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Humanitarian Crises Around the World

Global Hot Spots: Kosovo, Congo (DRC), the Sudan, Afghanistan, Bosnia ...

Africa, Balkans, Europe, Force and Legitimacy

Event Summary

  • What is the status of the refugee emergencies in Kosovo, Congo (DRC), the Sudan, Afghanistan, Bosnia, and other countries?
  • What can international organizations do to address the growing crisis of internally displaced people, who now number 20 to 25 million?
  • What role can the United Nations, NGOs, state agencies, and the international media play in preventing and responding to humanitarian emergencies? How can these various players form cooperative multilateral coalitions?
  • What regions or countries could become flashpoints for the next humanitarian crisis?

Event Information

When

Monday, September 21, 1998
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM

Where

Falk Auditorium
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
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Contact: Brookings Office of Communications

E-mail: events@brookings.edu

Phone: 202.797.6105

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Participants

Keynote Address

The Honorable Sergio Vieira de Mello

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
The United Nations

Moderator

John Andrews

The Economist

Panelists

John Prendergast

Director of Africa Affairs, National Security Council

Lionel Rosenblatt

President, Refugees International

Roberta Cohen

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy

Roy Gutman

Diplomatic Correspondent, Newsday

The Honorable Julia Taft

Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration

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