Reports

Security in North East Asia (WP806) (PDF)

13 - 17 March, 2006

This conference discussed the following points: What are the key threats in the region? How can tensions be reduced? How are overlapping internal and external aspects of security addressed? How does security in the region…

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Public diplomacy: key challenges and priorities (WP06/21) (PDF)

10 - 12 March, 2006

This conference discussed the following points: What is public diplomacy? What should public diplomacy seek to achieve? Does it do so? How do the approaches of different governments vary? What are the best ways of…

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International collaboration of planning for pandemics (WPS06/19) (PDF)

2 - 5 March, 2006

This conference discussed the following points: Recent outbreaks of avian influenza H5N1 in South East Asia and Eastern Europe and the fear of a pending pandemic are a call for collective international collaboration and action.…

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Libya: fulfilling potential at home and abroad (WP810) (PDF)

16 February, 2006

This conference discussed the following points: What are the current aims of Libya’s foreign, economic and security policies? How can remaining differences be resolved with the EU, US and others? Can Libya help prevent the…

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Improving the emergency response in Europe (WP809) (PDF)

13 - 15 February, 2006

This conference discussed the following points: How well prepared are the European governments and emergency services for a major terrorist incident, large-scale hostage taking, or pandemic of avian influenza? What lessons have been learnt from…

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Putting decisions into practice: how will the UN peacebuilding commission fulfil its mandate? (WPS06/2) (PDF)

9 - 10 February, 2006

This conference discussed the following points: Following the 2005 World Summit’s decision to establish a Peacebuilding Commission to provide a coordinated, coherent and integrated approach to post-conflict peacebuilding and reconciliation, how will this operate? How…

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International drugs policy: setting the agenda for UNGASS 2008 (WP807) (PDF)

3 - 5 February, 2006

This conference discussed the following points: What progress has the international community made in reducing drug supply and usage since the 1998 Special Session on Drugs of the UN General Assembly? What needs to be…

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How to advance the human rights agenda? (WP805) (PDF)

20 - 22 January, 2006

This conference discussed the following points: In the light of proposals to reform the UN’s human rights machinery, what are the next steps needed? How can governments address differing views on how the international community…

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Business and human rights: advancing the agenda (WPS05/33) (PDF)

10 - 12 October, 2005

In April 2005, the UN Commission on Human Rights requested the UN Secretary-General to appoint a Special Representative to take forward work on the area of business and human rights.  The mandate of the SRSG…

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Reconciliation and reconstruction in Africa: beyond the peace agreements (WP754) (PDF)

26 - 29 July, 2004

This conference discussed the following points: How can African countries move from a peace agreement to reconciliation, social reconstruction and development that will last? What steps can be taken to prevent rolling conflicts spilling into…

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