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Programme of Challenges Forum 2009

Programme of the International Forum for the Challenges of Peace Operations 2009

The overall theme of the 2009 Challenges Forum was "A New Horizon for Peace Operations Partnerships - What are the next steps?"

Opening and Welcome - Objectives and Issues

H E Mr Anders Lidén, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations
H E Mr Amjad Hussain B. Sial, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations

 

H E Mr Amjad Hussain B. Sial and H E Mr Anders Lidén

Mr Henrik Landerholm, Director General, Folke Bernadotte Academy, Sweden
Ms Annika Hilding Norberg, International Coordinator, Challenges Forum

 
Mr Henrik Landerholm and Ms Annika Hilding-Norberg

Mr Ben Tortolani, Series Coordinator, Annual Review of Global Peace Operations, Centre on International Cooperation, New York University, United States

Mr Ben Tortolani

A New Partnership for UN Peace Operations – What are the Next Steps?

Facilitator H E Mr Henri-Paul Normandin, Chair of the Working Group of the United Nations Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, high-lighted points of discussion in the Session on A New Partnership for Peace Operations Partnerships: What Are the Next Steps?

H E Mr Henri-Paul Normandin

Mr Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations


Mr Alain Le Roy

Ms Susana Malcorra, Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, United Nations


Ms Susana Malcorra and Lt Gen Satish Nambiar

Multidimensional Peace Operations – New Issues and the Need for New Partner

Facilitator Lt Gen Satish Nambiar, Senior Adviser, Challenges Forum / Fmr Head of Mission and Force Commander UNPROFOR, India
Mr Dmitry Titov, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions, United Nations


Facilitator Lt Gen Satish Nambiar

Mr Dmitry Titov

Ms Ann-Marie Orler, Acting Police Adviser, Police Division, Office of the Rule of Law and Security Institutions, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations
H E Mr Zhenmin Liu, Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations
Lt Gen Carlos dos Santos Cruz, Fmr Force Commander, MINUSTAH
Mr James Cockayne, Senior Associate, International Peace Institute

Ms Ann-Marie Orler and H E Mr Zhenmin Liu

Lt Gen Carlos dos Santos Cruz and Mr James Cockayne
Background Paper: Developing a Strategy for Early Peacebuilding: Priorities, Sequencing and Delivery of Rule of Law and Security-related Activities by UN Peacekeeping Operations by Fatemeh Ziai, Research Adviser, International Forum for the Challenges of Peace Operations
Background Study: Providers, Platforms or Partners? Possible Roles for Peace Operations in Fighting Organized Crime by Mr James Cockayne, Senior Associate, International Peace Institute

Mandate-Making and Mandate-Implementation

Facilitator Mr Edmond Mulet, Assistant Secretary-General for Operations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations
Mr Jake Sherman, Associate Director, Centre on International Cooperation, New York University, United States

H E Mr Maged A. Abdelaziz, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations
Ms Sylvie-Agnès Bermann, Director, United Nations and International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of France
Amb Jacques Paul Klein, Fmr SRSG UNTAES / Fmr SRSG UNMIL
Lt Gen (Retd) V.K. Jetley, Fmr Force Commander UNAMSIL / United Service Institution of India
Mr Ihab Moustafa, Senior Officer, Peacebuilding Support Office, United Nations

 
H E Mr Maged A. Abdelaziz and Ms Sylvie-Agnès Bermann
 
Lt Gen (Retd) V.K Jetly and Amb Jacques Paul Klein
 
Mr Ihab Moustafa and Mr Jake Sherman

Mr Edmond Mulet
Concluding Remarks of Day 1 by Maj Gen Robert Gordon, Senior Adviser, Challenges Forum/Fmr Force Commander UNMEE, United Nations

Maj Gen (Retd) Robert Gordon
Background Study: Implications of Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in United Nations Mandates by Mr Jake Sherman, Associate Director, Center on International Cooperation, and Mr Ben Tortolani, Research Associate and Senior Program Officer, Center on International Cooperation

