Participant Conference Details

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Speaker Presentations

INTRODUCTION TO THE CONFERENCE
Anne-Marie GOETZ
Chief Adviser, Governance, Peace and Security, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), New York

MEETING THE PROTECTION CHALLENGE IN CONTEMPORARY ARMED CONFLICT: WOMEN AFFECTED BY WAR
Major-General Patrick CAMMAERT
Former Commander, Eastern Division, United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo

PERSPECTIVES ON PROTECTING WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE IN CONTEMPORARY CONFLICTS: MILITARY RESPONSES
Lieutenant General Jasbir Singh LIDDER
Former Force Commander, United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), Khartoum

PROTECTION OF WOMEN CIVILIANS IN PRACTICE: OPERATIONAL CASE STUDY I:
LIBERIA
General Festus Okechukwu OKONKWO
Former force commander, African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) and Mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Liberia (ECOMIL), Abuja
 
Lieutenant Colonel Comfort ANKOMAH-DANSO
Military Observer, United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), Monrovia

MILITARY-POLICE COOPERATION IN THEATRE: WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF POLICE DEPLOYMENT FOR ENHANCING THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN?
Michael FRYER
Police Commissioner, AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), El Fasher
 
Colin FARQUHAR
Former Deputy Police Commissioner for Operations and Monitoring, United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH); Police Adviser, International Peace Operations Branch, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa

WHAT PREPARATION AND TRAINING IS NEEDED FOR PEACEKEEPERS TO UNDERSTAND AND RESPOND TO THE SITUATION OF WAR-AFFECTED WOMEN?
Major General John ATTIPOE
Commandant, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Accra