Priority for New UN Secretary-General: Prevent Genocide
The new secretary-general of the United Nations should make genocide prevention a centerpiece of his reform agenda, concludes a new Council...
Speaker: Jan Egeland, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General, United Nations
Presider: Gillian M. Sorensen, National Advocate, United Nations Foundation
May 22, 2007
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