Plague Upon
Plague:
AIDS &
Violent
Conflict in Africa
Webcast
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Tuesday, May 8, 2001
U.S. Institute of Peace
1200 17th St., NW
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Current Issues
Briefing Panel
David Gordon (at podium) and l to r:
Ambassador Princeton Lyman ,
Thomas Homer-Dixon, Millicent Obaso &
Andrew T. Price-Smith
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The Clinton and Bush administrations have recognized that
the scale of human suffering and AIDS' potential for
destabilizing social and political institutions make the
disease a pressing humanitarian and national security issue
for the United States. In Africa, violent conflict has
helped spread the epidemic while the acute impact of AIDS
threatens to exacerbate instability. The combination of
disease and warfare threaten to overwhelm already fragile
structures. This panel examined:
- What is the linkage between AIDS
in Africa and America's strategic interests and other
security concerns?
- In what ways is the spread of
HIV/AIDS both a cause and an effect of violent conflict
in Africa?
- What policy recommendations can
address the prevention of conflict and contagion, as well
as the management and treatment of populations suffering
the ravages of war and disease?
Moderator
Ambassador Princeton
Lyman, Executive Director, Global Interdependence
Initiative, The Aspen Institute
Speakers
David Gordon, National
Intelligence Officer, Global & Economic Issues,
National Intelligence Council
Thomas Homer-Dixon,
Director, Peace & Conflict Studies Program,
University of Toronto
Millicent Obaso, Manager,
Africa Initiative, American Red Cross
Andrew T. Price-Smith,
Director, Project on Health, Environment and Human
Security, University of North Dakota
After the presentations the panel took
questions from the floor and the Internet
audience.
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