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JANUARY
UNSP: The UN Studies Program Invites You to a
Panel and Fundraiser:
Building a Future for Haiti
Date: Monday, January 25, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Come to listen and participate in a discussion as UN officials and others reflect on the events of last week and the way for Haiti to move forward.
Speakers:
- Jean–Marie Guehenno, Former Under-Secretary-General, DPKO
- Ambassador Rick Barton, US Permanent Mission
- Bob Orr, Assistant Secretary-General, Office of the Secretary General
- Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute
- Tatiana Wah, Earth Institute
- Jocelyn McCalla, Senior Adviser to the Government of Haiti
- Pablo Ruiz, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, UNDP
Moderator: Prof. Elisabeth Lindenmayer, Director, UN Studies Program
$10 SUGGESTED DONATION
ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO PARTNERS IN HEALTH WWW.PIH.ORG
UNSPWG: Grassroots Diplomacy in the
Middle East with
the Syrian Ambassador to the U.N.
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Co-sponsored with the Arab Student Association
FEBRUARY
UNSPWG: 1st General Meeting of Spring 2010
Date: Monday, February 8, 2010
Time: 8:00pm
Come to learn more about our plans for the Spring semester. The Board will present you his ideas for coming events and we will brainstorm to see what you are interested in as well. You will also learn about the different ways you can participate and get involved in these activities and many more.
Refreshments will be served with elegance!
Lost Childhoods: A Conversation about Child
Domestic
Servitude in Haiti
Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Haiti Emergency Relief Fundraiser, co-sponsored with Human Rights Working group and other Columbia student groups.
The purpose of the event is to discuss the plight of children in Haiti, especially given the recent earthquake which has displaced millions.
UNSPWG and more than 15 other student groups are co-sponsoring this event.
Speakers:
- Felix Augustin, Consulate General of the Republic of Haiti (NYC)
- Jean-Robert Cadet, Founder, Cadet Restavek Foundation & Author of 'Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American'
- Christine Low, Co-Director, Matenwa Community Center
- Karen Kramer, Documentary Filmmaker (Children of Shadows)
Moderator: Jocelyn McCalla, Senior Advisor, Bureau of Haiti's Special Envoy to the UN
Reception includes Haitian desserts and beverages, a silent auction of photographs of Haiti and multiple raffles of Haitian items.
All proceeds will be donated to Partners in Health and the Jean Cadet Restavek Foundation. Admission is FREE!
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MARCH
UNSP: Frontiers of Humanitarianism Conference: Contradictions and Convergences in State-building, Peace-building, and Humanitarian Action
Date: Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010,
Time: 8am - 3:15pm
Location: NYU Wagner Graduate School, The Puck Building, 2nd Floor, 295 Lafayette Street, New York, NY
Sponsored by the Consortium on Security and Humanitarian
Action.
UNSPWG: UN Career Panel for the New York City Career Series, Organized by OCS
Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1501
This is an effort to inform students of UN career opportunities. The panelists come from a cross-range of UN departments and career directions, a mix of SIPA alumni and non-alumni with similar academic backgrounds.
The UN Panel Career Panel is an opportunity to interact with UN personnel from entry, mid and high level and ask them about their current position, the skills and experience necessary to establish a career at the UN and in NYC in general.
Panelists:
- Ambassador Heraldo Munoz, Head of UN peacebuilding commission
- A representative from recruitment at UNDP
- Rebecca A. Jovin, Policy Planning Officer, DPKO (SIPA grad)
- Yata Mboup-Kande, Consultant, UNIFEM (SIPA grad)
- Jan McAlpine, Director of the UN Forum on Forests Secretariat
UN Careers Brownbag Lunch: Working for UN Global Compact
Peer Insights: Working for UN Global Compact
Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 501
The UNSPWG welcomes you to our second UN Careers Brownbag Lunch.
Join fellow SIPA student, Ioannis Vasileiou, to discuss his experiences working for the UN, including UN Global Compact and the Climate Change Team of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Pizza and drinks will be served with elegance!
UNSP: A Panel with Helen Clark, First Woman Head of UNDP and Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1501
"The UN and Development Challenges in a Time of Multiple Crises”
Why Women Matter for Development, Peace and Recovery
Moderated by Prof. Elisabeth Lindenmayer, Director, UN Studies Program
We are extremely excited to have Helen Clark come to SIPA for the first time! She will discuss the MDGs, Rebuilding Haiti as well as sharing her experiences of what it means to be a woman leader.
APRIL
UNSPWG: Raise Hope for Congo: A Panel Discussion and Student Photo Auction
Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1501
A panel discussion about the current situation in DRC, specifically to raise awareness about the conflict in eastern Congo, and will particularly address the scourge of conflict minerals and the epidemic of rape and sexual violence in the region. The panelists will go into detail about the history and background of the Congo, the current political situation, and what policy initiatives are currently in place. Additionally, the panelists will discuss their own personal experiences on the ground, and how we can get involved in putting an end to the conflict.
Speakers:
- John Prendergast, co-founder of the Enough Project
- Major General Patrick Cammaert, Former Division Commander of MONUC
- Roger Luhiri, a human rights advocate and former fistula doctor at Panzi Hospital in DRC
- Lisa Jackson, director of the film The Greatest Silence about rape in the Congo
We are also hosting an exhibit of student photos taken while in DRC. The photos will be auctioned off in a silent auction during the event to raise funds for Panzi Hospital in DRC.
Finally, a reception will immediately follow the event, providing an opportunity for students to mingle with panelists and other attendees.
Raise Hope for Congo is being organized by the Human Rights Working Group with the Humanitarian Affairs Working Group and the UN Studies Program Working Group, in partnership with The Enough Project.
Co-sponsors include: the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, the International Security Policy concentration, Gender Policy Working Group, and the Humanitarian Affairs Program.
Admitted Students Day / Open House: A UNSPWG Welcome
Presentation
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Time: 3:45pm - 4:45pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1501
UNSPWG Table
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Time: 6:15pm - 7:30pm
Location: International Affairs Building, 15th floor lobby
Regional and co-curricular presentations for SIPA open house for newly admitted students. A brief overview of the U.N. Studies Program: educational goals, curricular offerings, co-curricular activities, career pursuits of recent graduates, etc. Come learn about the program’s comparative advantage/differences with those at other schools. Finally, a Question and Answer session follows the presentation.
UNSP: Peacekeeping, Statebuilding and the Private Sector in Haiti
Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Panelists Include:
- Garry Conille, Chief of Staff of the Office of the Special Envoy to Haiti
- Ugo Solinas, Head of Haiti Desk, Department of Peacekeeping Operations
- Amie Patel, Investment Officer, Soros Economic Development Fund
- Dr. Graciana del Castillo, Senior Research Scholar, Columbia University
Moderated by Prof. Elisabeth Lindenmayer, Director, UN Studies Program
The conference will be dedicated to discussing the role of the private sector in rebuilding the state of Haiti.
Under the direction of Professor Elisabeth Lindenmayer, a team of six graduate students engaged in a yearlong research endeavor concerning statebuilding and the private sector in Haiti. During the earthquake, the team was in Haiti conducting stakeholder interviews and has concluded that the private sector is integral in the reconstruction of Haiti. In this conference, the students will be presenting the conclusions of the research, with a panel discussion following. We hope that the panel will serve to educate Columbia University and the broader New York City community in understanding the opportunities for the private sector to contribute to statebuilding. We see Haiti not as a lost cause, but as a vibrant culture with great potential and economic opportunities.
UNSPWG: New Media Task Force Panel
Date: Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
HIV/AIDS Services in Africa
Date: Thursday, April, 29
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm, followed by a Reception
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 707
The UN Studies Program Working Group Welcomes You to a Panel on:
The importance of well functioning health systems and access to HIV/AIDS medicines in Africa.
Featured Panelists:
Inder Singh, Director of the Drug Access Program, Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), Clinton Foundation. He has worked at the Clinton Foundation to structure agreements with suppliers that will begin to solve both the price and scarcity problems, and bring ACT drugs - artemisinin-based combination therapies to millions of people in areas where malaria is a major public health problem. Now Director of Drug Access for the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI), Singh negotiated business agreements with companies in India and China that cover every link in the production chain, from the extraction of the raw ingredient to the manufacturer of the final drug. This comprehensive set of agreements lowers the business risk and provides the incentive companies need to invest in building the supply of affordable medicines.
Dr Miriam Rabkin, Director of Health Systems Strategies, International Center for AIDS Care and Treament Programs (ICAP), Mailman School of Public Health. She is Director for Health Systems Strategies at the International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP) affiliated to Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Rabkin is also an associate clinical professor of medicine and epidemiology at Columbia University, where her clinical practice focuses on HIV/AIDS and primary care. She is also a faculty member of the Clinical Ethics committee and the Center for Bioethics. Her current work focuses on access to HIV/AIDS care and treatment in resource-limited settings and she has worked to create and expand HIV treatment programs in eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa and in Thailand.
Contact info: lb2651@columbia.edu
MAY
UNSP Summer Reception
Date: Monday, May 3, 2010
Time & Location: TBA
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