Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, A World Leader in Business Serving Humanity through the United Nations

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Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, A World Leader in Business Serving Humanity through the United Nations

The book, written by Sarbuland Khan, a former senior official of the United Nations, is a paean to Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh and to his passionate love for and lifetime service to humanity.

It gives an overview of Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh’s contributions. working with the United Nations over the decades in leadership roles, to foster development and improve the lives of people around the world. It covers multi-stakeholder partnerships launched under UN auspices and led by Dr. Abu Ghazaleh in several strategic areas including information and communication technologies for developments, environmental accounting, quality education, climate change, sustainable urbanization, sustainable tourism and poverty eradication.

The book demonstrates Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh’s unique ability to not only articulate a vision and talk about challenges and opportunities but to make things happen and produce results.

One of the most consequential of Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh’s lifetime achievements recounted in the book is his leadership of the United Nations ICT Task Force, the UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development and the UN Global Compact which helped transform the development landscape of developing countries by bringing the benefits of the information revolution to the underprivileged people of the developing world.

In illuminating his remarkable achievements, his passionate love of humanity and his vision, the book demonstrates that Dr. Abu Ghazaleh is a world business leader like no other.

This publication should serve as excellent study material for students around the world.

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