United Nations Roundtable
Director: Ruth Wedgwood
September 1, 1995 - October 1, 2003
The U.N. roundtable discusses the international security crises and political problems that can be addressed by U.S. foreign policy through the United Nations. The roundtable has looked at East Timor, Kosovo, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and nuclear nonproliferation, as well as U.N. reform. Roundtable discussants are drawn from the senior ranks of U.N. diplomatic missions, nongovernmental organizations, the U.N. Secretariat, academia, business, and journalism, as well as the U.S. government.
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
Democracy and Development
Presider: Mark Malloch Brown, (UNDP)
Speakers: Michael M. Weinstein
Morton H. Halperin
December 19, 2001
Roundtable Meeting
Democracy and Development 1
Presider: Mark Malloch Brown, UNDP
Speaker: Morton H. Halperin
November 20, 2001
Cosponsored by the UN Development Program and the Council on Foreign Relations
Roundtable Meeting
America’s Response to Terrorism: The Islamic Economy after September 11
Presider: Michael M. Weinstein
Panelist: Morton H. Halperin
Speaker: Hafiz Pash, UNDP
October 29, 2001
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The Yugoslav Transition
Presider: Ruth Wedgwood, Senior Fellow, International Organizations and Law, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Zoran Zizic, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
March 7, 2001
Roundtable Meeting
Crisis in Kosovo
Presider: Ruth Wedgwood
Speaker: Albert Rohan
November 9, 1999
Roundtable Meeting
Rebuilding Kosovo: A European Perspective
Presider: Albert Fishlow
Speaker: Alberto Navarro, European Commission
June 16, 1999
Roundtable Meeting
Outlook in the Persian Gulf
Presider: Ruth Wedgwood
Speakers: Daniel Woker, Geneva Center for Security Policy
Gary G. Sick, Columbia University
April 9, 1999
Roundtable Meeting
Kosovo Serb Religious Leaders
Presider: Ruth Wedgwood
Speakers: Bishop Artemije
Father Sava
February 15, 1999
Conference Call
Criminalizing the Use of Biological and Chemical Weapons under International Law
Presider: Ruth Wedgwood
Speakers: Hannelore Hoppe, Department of Disarmament Affairs, United Nations
Matthew Messelson, Harvard University
February 4, 1999
Conference Call
Human Rights: From Peace to Justice
Presider: Ruth Wedgwood
Speakers: Ian Martin, Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations
Leonardo Franco, U.N. Human Rights Commission
Thomas Hammarberg, Permanent Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations
November 12, 1998
Roundtable Meeting
Opposition Voices of Belarus
Presider: Ruth Wedgwood
Speakers: Stanislav Bogdankevich, Filmmaker, Former Chairman, Belarus Central Bank
Yury Khadyka, Charter 97
Yury Khaschevatsky
June 17, 1998
Roundtable Meeting
Human Rights Violations in the Congo: Is There a Venue for Redress?
Presider: Ruth Wedgwood
Speaker: Rodolphe Adada, Foreign Minister, Congo
June 17, 1998
Roundtable Meeting
The Future of the Dayton Peace Process: Spirit versus Letter
Presider: Ruth Wedgwood
Speaker: Biljana Plavsic, President of the Bosnian Serb Republic
May 18, 1998
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The Role of Internal Oversight in Reforming the United Nations
Presider: Ruth Wedgwood
Speaker: Karl Paschke, United Nations
April 14, 1998
Roundtable Meeting
Sovereignty and Partnership in Quebec
Presider: Ruth Wedgwood
Speakers: Daniel Turp, Bloc Quebecois
William Graham, Canadian Parliament
April 1, 1998
Roundtable Meeting
Bosnia and the OSCE
Presider: Ruth Wedgwood
Speaker: Robert Frowick, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
March 10, 1998
Roundtable Meeting
A Conversation with Yuri Orlov
Presider: Ruth Wedgwood
Speaker: Yuri Orloff, Cornell University
May 1, 1997
Roundtable Meeting
From Crisis to Crisis: The Search for Solutions
Presider: Robert P. DeVecchi
Speaker: Soren Jessen, U.N. High Commission for Refugees
November 8, 1996
Saudi Arabia on the Edge
American Force
The Struggle for Egypt
