The UN’s Expanding Role in Iraq

DateTuesday, March 11, 2008
Time2:30 – 4:00 PM
LocationThe Stimson Center, 1111 19th Street, NW, 12th Floor

The Henry L. Stimson Center and the Council of Organizations of the United Nations Association invite you to 

The UN's Expanding Role in Iraq

Tuesday March 11, 2008

2:30 - 4:00 PM

at The Stimson Center

  

Featured Speakers 

The Honorable Carlos Pascual, Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution

Basil St. George Comnas, Deputy Country Director, United Nations Development Program - Iraq (UNDP)

Michel Gabaudan, Regional Representative, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

 

Introduction by Stimson Center President Ellen Laipson

Moderated by William Durch, Stimson Center Senior Associate and Future of Peace Operations Program Co-Director

 

Though there has been much speculation about prospects for reconciliation in Iraq and the future of US involvement there, far less attention has been focused on the overall role of the United Nations going forward. Brookings vice president Carlos Pascual recently completed a paper, "The United Nations in Iraq," (Sept. 2007) examining a number of scenarios for future UN involvement in Iraq depending on the course of political developments there. At the same time, international organizations such as UNHCR and UNDP are engaged in dealing with ongoing challenges such as resettling and repatriating refugees, improving the energy infrastructure and alleviating poverty. Our discussion will focus on the current Security Council mandate for Iraq and specific agency projects underway, whether the Security Council mandate provides the basis for an expanded UN role in Iraq, and what forms an expanded role might take. These questions and more will be considered at this event hosted by UNA-USA's Council of Organizations and the Henry L. Stimson Center.

 

 

The Council of Organizations, a division of the United Nations Association of the USA, is a coalition of more than 100 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with interests in education, religion, labor, sustainable development, human rights, health and women's issues, that share the common goals of promoting greater public awareness about global issues and strengthening the United States-United Nations relationship.

 

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