11/13, 6-8pm: To Syria and Back: Why We Must Not Give Up

The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, the Center of International Conflict Resolution, the Humanitarian Affairs Working Group, and the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs Program on Humanitarian Affairs present:

“To Syria and Back: Why We Must Not Give Up”

with Professor Jean-Marie Guéhenno

Director, Center of International Conflict Resolution

Assistant Director, SIWPS

Arnold A. Saltzman Professor of Professional Practice in International

and Public Affairs, Columbia SIPA

and Professor Dirk Salomons

Director, Humanitarian Affairs Program

Director, International Organizations Specialization

Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of International and Public Affairs, Columbia SIPA

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

6:00pm – 8:00pm

Columbia University

International Affairs Building15th Floor, Room 1501

420 West 118th Street, New York City

Abstract:

From March to July of this year, Professor Guéhenno served as the Deputy Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on Syria, working with former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to lead a UN observer mission and seek a negotiated resolution to the conflict. Please join Professor Guéhenno and Professor Salomons as they discuss the current situation in Syria and the role of international intervention in the ongoing civil war.

This event is free and open to the public.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED! PLEASE REGISTER AT https://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/register.php?eventID=62175.

 

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