The upcoming Summit of the Future is an opportunity to turbocharge efforts toward a more peaceful, secure, and sustainable world. Discussions on revitalizing the work of the General Assembly and the Security Council reform can further serve as avenues…
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Just weeks after the signing of a new peace agreement between the government of the Central African Republic (CAR) and 14 armed groups, the top United Nations official there came to IPI on February 26th and spoke of the diplomatic accomplishment and the continuing challenges of consolidating it.“It is not often that the Central African […]
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Addressing a high-level audience of government officials, ambassadors, and private sector representatives as a guest speaker at the February 18th “Rendezvous Series” at Capital Club Bahrain, IPI MENA Director Nejib Friji highlighted key IPI initiatives that focus on managing risk and building resilient societies.Mr. Friji called for further commitment for achieving regional cooperation and integration through […]
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“Organizations’ mandates thrive or fail on the basis of the quality of leadership,” said Fabrizio Hochschild, Assistant United Nations Secretary-General for Strategic Coordination. “The allocation of resources are things we have very little control of, but one thing we do have control over is how we select, empower, and support our leaders…it’s worth every possible […]
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IPI held a commemorative policy forum on February 21st to mark the centennial of Sir Brian Urquhart, the British diplomat born February 28th, 1919 who in 1946 became the second staff member of the United Nations and in the succeeding decades of advising five Secretaries-General rose to the official position of Under-Secretary-General for Special Political […]
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We are not just witnessing a fraught moment in history, we are living it, with no clear outcome in view, Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, told attendees to a Distinguished Author Series event February 20th discussing his book A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old […]
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