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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
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Program

Foreign Policy

Region

Afghanistan Africa Balkans Europe & Eurasia Sub-Saharan Africa