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…
Read morePanel Discussions
Latest
In 2016 (continued…)
-
A discussion on mediation in the context of the ongoing conflicts in Libya, Syria, and Yemen drew more than 60 participants, including high-level diplomats and United Nations officials, to the Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN on November 30, 2016.The expert group of panelists included UN Under Secretary-General Jamal Benomar, who for 4 years […]
Read more -
Representatives from member states, the UN Secretariat, and experts from civil society organizations and think tanks discussed the challenges and opportunities to civil society engagement in the Malian peace process, in particular in the context of the upcoming National Reconciliation Conference (Conference d’Entente Nationale), due to take place in December 2016 in Bamako, Mali. This […]
Read more -
Marking the one-year anniversary of the global study on the implementation of the landmark Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, IPI held a policy forum on October 26th to consider the influence of women’s participation in peace processes—from negotiations to peace agreements, power-sharing arrangements, and throughout political transitions.Panelists discussed the challenges, opportunities, […]
Read more -
On the evening of October 25th, IPI screened a new documentary film called The Destruction of Memory, which chronicles the willful acts of destruction and looting of symbols of past civilizations by ISIS fighters and efforts being made to bring such acts under the purview of international humanitarian and human rights law. Afterwards, an expert […]
Read more -
A year after the High-Level Review of the implementation of the landmark Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, an IPI meeting took up the subject of National Action Plans (NAPs) and how they help turn policy into reality.Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, IPI Senior Policy Analyst, spoke to the dichotomy between policy as it […]
Read more