Evening Reception Address: A New Horizon for Peace Operations Partnerships - What are the Next Steps? H E Ms Rosemary A. DiCarlo, Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations


H E Ms Rosemary A. DiCarlo

Enhancing and Facilitating the Partnership with TCC/PCCs

Facilitator Ms Izumi Nakamitsu, Director, Policy, Evaluation and Training, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations
Ms Fatemeh Ziai, Research Adviser, Challenges Forum


Facilitator Ms Izumi Nakamitsu and Ms Fatemeh Ziai

H E Mr Yukio Takasu, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations
Brig Gen Muhammed Feyyaz, National Defence University, Pakistan
H E Mr Philip John Parham, Deputy Permanent Representative of United Kingdom to the United Nations


H E Mr Yukio Takasu, Brig Gen Muhammed Feyyaz 

H E Mr Philip John Parham
Challenges Forum Background Study: A Review of United Nations Peacekeeping Initiatives in 2009: Strengthening Concultations among the Security Council, Secretariat and Troop- and Police Contributing Countries by Ms Fatemeh Ziai, Research Adviser, Challenges Forum
Challenges Forum Background Study: Broadening the Base of Contributors to UN Peacekeeping: Proposals for How the UN can Attract and Support New, Expanding and Returning Troop- and Police Contributing Countries by Ms Fatemeh Ziai, Research Adviser, Challenges Forum

United Nations Effective Mission Command and Control

Facilitator Maj Gen (Retd) Patrick Cammaert, Fmr Division Commander, MONUC / Fmr Military Adviser, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations / Fmr Force Commander, UNMEE, high-lighted points of discussion from the Session on the United Nations Effective Mission Command and Control.
Mr Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Challenges Forum Patron / Fmr Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations


Facilitator Maj Gen (Retd) Patrick Cammaert and Mr Jean-Marie Guéhenno

Maj Gen (Retd) Anis Bajwa, Fmr Director of Change Management, Policy, Evaluation and Training, Department of Peacekeeping Operatinos, United Nations / Pakistan
Gen Martin Agwai, Fmr Force Commander, UNAMID / Fmr Chief of Defence, Nigeria / Fmr Dep Military Adviser, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations
Brig Gen Jean Baillaud, Chief of Staff, Office of Military Affairs, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations
Mr Henrik Stiernblad, Fmr Police Commander, UNMIL / Special Adviser, Ministry of Justice, Sweden 
 
Mr Henrik Stiernblad and Maj Gen (Retd) Anis Bajwa
 
Gen Martin Agwai and Brig Gen Jean Baillaud

Background Study: Command and Control Arrangements in UN Peacekeeping Operations by Mr Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Patron, Challenges Forum/Fmr Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations and Mr Jake Sherman, Associate Director, Center on International Cooperation

United Nations and Regional Arrangements Effective Mission Command and Control - Issues of Relevance for the Effective Cooperation with Partners in Action

Facilitator Mr David Harland, Director, Europe and Latin America Division, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations
Lt Gen Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor, Military Adviser, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations


Mr David Harland and Lt Gen Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor

Mr Sevyuile Bam and Lt Gen USAF (Retd) James Soligan
 
Panelists

Mr Sevyuile Bam, Head, Peace Support Division, African Union
Lt Gen USAF (Retd) James Soligan, Deputy Chief of Staff, Transformation for Allied Command Transformation, NATO
Mr Stefano Tomat, First Secretary, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union with the United Nations
Background Study: See background paper about Command and Control Arrangements in UN Peacekeeping Operations which is also applicable to this session.

Concluding Session of Challenges Forum 2009

H E Mr Gary Quinlan, Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations
Mr Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Challenges Forum Patron / Fmr Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations
Maj Gen (Retd) Anis Bajwa, Fmr Director of Change Management, Policy, Evaluation and Training, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations / Pakistan

 
H E Mr Gary Quinlan

Ms Annika Hilding-Norberg, International Coordinator, Challenges Forum