Neighbors on Alert: Regional Views on Humanitarian Intervention from Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America
Current Issues Briefing
Date
Tuesday, October 14, 2003
10:00 AM–Noon
Location
U.S. Institute of Peace
1200 17th St., NW
Washington, D.C.
Directions
Is there a role for regional actors in undertaking humanitarian
military interventions? What do citizens of different regions think about
the criteria for such interventions in their regions? How can regional organizations
help the United Nations protect civilians threatened by internal conflict?
On October 14 the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Fund for Peace cosponsored
a Current Issues Briefing to explore the challenges of humanitarian intervention.
Moderated by Michael Southwick, former deputy assistant secretary of state
for international organization affairs and program officer in the Institute's Research and Studies Program, the session featured perspectives
from a seasoned panel of experts on humanitarian intervention from Africa,
Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Held in conjunction with the release of
a new report by the the Fund for Peace on humanitarian intervention, the
presentations were followed by questions from the floor. [More about "Neighbors on Alert" and the Fund for Peace]
Speakers
- William L. Nash
Director, Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations; and Major General, U.S. Army. ret.
- Jason Ladnier
Program Director, Regional Responses to Internal War, Fund for Peace
- Roland Eng
Ambassador from Cambodia to the United States
- Francis Deng
Director, Center for Displacement Studies, Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies; and former Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace
- Luis Bitencourt
Director, Brazil Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- Boudewijn J. van Eenennaam
Ambassador from the Netherlands to the United States
- Michael Southwick, Moderator
Program Officer, Research and Studies Program, U.S. Institute of Peace; and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
