Since the Security Council first recognized conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) as a threat to international peace and security in 2008, the UN has developed an increasing number of pathways to prevent and respond to such crimes. One of these is the…
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IPI was the scene September 25th for a presentation on the prospects of achieving abolition of the death penalty hosted by the permanent mission of Sweden in cooperation with the permanent missions of Chile, the Philippines and Rwanda.Sweden’s Prime Minister, Frederik Rienfeldt, set the tone of the discussion two days earlier in a speech to […]
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How to reclaim the protection of civilians under international humanitarian law was the subject of the second annual Trygve Lie Symposium co-hosted by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry and IPI.The chairman of the high-level September 24, 2009 meeting at IPI was Jonas Gahr Støre, the Foreign Minister of Norway, and in opening the discussion, he described […]
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame said at an IPI event on September 21, 2009 that “on matters of stability, peace and development, today’s Africa is unrecognizable from that of yesteryear.”Below is coverage by Edith Lederer, UN correspondent of the Associated Press:Rwanda and Congo Making Progress Toward PeaceRwanda’s president said Monday his country and neighboring Congo are […]
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On September 22nd, IPI and the Danish government co-hosted a high-level dialogue on the nexus of climate change and international security.Moderated by Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Møller, whose opening remarks are available for download, the event heard presentations by climate change experts before the floor was opened to environment and foreign ministers from states […]
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