The Middle East and North Africa region could benefit from additional efforts to promote the Culture of Peace, according to IPI MENA Director Nejib Friji, President of Bahrain’s Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA) Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed…
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A delegation from UAE International Tolerance Institute in Dubai—an initiative of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation and the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Tolerance Award—visited IPI’s central office in New York on December 14, 2017 to discuss opportunities for cooperation and strategic partnerships.Present at the meeting were IPI President Terje Rød-Larsen; IPI-MENA Director […]
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Using preventive diplomacy to find sustainable solutions to water-related challenges in the MENA region is the strategic objective of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on October 17, 2017 by IPI President Terje Rod-Larsen, and Shaban Abdelhamid Osman, President & CEO of 1958 Project Management & Marketing S.P.C (1958 PMM).During the signing ceremony held at […]
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Three experts including IPI Visiting Fellow Alexandra Novosseloff discussed UN Security Council reform in this TRT World segment, touching on the divisive issues the world body faces such as nationalism and a lack of political will.Ms. Novosseloff noted that, “the Security Council is a reflection of the divisions of the world,” but still believes that […]
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Arthur Boutellis, Director of the Brian Uruquhart Center for Peace Operations at IPI, spoke to Al Jazeera about US-UN relations after President Trump’s speech at the opening of the 2017 UN General Assembly.Boutellis suggested that relations had improved since January, with “the US seeing value in engaging through the Security Council” in regards to North […]
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Briefing the United Nations Security Council on August 29th, Youssef Mahmoud, IPI Senior Adviser, recommended a series of fundamental changes, both in attitude and practice, that UN peacekeeping operations should adopt to fulfill the paramount goal of sustaining peace.“Sustaining peace,” he noted, recalling the report of the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (HIPPO), on […]
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