In 2015 (continued…)

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  Panel Discussions 10-21-2015

  IPI, ICRC Hosts Discussion on Challenges and Dilemmas of Humanitarian Negotiations

  IPI and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) co-hosted a workshop to review critically the findings of the Humanitarian Negotiations Exchange (HNx) project, an initiative introduced by the ICRC to enhance informal exchanges and peer learning among professionals engaged in negotiations and mediations in situations of armed conflict and other situations of violence. […]

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  Panel Discussions 10-19-2015

  As Dangers in UN Peace Operations Increase, What Are the Safety and Security Challenges?

  The deployment of United Nations peace operations in recent years to places where there is little peace to keep has resulted in increased casualties among peacekeepers, as spoilers and armed groups intentionally target UN personnel.

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  Panel Discussions 10-14-2015

  Malone: Security Council Faces Questions About Its Relevance

  The UN Security Council confronts a test of its relevance today as it struggles to meet the challenges of a new era, a key theme of the new book, The UN Security Council in the 21st Century. The book follows an earlier volume, The UN Security Council: From the Cold War to the 21st Century, […]

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  Panel Discussions 09-30-2015

  Brende: Conflicts & Political Crisis Not Excuse for Crackdowns on Society

  A high-level panel discussed the challenge that repression imposed to achieve stability represents for human rights and fundamental freedoms at the 8th annual Trygve Lie Symposium on “Civil Society under Pressure and the Role of the International Community.” The event took place at IPI on September 30th, during the opening of the United Nations General […]

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  Panel Discussions 09-29-2015

  Wallström: Core of UN’s Business Must Be “Sustaining Peace”

  A high-level panel of foreign ministers and United Nations officials offered suggestions for creating sustainable peace at an IPI event entitled “Champions for a New Approach to Peacebuilding,” on September 29th, 2015, during the opening week of the UN General Assembly.Margot Wallström, Foreign Minister of Sweden, emphasized the centrality of peacebuilding to the UN’s work. […]

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