Recent Meetings

As part of its work on strengthening multilateral capacity, IPI’s Coping with Crisis program held a roundtable meeting on countering global terrorism at the Trygve Lie Center for Peace, Security, and Development. The roundtable was the third in a series within IPI’s “Task Force One: Transnational Security Challenges.”

IPI’s Coping with Crisis program held a roundtable meeting on weapons of mass destruction at the Trygve Lie Center for Peace, Security, and Development. It was the second roundtable of “Task Force One: Transnational Security Challenges.”

The Turtle Bay Club is a new series of evening receptions hosted by IPI at its new conference facility, the Trygve Lie Center for Peace, Security, & Development. Each reception features a leading personality in international affairs speaking on current issues and engaging with a select group of Ambassadors and other members of the UN Community.

The Middle East Program at IPI recently held a Policy Forum aimed at dissecting and better understanding the role of the United Nations in Iraq. Entitled “Constructing Political Space in Iraq: Examining the UN’s Role,” the event was part of a series convened by IPI with leading intellectuals and political figures from or engaged in the Middle East.

IPI’s Coping with Crisis program held a roundtable meeting on transnational organized crime at the Millennium UN Plaza Hotel. The roundtable was the first of five such events to be held for “Task Force One: Transnational Security Challenges.”

IPI (formerly International Peace Academy) and The Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations held a panel discussion and book launch for A Billion Lives: An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity, by Jan Egeland.

The International Peace Institute (formerly International Peace Academy) held a launch and discussion of a new book by Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun, Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes and the Man Who Makes War Possible.

IPI (formerly International Peace Academy) in cooperation with the Peacebuilding Support Office, held a policy discussion on poverty and conflict with economist Paul Collier, director of the Center for the Study of African Economies at Oxford University.

IPI (formerly International Peace Academy) held a book launch for Friends Indeed? The United Nations, Groups of Friends and the Resolution of Conflict (Washington, DC: USIP Press, 2007) by Teresa Whitfield, Director of the Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum at the Social Science Research Council.

IPI (formerly International Peace Academy) held a roundtable on a new report prepared by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the UN.

IPI (formerly International Peace Academy) held a policy forum at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN to present “The UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Program: What Lies Ahead”, a new report by Eric Rosand, Alistair Millar, and Jason Ipe of the Center on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation.

Roundtable on the Final Report by the Four Nations Initiative: Towards a Compact – Proposals for Improved Governance and Management of the United Nations Secretariat

The International Peace Institute (formerly International Peace Academy) launched its most recent book, Greater than the Sum of Its Parts? Assessing “Whole of Government” Approaches to Fragile States, by Stewart Patrick and Kaysie Brown.

IPI (formerly International Peace Academy) was pleased to host one-day international policy seminar on the pacific settlement of boundary disputes. The seminar was titled: “Lessons from the Resolution of the Bakassi Dispute,” (as the Cameroon-Nigeria boundary disagreement is commonly referred to in the policy community.) The meeting was co-hosted by International Peace Institute (IPI), the University of Yaoundé II in Cameroon and the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs. The seminar was also supported by the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Governments of Cameroon and Nigeria. It brought together senior government officials and policymakers from both countries, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the United Nations, the African Union and regional economic communities. The seminar brought mediation practitioners and academics from the continent, Europe and North America.

IPI (formerly International Peace Academy) was pleased to organize the latest event in our “SRSG Series” entitled The Future Status of Kosovo & the UN. This event featured Mr. Martti Ahtisaari, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the future status process for Kosovo. Mr. Ahtisaari spoke about the latest developments in the status process and his recommendations to the UN Security Council on how to reach a sustainable future in Kosovo.

IPI (formerly International Peace Academy) launched the new strategic dossier by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) entitled “Nuclear Black Markets: Pakistan, A.Q. Khan and the rise of proliferation networks.”

IPI (formerly International Peace Academy) organized the latest event its “SRSG Series” which featured Mr. Ian Martin, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Nepal and Head of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN). Mr. Martin spoke about the challenges of the rapidly evolving peace process in Nepal and the role of United Nations.

IPI (formerly International Peace Academy) organized a policy workshop on “Coping with Conflict and Violence: Challenges for the UN and International Conflict Management.” The workshop launched a new series of IPI Working Papers on trends in armed conflict and organized violence and the challenges posed for international response. The Papers form part of a larger series of studies on global issues and international crisis management conducted by IPI’s Coping with Crisis program.