U.S.-UN Roundtable Series
Director: Stewart M. Patrick, Senior Fellow and Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program
January 1, 2011 - Present
The U.S.-UN roundtable meeting series seeks to organize high-level discussions with senior United Nations 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 participate in these discussions. The goal of these meetings is to raise awareness of the role of the United Nations in addressing critical issues of peace and security. This meeting series is cosponsored by CFR's Center for Preventive Action and the Program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
Sudan and South Sudan: Brokering a Peaceful Resolution
Speaker:
His Excellency Haile Menkeiros, UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Sudan and South SudanPresider:
Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
International Peacekeeping: What’s Next?
Speaker:
Victoria Holt, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, U.S. Department of StatePresider:
Stewart M. Patrick, Senior Fellow and Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Demand Driven Democratization: The Role of the UN Democracy Fund
Speakers:
Roland Rich, Executive Head, United Nations Democracy Fund;Officer-In-Charge, United Nations Office for Partnerships, Mark P. Lagon, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Human Rights, Council on Foreign Relations; International Relations Chair, MSFS Program, Georgetown UniversityThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Roundtable Meeting
The UN's Role in Promoting Human Rights
Speakers:
Suzanne F. Nossel, Amnesty International USA, Joanna Weschler, Security Council ReportPresider:
Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
UNESCO, Palestine, and the UN System
Speaker:
Irina Bokova, Director General, UNESCOPresiders:
Stewart M. Patrick, Senior Fellow and Director, International Institutions and Global Governance Program, Council on Foreign Relations, Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Assessing Prospects for Security Council Reform
Speakers:
H. Singh Puri, Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations, Kazuo Kodama, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United NationsPresider:
Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Workshop
Palestinian Entry into UN Agencies and U.S. Policy Options: A Conversation with Esther Brimmer
Speaker:
Esther Diane Brimmer, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, U.S. Department of StatePresider:
Stewart M. Patrick, Senior Fellow and Director, International Institutions and Global Governance Program, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Why Women Matter in Peacebuilding
Speakers:
Michelle Bachelet, Undersecretary General and Executive Director, UN Women, Carla Koppell, Senior Coordinator, Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, USAID, Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, Standby Team of Senior Mediation Advisers, United Nations (2011-2012) and Cofounder, International Civil Society Action Network, Rosa Brooks, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, and Former Special Coordinator for Rule of Law and Humanitarian Policy, U.S. Department of DefensePresiders:
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Fellow and Deputy Director of Women and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations, Stewart M. Patrick, Senior Fellow and Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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Roundtable Meeting
Taking Stock of the 2011 Opening of the UN General Assembly: A Conversation with Samantha Power
Speaker:
Samantha Power, Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human RightsPresider:
Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Taking Stock of the UN High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases
Speakers:
Nils Daulaire, Director, Office of Global Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Kelly Henning, Director, International Health Programs, Bloomberg FoundationPresider:
Thomas Bollyky, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Economics, and Development, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
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.
Roundtable Meeting
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.
Roundtable Meeting
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.
Roundtable Meeting
Rules of Engagement: A Conversation with Our UN Ambassadors in Geneva, Vienna, Montreal, and Rome
Speakers:
Esther Diane Brimmer, U.S. Department of State, Ertharin Cousin, U.S. Department of State, Glyn Davies, U.S. Department of State, Betty King, U.S. Department of State, Joseph Murphy, U.S. Department of State, Duane Woerth, U.S. Department of StatePresider:
Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
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.
Roundtable Meeting
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.
Roundtable Meeting
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.
Roundtable Meeting
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.
Roundtable Meeting
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.
Roundtable Meeting
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.
Roundtable Meeting
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.
Roundtable Meeting
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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