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Strategic Dilemmas facing the UN in the Post-Corona World

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The International Institute for Peace (IIP), in collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the Minsk Dialogue Council on International Relations, cordially invite you to an online discussion on the topic:

 Strategic Dilemmas facing the UN in the Post-Corona World

 

Date:                                 Thursday, 9 July 2020

Time:                                 11:30 am              

Venue:                               Zoom

Registration:                   https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LS_D8nCgRzaDEDEPWXfUdQ

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Panelists:

  • ANGELA KANE, Vice-President, International Institute for Peace (IIP), former UN Under-Secretary-General, former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs

  • MONA ALI KHALIL, Founder and Director, MAK LAW INTERNATIONAL, Affiliate of the Harvard Law School Programme on International Law and Armed Conflict, former Senior Legal Officer in the UN Office of the Legal Council (UNOLC)

  • OLAF WIENTZEK, Director, Multilateral Dialogue Geneva Office, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Germany

  • ALIAKSANDR BAICHORAU, Professor, Belarusian State University; former Director for International Security and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belarus

Moderation:

  • STEPHANIE FENKART, Director, International Institute for Peace, Austria

  • JAKOB WÖLLENSTEIN, Director, Country Office Belarus, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Germany

  • YAUHENI PREIHERMAN, Director, Minsk Dialogue Council on International Relations, Belarus

Content:

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the world more than any event since World War II. Among other impacts, it has had profound geopolitical implications for the United Nations and the Security Council – the bedrock of peace and security in the international legal and political order. To better understand these impacts and implications, the Minsk Dialogue Council on International Relations, KAS Belarus, and the IIIP are co-hosting a virtual panel discussion as part of The World HandCOV’d series.

This online event will address the following questions:

  • How successful has the UN been in adopting a global Covid-19 response? Why has the UN Secretary General’s effort to promote a global ceasefire amid the pandemic remained largely unheard?

  • How has the coronacrisis affected UN peacekeeping missions?

  • Do Member States see the UN, at 75 years old, fit for contemporary security challenges?

  • Does civil society have a role to play in supporting the UN and boosting multilateralism at the time of prevailing unilateral actions?

 

The Discussion will be held in English.

 

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