Geneva: March 31st - April 4th, 2008
South Lebanon: April 5th - April 10th, 2008
Monday, 31 March 2008 Theme Setting
Moderator: Darcy Christen, Hirondelle Foundation
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0830 – 0930
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Welcome and Opening
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1000 – 1130
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Are Conflicts Manageable?
Amb. Fred Tanner, Director, Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)
Dr. Oluwafunmilayo Olonisakin, Kings College London
Dr. Thierry Tardy, Director, “European Training Course” (ETC), GCSP
Dr. Pal W. Sidhu, Director, “New Issues in Security” (NISC), GCSP
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1130 – 1145
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Coffee Break
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1145 – 1315
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What Role for Journalists in Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding?
Mr. Paul Mahwera, Permanent Representative of Burundi to the UN office in Geneva and former journalist
Mr Edward Girardet, Media21, specialist of humanitarian reporting
Mr. Vicken Cheterian, Director, CIMERA
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1315 – 1430
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Lunch
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1430 – 1500
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Editorial Meeting
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1500 – 1800
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Private Reporting and Interviews
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Tuesday, 1 April 2008 Peace Operations: How Effective?
Moderator: Mr. Ed Girardet, Media21
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0830 – 0930
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Breakfast Meeting
Mr. Francis Langumba Keili, Director of the Joint Assessment Team, Office of the President of Sierra Leone
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1000 – 1130
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PANEL: Peace Operations: Can the Military and Civilians Work Together? How can the two sides improve their cooperation?
Gen. Guy de Haynin, Senior Fellow, Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)
Col. (Retd.) Mike Pope, Head, Exercises and Skills Development, GCSP
Mr. Josef Reiterer, Head, Training Unit, Civil-Military Coordination Section (OCHA)
Dr. Philip Humphris, Deputy Program Manager (Guatemala, Honduras, Laos, Burma, Cameroun, Iraq), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), former Head of Mission in South Sudan
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1130 – 1145
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Coffee Break
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1145 – 1315
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PANEL: Peace Operations: What Are the Challenges Facing Peacekeeping? How Can the International Community Enhance Their Effectiveness?
Dr. Sandeep Chawla, Chief, Policy Analysis and Research Branch, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Prof. Keith Krause, Director, Small Arms Survey
Dr. Christiane Agboton Johnson, Movement against Small Arms in West Africa, President and Deputy Director of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
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1315 – 1430
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Lunch
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1430 – 1500
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Editorial Meeting
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1500 – 1545
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Video Conference: UN Department for Peace Keeping Operations (DPKO)
Mr. Nick Birnback, Acting Chief of the Public Affairs Unit in the Office of the Under Secretary-General, (DPKO) – via video conference
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1545 – 1800
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Private Reporting and Interviews
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Wednesday, 2 April 2008 Beyond the Rules of War: Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Moderator: Ms. Claudine Girod, Freelance Journalist, Geneva
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0830 – 0930
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Breakfast Meeting
Mr. Yves Daccord, Director of Communications, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
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1000 – 1130
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International Humanitarian Law in Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Efforts
Panel Organised at the ICRC
Mr. Francois Stamm, Head of Operations, Western Europe and North America
Mr. Christopher Mehley, Adviser, Relations with Armed Forces
Mr. Tristan Ferraro, Legal Advisor
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1130 – 1230
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Visit to IFRC Museum
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1230 - 1400
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Lunch
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1400 – 1600
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Human Rights in Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Efforts
Panel Organised at the UNHCHR
Ms. Madeleine Rees, Head, Women’s Rights and Gender Unit, UNHCHR
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1600 – 1800
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Private Reporting and Interviews
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Thursday, 3 April 2008 Towards a Sustainable Peace
Moderator: Prof. Paola Subacchi Chatham House, London
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0830 – 0930
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Breakfast Meeting
Mr. Jean-Philippe Chauzy, Spokesman of the International Organization for Migration (IOM): “The Role of Diasporas in Post-conflict Reconstruction”
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1000 – 1130
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PANEL: Peacebuilding : Dealing with Realities on the Ground
Dr. David Atwood, Director, Quaker UN Office
Dr. Adedeji A. Ebo Senior Fellow, Coordinator of the Africa Working Group, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)
Dr. Khassim Diagne, Senior Policy Advisor, Internally Displaced Persons Operations, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Mr. Scott Weber, Director-General, Interpeace (International Peacebuilding Alliance)
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1130 – 1145
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Coffee Break
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1145 – 1315
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PANEL: Rebuilding a Viable State and Economy
UN Development Programme (UNDP)
Mr. Roberto Dotta, Project Manager, The Business Humanitarian Forum
Dr. Albrecht Schnabel, Director, Research Programme on Human Security, swisspeace
Prof. Gilles Carbonnier, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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1315 – 1430
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Lunch
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1430 – 1500
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Editorial Meeting
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1600 – 1700
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Feeding the World: A Challenge for Peace
Open Discussion with Mr. Jean Ziegler, UN Rapporteur for the Right-to-Food
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Friday, 4 April 2008 From Landmines to Cluster Bombs
Moderator: Edward Girardet, Media 21
Ten years after the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personal landmines, a similar campaign of civil society against cluster munitions (whose victims are mostly civilians) is now endorsed by the Oslo Process gathering 130 countries.
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0900 – 1030
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Panel: Cluster Munitions, Military Use and Humanitarian Consequences
Mr. Paul Vermeulen, Director, Handicap International Switzerland
Mr. Peter Herby, Head of the ICRC Arms Unit
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1030 – 1100
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Coffee Break
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1100 – 1230
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Partnerships for a Legally Binding Instrument – the Role of States, Civil Society and Private Economy View
Mr. Bent Wigotski, Chairperson , CCW (Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons) group of governmental experts
Lt Col Jim Burke, Irish Defence Forces
Mr. Simon Conway, Co-chair of the Steering Committee of the Cluster Munition Coalition
Mr. Geert Heuninck, Head of Sustainable and Socially Responsible Investments, KBC Asset Management, Brussels
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1230 – 1400
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Lunch
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1400 – 1500
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Editorial Meeting and Conclusions
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