In 2010 (continued…)

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  Panel Discussions 05-14-2010

  Holmes: Current Humanitarian Response “Doesn’t Fit the World”

  “It’s clearer and clearer that the current model of humanitarian response doesn’t fit the world as it really exists,” said John Holmes, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs during an IPI panel discussion. Mr. Holmes was referring to his organization’s lack of response to some long-term humanitarian needs.“The model is essentially one of responding to events, […]

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  Panel Discussions 05-13-2010

  Norway Ambassador: “Race Between Disarmament and Proliferation”

  “There is indeed a race between disarmament and proliferation,” said Knut Langeland, Ambassador for Disarmament from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, addressing an overflow audience at IPI.  “In the future,” he continued, “the question is not whether we will have status quo, but rather if we have zero or many nuclear weapons states.”Amb. Langeland […]

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  Panel Discussions 05-11-2010

  Finnish Expert: “Regional Conflicts Are Closely Connected With Nuclear Arms Race”

  Longtime nuclear-arms expert Raimo Väyrynen told an IPI audience that regional conflicts in the Middle East and South Asia are “closely connected with the nuclear arms race.”“I think it’s unrealistic to think that we can stop the risk of nuclear proliferation and accumulation of arsenals––say in the Middle East and South Asia––unless there are more […]

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  Panel Discussions 05-07-2010

  What Role for Internally Displaced Persons in Peace Processes?

  Parties and mediators should engage with internally displaced persons throughout the peace process, said Walter Kälin, the Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, at an IPI policy forum on May 7th.“We do not demand that internally displaced persons have to sit at the negotiating table during ‘track I’ […]

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  Speaker Events 05-05-2010

  Using Islam to Promote Women’s Rights

  “In many conservative Islamic societies Islam and religion are being used as a justification against women, but now it’s also being used by more and more people as a justification for change,” said Isobel Coleman, senior fellow and director of the Women and Foreign Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations, at an appearance […]

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