The 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly marks a crucial milestone in the journey towards achieving the 2030 Agenda and the urgent need to put the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) back on track.

The Diplomatic Council belongs to the exclusive circle of partners of the Starnberger See Talks, which are organized by DC educational member Steinbeis Augsburg Business School. Other partners are Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich, which is also active in Southern Germany, and Invest AG, which specializes in financing companies in the DACH region.

As a unique network meeting, the Starnberger See Talks offer a trusting atmosphere for the exchange of ideas on relevant topics of our time. The focus is on family businesses, management boards and advisory boards.

It was a great evening, characterized by a keynote speech with a clear announcement by the Hungarian Ambassador Dr. Péter Györkös, with honorable awards for the authors of DC Publishing, excellently moderated by DC Secretary General Hang Nguyen, with substantial conversations in a relaxed atmosphere in an exclusive setting: the summer celebration of the Diplomatic Council.

As a professional filmmaker, our new DC member Christian Peschken did not miss the opportunity to capture the event in sound and vision in the style of a news broadcast. His film is as great as the event:

It was a great evening of joy experienced by the participants of the Diplomatic Council Summer Celebration 2023.

Wind of internationality

With the opening of a new mission in France, the Diplomatic Council strengthens its presence in Europe and beyond in all French-speaking countries. The establishment of the mission goes back to Ambassador Buddhi Athauda, who was engaged as ambassador in France for many years. He has established a wide network of contacts there, right up to French President Emmanuel Macron. From this circle comes, for example, DC Consul Claude Piel, who, among other things, shone with the book "Battle for Water" at the UN Water Conference 2023 in New York.

Le défi du XXI^e siècle by Claude Piel`

L’eau est essentielle à toute forme de vie. Notre planète bleue est bien recouverte à soixante-dix pour cent d’eau, mais moins de trois pour cent sont de l’eau douce potable, dont uniquement un tiers reste accessible à l’homme. Depuis les années 1960, la consommation mondiale d’eau a doublé, mais les ressources n’ont pas suivi.

The Diplomatic Council (DC) and Steinbeis Augsburg Business School (SABS) have agreed on a comprehensive strategic cooperation. The beneficiaries are both the members of the Diplomatic Council and the graduates and lecturers of the Augsburg Management School. "This is an important building block in our master plan for economic diplomacy," emphasises Hang Nguyen, Secretary General of the Diplomatic Council.