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September

21

1998

9:30 am EDT - 11:00 am EDT

Past Event

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

Monday, September 21, 1998

9:30 am - 11:00 am EDT

The Brookings Institution

Falk Auditorium

1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC

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?

Agenda

September 21
- Keynote Address
  
  THSVdM
  
  The Honorable Sergio Vieira de Mello Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs<BR>The United Nations
- Moderator
  
  JA
  
  John Andrews <I>The Economist</I>
- Panelists
  
  JP
  
  John Prendergast Co-Founder - Enough Project
  
  LR
  
  Lionel Rosenblatt President, Refugees International
  
  Roberta Cohen Former Brookings Expert, Co-Chair Emeritus - Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
  
  RG
  
  Roy Gutman Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, <i>Newsweek</i>; Co-author, <i>Crimes of War</i>
  
  THJT
  
  The Honorable Julia Taft Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration