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GGIN Spotlight on Peace & Security Events this June
Contributed by the Global Governance Innovation Network
Posted 12 June 2023
This June 2023 is packed with events on Peace and Security. The following overviews highlight a few key moments and events co-organized by GGIN and partners.
United Nations Emergency Peace Service Symposium
📆 Tuesday, June 20
⏰ 10:30am - 4:00pm EDT
📍The Bush School, Washington DC
The Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University invites you to attend a symposium titled United Nations Emergency Peace Service: Rapid Response to Prevent Genocide and Protect Human Rights on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, from 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. ET at Bush School DC in Washington, D.C. The event is co-sponsored by the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs and the Texas A&M School of Law.
SDG 16 at Halfway to 2030: Progress and Steps Forward and what can the Summit of the Future Achieve?
📆 Monday, June 26
⏰ 8:45am - 1:00pm EDT
📍Online
We have now reached the halfway point of Agenda 2030. The Secretary General’s annual review has described the situation as dire, with a desperate need for urgent transformative action.
SDG 16 was included in the SDGs as an enhancer, with the targets and indicators intended to closely interlink with the other SDG Goals. But how successful have governments been in implementing Goal 16 and using its interlinkages to enhance the adoption of other goals? How can Member States and other stakeholders step forward in the next 7 years.
8:45-9:00 am Welcome
Felix Dodds, Director Multilateral Affairs. Rob and Melani Walton Sustainable Solutions Service (RMWSSS) Arizona State University
9:00-10:15 am - Panel 1 – How well has SDG 16 been implemented?
- Katy Thompson, Head of UNDP’s Rule of Law, Security and Human Rights team
- David Banisar, Visiting Senior Fellow, London School of Economics
- Maggie Williams, Pathfinders - 2023 Pathfinders Report
- Ambassador Cornel Feruţă, Permanent Representative of Romania to the UN
10:15-11:30 - Panel 2 - Summit of the Future
- Yasser Baki, Deputy Head, Our Common Agenda Team, Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG) - on Summit for the Future
- Richard Ponzio, Director of the Global Governance, Justice & Security Program and a Senior Fellow at Stimson.
- Jeffery Huffines, Senior Advisor Coalition for the UN We Need & Together First
- Marianne Beisheim, Senior Associate SWP – German Institute for International and Security Affairs
11:30-12:45 pm - Panel 3 – SDG16 and Interlinkages
- David Banisar, Visiting Senior Fellow, LSE; Consultant to UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression
- Julia Kercher, Senior Expert - SDG 16 Research and Policy Engagement UNDP
- Ian Fry, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change
- John Romano, TAP Network - Rome Civil Society Declaration and SDG16+ interlinkages.
12:45- 1:00 Next Steps and recommendations
- Felix Dodds, Director Multilateral Affairs. Rob and Melani Walton Sustainable Solutions Service (RMWSSS) Arizona State University
- Irena Zubcevic, Director Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future
Diagnosing the World: Year 1 for the Global Governance Index & Survey
📆 Wednesday, June 21
⏰ 1:15 - 2:30pm EDT
📍United States Institute for Peace as part of the ACUNS Annual Meeting
The Global Governance Survey and Index present two innovative tools to assess 21st Century commitments and sentiments toward Global Governance. Join the ACUNS Annual Meeting panel discussion to find out more.
- Charlotte Ku (Chair), Texas A&M University
- Michael Collins, Institute for Economics & Peace
- Craig Charney, Charney Research
- Maria Joao Rodrigues, Foundation for European Progressive Studies
- Henk-Jan Brinkman, International Development Law Organization (invited)
- Erin McCandless, University of Witwatersrand
- Rebecca Shoot, Global Citizens for Global Solutions
- Sukehiro Hasegawa, Director, ACUNS Tokyo Liaison Office & Distinguished Professor, Kyoto
- Sultan Barakat [v], Hamad Bin Khalifa University and Global Institute for Strategic Research
Register for the ACUNS Annual Meeting to join.
Peace, Earth Trusteeship and Governance for the Future
📆 Thursday, June 22
⏰ 8:00 - 9:00am EDT
📍United States Institute for Peace as part of the ACUNS Annual Meeting
The United Nations General Assembly has decided to hold a Summit of the Future (full title: Summit of the Future: multilateral solutions for a better tomorrow) on 22-23 September 2024, preceded by a preparatory ministerial meeting on 18 September 2023. The Summit is tasked to adopt an action-orientated Outcome Document, a Pact for the Future. It is also likely to establish a UN Special Envoy for Future Generations, and it could address other institutional reforms/initiatives such as the proposal by the UN Secretary-General to re-purpose the Trusteeship Council to enhance governance of the global commons (the oceans, atmosphere, outer space, Antarctica and the Sea-bed). In addition, the UN Secretary-General is preparing a New Agenda for Peace which will be released prior to the UN Summit of the Future. It will have relevance for the Summit and more broadly for the UN as a whole.
Civil society is engaging in the preparatory process through consultations with the summit facilitators, public promotion of the summit, preparation of a People’s Pact for the Future and direct advocacy to governments.
This event, as part of the ACUNS Annual Meeting, will include experts involved in the preparatory process and promotion for the UN Summit of the Future. They will focus on possible outcomes of the Summit that would be significant, as well as innovative proposals from civil society that might build traction through the Summit even if not able to be adopted. The Summit has a very wide scope encompassing many issues/themes. This event will focus on the peace and security, earth trusteeship and governance for the future themes.
- Alyn Ware (Chair), World Future Council, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and
- Disarmament
- Vanda Proskova, Youth Fusion
- Nudhara Yusuf, Stimson Center
- Emilie Gaillard, Normandy Chair for Peace
- Neshan Gunasekera, Chair of the Earth Trusteeship Working Group and Co-Chair of the World Future
- Council Working Group on the UN Summit of the Future
- Alexandra Wandel, Executive Director of the World Future Council
Register for the ACUNS Annual Meeting to join.
Global Governance Innovation Network Policy Briefs: Ideas for the Summit of the Future
📆 Thursday, June 22
⏰ 1:15 - 2:30pm EDT
📍United States Institute for Peace as part of the ACUNS Annual Meeting
This session explores a series of published and upcoming policy briefs from the GGIN toward recommendations for the UN Summit of the Future.
Joris Larik (Chair), Leiden University
Peter Hoffman [v], New School for Social Research
Muznah Siddiqui [v], Stimson Center
Nisha Krishnan [v], World Resources Institute, Africa (invited)
Aisha Jamal Al-Ammari [v], Qatar University School of Law
Edna Ramirez Robles [v], University of Guadalajara School of Law
Arunabha Ghosh, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) (invited)
Register for the ACUNS Annual Meeting to join.
Global Policy Dialogue on Reconstructing the Global Peace & Security Architecture
📆 Thursday, June 22
📍United States Institute for Peace as part of the ACUNS Annual Meeting
THU-A2 ROOM B241 Global Policy Dialogue 8:00 am – 9:15 am | New Agenda for Peace: Global Policy Dialogue on Reconstructing the Peace & Security Architecture
- Elizabeth Hume (Co-Chair), Alliance for Peacebuilding
- Maria Joao Rodrigues (Co-Chair), Foundation for European Progressive Studies
- Franz Baumann, ACUNS Vice-President and former UN Under Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Environment and Peace Operations
- Roger Coate, Georgia College & State University and former ACUNS Chairperson
- Representative of UNDP
- Alice Oluoko-Odingo, University of Nairobi and ACUNS Vice-President (Spokesperson)
THU-B2 ROOM B241 Global Policy Dialogue 9:30 am – 10:45 am | Peacebuilding Architecture Innovation: Global Policy Dialogue on Reconstructing the Peace & Security Architecture
- Erin McCandless (Co-Chair), University of Witwatersrand
- Cedric De Coning (Co-Chair), Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
- Henk-Jan Brinkman, International Development Law Organization and former Peacebuilding Support Office
- Lilianne Nkunzimana, Global Youth Coalition on Peace and Security
- Sultan Barakat, Global Institute for Strategic Research – Hamad Bin Khalifa University
- Georgios Kostakos, Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability
- Susanna Campbell, American University (Spokesperson)
THU-C1 ROOM B241 Global Policy Dialogue 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm | UN Security Council Reform: Global Policy Dialogue on Reconstructing the Peace & Security Architecture
- Hardin Lang, (Co-Chair) Refugees International (invited)
- Karim Makdisi, (Co-Chair) American University of Beirut
- Rebecca Shoot, Global Citizens for Global Solutions
- Vesselin Popovski, Jindal Law School
- Anjali Dayal, US Institute of Peace and Fordham University (Spokesperson)
GPD Breakthrough Groups Report-Back, Ambassadors Segment and Discussion (14:45-16:45) Carlucci Auditorium. Visit the full ACUNS Annual Meeting Agenda.
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