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 Date
& Time |
 Sponsoring
Institutions / Title of Event |
| December 11-12, 2008 Leiden, The Netherlands |
University of Leiden Closed to the public. |
"The United Nations and the Evolution of Global Values" Thomas G. Weiss gave a presentation on the UN Intellectual History Project for a master class at Leiden University on 11 December, and on 12 December gave a presentation on The UN and Global Values. |
| December 5, 2008 Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Redistribution with Growth Seminar
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"Redistribution with Growth Seminar" Richard Jolly drew on UNIHP findings for his keynote address at a seminar on Redistribution with Growth. |
Dec 4-5, 2008 9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Program on States and Security Closed Meeting |
Workshop: "Field Research and Ethics in Post-Conflict Environments"
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| December 2, 2008 12:30 to 2:00 pm Room 9204 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public by registration only. |
Global Governance Seminar Series: "India and Financial Globalization" John Echeverri-Gent, University of Virginia |
| November 21, 2008 6:30 to 8:00 pm The Skylight Room |
The Ph.D Program in Political Science, The Center for the Humanities, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, the Center or Place, Culture and Politics, The Graduate Center Advocate, the Global Studies Collective, the Africa Research Group, and the Social and Political Theory Students Association Due to space limitations, registration is required. |
"American Politics in the Age of Obama: A New Era?" Adolph Reed, Jr., Frances Fox Piven, Liza Featherstone, Moderated by Nicolaus Mills |
| November 18, 2008 12:30 to 2:00 pm Room 9204 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public by registration only. |
Global Governance Seminar Series: "India and the Changing International Security Environment" Vikram Doraiswami, Permanent Mission of India to the UN |
| November 18, 2008 Carnegie Corporation of New York |
Carnegie Corporation of New York
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"What’s Wrong with the United Nations and How to Fix It" Thomas G. Weiss and Sir Brian Urquhart |
| November 5, 2008 6:00 to 7:30 pm Room C204 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public by registration only. |
Book Launch for Rebuilding War-Torn States Featured Speaker and Author: Graciana del Castillo, Associate Director and Research Scholar at Columbia University's Center on Capitalism and Society; Moderated by: Thomas G. Weiss, Director, Ralph Bunche Institute; With Comments by: Susan L. Woodward, Professor, CUNY Graduate Center |
| November 4, 2008 12:30 to 2:00 pm Room 9204 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public by registration only. |
Global Governance Seminar Series: "Changing India in the World Political Economy" Sanjay Reddy, Columbia University |
| October 21, 2008 12:30 to 2:00 pm Room 9207 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public by registration only. |
Global Governance Seminar Series: "India and the World Bank" Devesh Kapur, University of Pennsylvania |
| October 7 , 2008 12:30 to 2:00 pm Room 9204 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public by registration only. |
Global Governance Seminar Series: "The Environmental Threat to India's Future" Mira Kamdar, World Policy Institute |
| September 25, 2008 Millennium UN Plaza Hotel |
The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect By invitation only. |
Roundtable discussion: "Uniting to Support R2P: Preserving the Spirit of the 2005 Agreement"
Chair: James Traub, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect |
| September 23, 2008 |
The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy By invitation only. |
NGO meeting with the Special Adviser to the Secretary General with a focus on the Responsibility to Protect Participants: Edward Luck, Oxfam, Human Rights Watch, World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy, International Center for Transitional Justice, International Crisis Group, Refugees International, Security Council Report, Amnesty International, Save the Children Chair: Nicola Reindorp and Nicole Deller, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect |
| September 23, 2008 3:30 to 5:00 pm Room 9207 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public by registration only. |
Global Governance Seminar Series: "A New Hope: India, the UN & the Making of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights" Manu Bhagavan, Hunter College, CUNY |
| September 18, 2008 5:30 to 7:30 pm Room 5203 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Please RSVP to: nnolutshungu |
Fall 2008 Welcome Reception for Graduate Center Political Science Students
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| September 3, 2008 6:00 to 8:00 pm Room 9207 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies
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"Transition in Pakistan: Ongoing security challenges and the movement for democracy " Sheila Fruman, National Development Institute (NDI) Country Director, Pakistan |
| August 19, 2008 |
The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect By invitation only. |
R2P: Defending and Promoting the Concept Participants: Don Hubert, World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy, Security Council Report, Human Rights Watch Chair: Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect staff |
| July 30, 2008 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Room 3207 |
The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect By invitation only. |
Crisis in Zimbabwe: Next Steps of Actions for the NGO community Participants: Open Society Institute, Human Rights Watch, International Center for Transitional Justice, International Crisis Group Chair: Nicola Reindorp, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect |
| July 25, 2008 |
The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect By invitation only. |
Crisis in Zimbabwe: A Discussion with Haile Menkerios Participants: Representatives from Ghana, Netherlands, Belgium, UK, Oxfam, International Crisis Group, Human Rights Watch, Refugees International |
| June 27, 2008 |
The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect By invitation only. |
Crisis in Zimbabwe: Informal Lunch with GCR2P Speaker: Haile Menkerios, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs; UN Special Envoy to Zimbabwe Chair: Nicola Reindorp, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect |
| June 12, 2008 9:30 to 11:00 am The Segal Theatre |
The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect By invitation only. |
Panel Discussion: "Cyclone Nargis: Whose Responsibility to Protect?" Speakers: H.E. Mr. Vanu Gopala Menon, Permanent Representative
of the Republic of Permanent Representative of the Republic of Singapore
