economic and military capabilities to support the freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
gov.uk/government/news/joint…
Koen Davidse retweeted
UNSGSA Queen Máxima has arrived at the #SpringMeetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group.
She will raise #financialhealth as an urgent priority in conversations with heads of government, development leaders, & private sector partners.
➡️unsgsa.org/news/unsgsa-queen… #WBGMeetings
Koen Davidse retweeted
Today marks three years since the war in #Sudan began.
It is a tragic milestone in a conflict that has shattered a country of immense promise – and created the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
This nightmare must end.
Koen Davidse retweeted
Vrouwen in de Oekraïense strijdkrachten laten zien hoe onmisbaar ze zijn. Voor onze veiligheid hebben we iedereen nodig. Met de Arm Women Now-patch vragen we rond Internationale Vrouwendag aandacht voor goed passende uitrustingen, zodat al onze mensen hun werk veilig kunnen doen.
Koen Davidse retweeted
Deze week onderhandelt de Verenigde Naties met Lidstaten over beleid en de financiële vergoedingen voor materieel tijdens VN vredemissies. 🇺🇳
Dit komt samen in het handboek voor Contingent-Owned Equipment (COE) 2026.
In deze video leggen we uit wat je hierover moet weten. 🎥
