Center for Preventive Action United Nations Roundtable Series
Director: Micah Zenko, Douglas Dillon Fellow
April 2009 - Present
The UN Roundtable meeting series seeks to organize high-level discussions with senior UN officials, including officials from member states and regional organizations, on timely issues related to conflict prevention, peacekeeping, and international security. A core group of selected invitees from member state governments, the private sector, and nongovernmental communities will participate in these discussions. The goal of these not-for-attribution meetings is to raise awareness of the role of the UN in addressing critical issues of peace and security. The UN Roundtable meeting series is cosponsored by the Center for Preventive Action and the Program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
Implementing the U.S. National Action Plan Women, Peace, and Security
Speakers:
Rob Berschinski, National Security Council, Colleen Laughlin, Department of Defense, Brig. Gen. Maryanne Miller, Department of DefensePresider:
Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Engaging with Nonstate Armed Groups
Speakers:
Payton L. Knopf, U.S. Department of State, Teresa Whitfield, Center on International CooperationPresider:
Micah Zenko, Fellow for Preventive ActionThis meeting is not for attribution.
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A Conversation with Riyad Mansour
Speaker:
Ambassador Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United NationsPresider:
Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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The United States and the Future of Peacekeeping
Speaker:
Annie Pforzeimer, U.S. Department of StatePresider:
Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Assessing AMISOM: A Progress Report from the AU Mission in Somalia
Speakers:
His Excellency Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra, African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Bronwyn E. Bruton, One Earth Future FoundationPresider:
Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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UN's Role in Protecting Women and Children in Conflict
Speakers:
Susan Bissell, United Nations, Margot Wallström, United NationsPresider:
Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Drones on Trial: The United States Before the Human Rights Council
Speakers:
Philip Alston, New York University School of Law, Ashley S. Deeks, Columbia University School of LawPresider:
Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Assessing UN and U.S. Policy for Somalia
Speakers:
Bronwyn E. Bruton, Council on Foreign Relations, Joao Honwana, Africa I Division, United Nations Department of Political AffairsPresider:
Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Iran Sanctions: Negotiating a Fourth UN Security Council Sanctions Resolution on Iran
Speakers:
Brian Hook, Latitude, LLC, Patrick Clawson, Washington Institute for Near East PolicyPresider:
Kara C. McDonald, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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France-UK-U.S. Cooperation in the UN Security Council and Beyond
Speakers:
Gerard Araud, Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations, Mark Lyall Grant, Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, Alejandro Daniel Wolff, Permanent Mission of the United States to the United NationsPresiders:
Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Center for Strategic & International Studies, Kara C. McDonald, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Operationalizing the Responsibility to Protect and the Challenge of Genocide Prevention in the United Nations
Speakers:
Edward C. Luck, International Peace Institute, Francis M. Deng, United NationsPresider:
Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Speakers:
Le Luong Minh, Permanent Mission of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the UN, Jorge Urbina, Permament Mission of Costa Rica to the UN, Ranko Vilovic, .Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the UNPresider:
Micah Zenko, Fellow for Conflict Prevention, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Speakers:
Robert Serry, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East, United Nations, Micah Zenko, Fellow, Center for Preventive Action, CFRThis meeting is not for attribution.
Speaker:
Gayle E. Smith, National Security CouncilPresider:
Kara C. McDonald, International Affairs Fellow, CFR
This meeting is not for attribution.
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The UN Mission in Iraq: A Conversation with Staffan de Mistura
Speaker:
Staffan de Mistura, United NationsPresider:
Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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The UN Mission in Sudan: A Conversation with Ambassador Ashraf Qazi
Speaker:
Ambassador Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Sudan, United NationsDiscussant:
Andrew S. Natsios, Georgetown UniversityPresider:
Kara C. McDonald, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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The United Nation's Role in Conflict Prevention: A Conversation with Robert C. Orr
Speaker:
Robert C. Orr, United NationsPresider:
Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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