to the United Nations; H.E. Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert, Permanent Representative
of France to The United |
| June 5, 2008 |
The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect By invitation only. |
Meeting: "Advancing the Responsibility to Protect"
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| May 22-23, 2008 President's Conference Room |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Friederich Ebert Stiftung Foundation, the Academic Council on the United Nations System, the Canada Research Chair in International Relations and Security Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada, and the UN University Peace and Governance Programme
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"The United Nations and the Nuclear Challenge" |
| May 12, 2008 6:00 to 8:00 pm Room 9204 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The International Crisis Group
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Book Launch: The Role of France in the Rwandan Genocide, Daniela Kroslak Speaker: Daniela Kroslak, Deputy Africa Program Director, The International
Crisis Group |
| May 1, 2008 5:00 to 8:00 pm Room C197 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, the Africa Research Group
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Ralph Bunche Institute Film Series: "Representing Rights:" All About Darfur Speaker: Alex de Waal, Program Director, SSRC; Fellow, Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University; Director; Justice Africa, London |
| April 28-29, 2008 Oslo, Norway |
The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P) By invitation only. |
Meeting of GCR2P and Associated Centers
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| April 24-25, 2008 Helsinki, Finland |
United Nations Intellectual History Project (UNIHP), Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
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"UN Ideas in Action: Past, Present, Future" Public presentations for academics, public officials, NGOs, and the media will be will be organized around the conclusions of four of the UNIHP books, with presentations by their authors: Devaki Jain, S. Neil MacFarlane, B. G. Ramcharan, and Sarah Zaidi. |
| April 17, 2008 6:00 to 7:30 pm Room 5414 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, the Africa Research Group | "Conflict in Sudan: Lessons Learned and Ways Forward" Speakers: Suliman Baldo, Africa Director, The International Center for
Transitional Justice; Fabienne Hara, Vice-President (Multilateral Affairs),
International Crisis Group, Former Deputy Director, Political Affairs
Division, United Nations Mission in Sudan |
| April 9, 2008 12:00 to 2:00 pm Room 9206-9207 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public by registration only. |
Global Governance Seminar Series: "What Campaigns Should We Be Fighting? And How?" Sir Brian Urquhart |
April 3-4, 2008 9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Program on States and Security Closed Meeting |
Workshop: "Economic Strategy, Aid Policy, and the State in Countries Emerging from War"
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| April 3, 2008 Dag Hammarskjoeld Center at the School of International and Public Affairs |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, Institute for International Humanitarian Affairs at Fordham University, and Robert G. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University Register by March 31, click here for information |
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| April 2, 2008 12:00 to 2:00 pm Room 9207 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public by registration only. |
Global Governance Seminar Series: "Westphalia and Dar al-Islam: Contending Concepts of World Order" Professor Benjamin Rivlin, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies |
| March 26, 2008 12:00 to 2:00 pm Room 9207 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public by registration only. |
Global Governance Seminar Series: "Recent Developments in the Horn of Africa" Professor Alem Habtu, Queens College, CUNY |
| March 19, 2008 12:00 to 2:00 pm Room 9207 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public by registration only. |
Global Governance Seminar Series: "China’s Peaceful Foreign Policy and World Order" Mr. Qi Qianjin, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations |
| March 12, 2008 6:00 pm Room C198 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, Political Theory Colloquium
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"Moral Responsibility for Civilian Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan" Neta Crawford, Professor of Political Science and African American Studies, Boston University and Adjunct Professor, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University |
| March 12, 2008 12:00 to 2:00 pm Room 9207 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public by registration only. |
Global Governance Seminar Series: Title TBA H.E. Ambassador Robert Hill, Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations |
| March 5, 2008 5:00 to 8:00 pm Room 5414 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies
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Ralph Bunche Institute Film Series: "Representing Rights:"Rendition Speaker: Steve Crawshaw, United Nations Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch |
| March 5, 2008 12:00 to 2:00 pm Room 9207 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies Open to the public by registration only. |
Global Governance Seminar Series: "Chilean Perceptions after 9/11" H.E. Ambassador Alfredo Labbé, Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations |
| February 28, 2008 6:00 to 8:00 pm Room 5414 |
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, the Africa Research Group Open to the public. |
"Chad: Reform of State Institutions or Continuation of War" Gérard Gerold, Fellow, The Ralph Bunche Institute; Former Principal Political
Affairs Officer, Mission in the DRC |
| February 14, 2008 United Nations Delegates' Dining Room |
The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P) By invitation only. |
Launch of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Speakers: Vijay Nambiar, Chef de Cabinet to the UN Secretary-General; Mary Robinson, GCR2P patron; Gareth Evans, co-chair, GCR2P International Advisory Board; Mohamed Sahnoun, co-chair, GCR2P International Advisory Board; Thomas G. Weiss, International Advisory Board member. |
January 25, 2008 |
Program on States and Security Closed Meeting |
Workshop: "Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: Connecting Research and Policy"
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| January 16, 2008 Oslo, Norway |
The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) By invitation only. |
"Never Again: How Can the International Community Protect Populations at Risk?"
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