IIGG Meetings

Roundtable Meeting

UNESCO, Palestine, and the UN System

Speaker: Irina Bokova, Director General, UNESCO
Presiders: 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 Relations
December 16, 2011
Roundtable Meeting

Engaging with Nonstate Armed Groups

Speakers: Payton L. Knopf, U.S. Department of State
Teresa Whitfield, Center on International Cooperation
Presider: Micah Zenko, Fellow for Preventive Action
December 13, 2011


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 Nations
Presider: Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign Relations
December 7, 2011
Conference Call

Videoconference with Aung San Suu Kyi

Speaker: Aung San Suu Kyi, General Secretary, National League for Democracy
Presider: Paula J. Dobriansky, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Thomson Reuters; Former Undersecretary, Democracy and Global Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Host: Mark P. Lagon, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Human Rights, Council on Foreign Relations
November 30, 2011

In advance of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit in December, the Council on Foreign Relations held a meeting conducted via live videoconference with Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Workshop

Session One: Introductory Concept Discussion on Agencies for Agency

Speaker: Anthony Arend, Georgetown University
Presider: Mark P. Lagon, Council on Foreign Relations
November 16, 2011
Workshop

Session Two: Emerging and Hybrid Institutions

Speakers: Mark R. Dybul, Georgetown University
Raj Desai, Georgetown University
Carol J. Lancaster, Georgetown University
Presider: Anthony Arend, Georgetown University
November 16, 2011
Workshop

Session Three: Intergovernmental Institutions

Speakers: Nancy E. Soderberg, Connect U.S. Fund
Chester A. Crocker, Georgetown University
Presider: Abiodun Williams, U.S. Institute of Peace
November 16, 2011
Workshop

Session Four: Institutions Promoting Democracy

Speaker: Lee Feinstein, U.S. Department of State
Presider: Mark P. Lagon, Council on Foreign Relations
November 16, 2011
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 State
Presider: Stewart M. Patrick, Senior Fellow and Director, International Institutions and Global Governance Program, Council on Foreign Relations
November 15, 2011
Roundtable Meeting

Taking Stock of Conflicts in Colombia, Liberia, Bosnia, and Afghanistan: Women, War & Peace

Speaker: Abigail E. Disney, Cocreator, Women, War & Peace and Founder, Daphne Foundation
Presiders: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Deputy Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations
Stewart M. Patrick, Senior Fellow and Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program, Council on Foreign Relations
November 14, 2011

This meeting was presented by the International Institutions and Global Governance Program and the Women and Foreign Policy Program.

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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 Defense
Presiders: 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 Relations
November 14, 2011

This meeting was presented by the International Institutions and Global Governance Program and the Women and Foreign Policy Program.

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Roundtable Meeting

The End of Geography? (The World Looks Different from Geneva than New York)

Speaker: Daniel Bethlehem, Former Legal Adviser, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Scholar-in-Residence, Columbia Law School; Director, Legal Policy International Ltd.
Presider: Matthew C. Waxman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy, Coiuncil on Foreign Relations
November 10, 2011
Roundtable Meeting

Global Governance and National Sovereignty: What's at Stake

Speakers: John Fonte, Hudson Institute
Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Mark P. Lagon, Council on Foreign Relations
October 17, 2011
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 Rights
Presider: Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign Relations
October 6, 2011
Roundtable Meeting

Lawlessness Devastating the Dream to End Global Poverty: What It Will Take to Make the Violence Stop

Speaker: Gary Haugen, CEO, International Justice Mission
Presider: Mark P. Lagon, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Human Rights, Council on Foreign Relations
October 5, 2011
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 Foundation
Presider: Thomas Bollyky, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Economics, and Development, Council on Foreign Relations
September 30, 2011

Attended by representatives from government agencies, NGOs, non-profits, think tanks, and academia, this roundtable assessed the progress and achievements made at the UN HLM and also examined potential opportunities and challenges in fulfilling the outcome document's goals.

Roundtable Meeting

Advancing Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance: USAID's New Look

Speaker: Sarah E. Mendelson, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Presider: Mark P. Lagon, Council on Foreign Relations
September 28, 2011
Roundtable Meeting

A Conversation with Riyad Mansour

Speaker: Ambassador Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations
Presider: Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign Relations
September 9, 2011
Conference Panel Session

Welcoming Remarks

Introductory Speaker: Daniel Markey, Council on Foreign Relations
July 14, 2011
Conference Panel Session

Future U.S. Strategy in Asia

Discussants: Teresita Schaffer, Brookings Institution
Ashley J. Tellis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
July 14, 2011