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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The International Peace Institute Middle East and North Africa (IPI MENA) hosted a presentation on the “Peace Readers Forum” with Sultan Buti Bin Mejren Al Marri, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for World Peace (MRAWP).“Reading Forums” are MRAWP UAE Cabinet’s initiative following Abu Dhabi’s declaration […]
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On Wednesday, July 27th, IPI hosted a Global Leaders Series presentation featuring Christiana Figueres of Costa Rica at a lunchtime Global Leaders Series event featuring official candidates vying to become the new UN secretary-general. After making a presentation, she participated in a wide-ranging question-and-answer format with members of the audience and those following via video. […]
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On Tuesday, July 26th, IPI hosted Susana Malcorra of Argentina at a lunchtime Global Leaders Series event featuring official candidates vying to become the new UN secretary-general. After making a presentation, she participated in a wide-ranging question-and-answer format with members of the audience and those following via video. Ms. Malcorra is the Minister of Foreign […]
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The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration, Peter Sutherland, told an IPI audience that the UN had to be in the lead in finding solutions to the worldwide crisis on refugees and migrants.Mr. Sutherland made his remarks at a July 20, 2016 event, “Ensuring No One is Left Behind: A High-Level […]
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At the United Nations, intelligence has traditionally been a “dirty word.” Yet, the organization has over the years engaged in many different forms of intelligence gathering and production, resulting in an ad-hoc approach and context-specific responses, as well as confusion around this concept amongst member states.With UN peace operations engaged in increasingly more complex and volatile conflict […]
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