IPI together with the Permanent Missions of Finland and The Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN cohosted a policy forum on March 20th on the topic of “Specialized Police Teams in UN Peace Operations: A Survey of Progress and Challenges.”United Nations…
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“If we want effective humanitarian action, we must embrace the full participation and priorities of young people,” Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund, told an IPI audience on September 19, 2016. “If we want a stable and sustainable future, we can no longer afford to leave young people behind.”The comment set […]
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On Sunday, September 18, IPI held its Eleventh Ministerial Dinner on the Middle East in its Trygve Lie Center for Peace, Security, and Development. The working dinner drew the participation of foreign ministers, United Nations officials, special representatives of the Secretary- General to countries in the region, heads of humanitarian agencies and other high level […]
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David Bakradze, Georgia’s State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, described his country as “an island of stability in a turbulent region,” to an audience at IPI Vienna, September 13th.Dennis Sammut, Director of LINKS, provided some historical context to Georgia’s rise. Georgia was the fourth Soviet republic to organize a referendum on independence in the […]
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The 2016 IPI Salzburg Forum focused on the theme of “Open Societies Under Attack: the return of ideology.” The event took place at Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg between September 4-6.Participants, including diplomats, journalists, academics, artists, and representatives of civil society, discussed how open societies are vulnerable to threats like terrorist and cyber attacks, large flows […]
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Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Australia, explained to an audience at IPI why, in his view, the UN is so fundamental to global stability on August 30, 2016.We must not take the existence of the UN for granted, he said. “The UN matters as a function of global order, but also […]
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