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JANUARY
Networking Event with SIPA Alumni at the UN
Date: January 28, 2011
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: IAB 15th Floor
FEBRUARY
UNSPWG General Meeting
Date: February 7, 2011
Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Location: IAB Room 411
A Week of Women’s Events
Gender Mainstreaming at the Asian Development Bank: An Insider's Perspective
Date: Monday, February 28, 2011
Time: 1:00-2:30pm
Location:
International Affairs Building, Room 1512
Presented by the Economic and Political Development Concentration
NYC Career Series: Gender Policy Panel
Date: Monday, February 28, 2011
Time: 6:00 – 7:30pm
Location:
International Affairs Building, Room1512
Presented by Office of Career Services, sign up on SIPALink
Screening of the film Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Time:
8:10 pm
Location:
International Affairs Building, Room 418
Presented by the UN Women and Gender Task Force
A Conversation with Michelle Bachelet
Date:
March 2, 2011
Time:
6pm-8pm
Location:
International Affairs Building, Room1501
Presented by the UN Studies Program
MARCH
A Culture of Peace:
A roundtable discussion with Ambassador Chowdhury
Date: March 30, 2011
Time: 3:30pm – 5:30pm
Location: IAB Room 1512
APRIL
Happy Happy Joy Joy Hour
Date: April 1, 2011
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00om
Location: 1020 Bar
Film Screening: SERGIO
Date: April 4, 2011
Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Location: IAB Room 901
UNSPWG General Meeting
Date: April 5, 2001
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: IAB Room 404
UN Studies Program: A Day at the UN Panel and Reception
Date: April 6, 2011
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: IAB Room 1501
Haiti One Year On: Benchmarks and Expectations
Date: April 11, 2011
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: IAB Room 1501
Listen to a recording of the event on UN Radio!
Panelists:
- Patrick Hein, UN DPKO Europe and Latin America Division
- Shonta Collins, Explorers Sans Frontieres
- Alex Fischer, Columbia University Earth Institute Haiti Team
Côte d’Ivoire: The Test for Collective Security and Democratic Identity in West Africa
Date: April 15, 2011
Time: 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Chazen Lounge, Room 701 Jerome Greene Hall
Panelists:
- Ambassador Youssoufou Bamba, Ivoirian Ambassador to the United Nations
- Matt Wells, Human Rights Watch
- Arthur Boutellis, International Peace Institute, Modem
- Betum-Lawson, United Nations Department of Political Affairs
Brownbag lunch with UN Human Resources
Date: April 20, 2011
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: IAB Room 411
Overview of recent changes to UN hiring procedures and the Young Professionals Program.
Fall 2010
SEPTEMBER
The MDGs: Can We Reach the Promise?
Date: Thursday, September 16, 2010
Time:
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015
A panel discussion, followed by a reception
Speakers:
- Kandeh K Yumkella, Director General of UNIDO
- Nafis Sadik, Special Advisor of the Secretary General on HIV/Aids and former Executive Director of UNFPA
- Jomo Sundaram, Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
- Rebeca Grynspan, Associate Administrator, UNDP
- Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning, Executive Office of the Secretary General
Moderated by Prof. Elisabeth Lindenmayer, Director, UN Studies Program
UNSPWG: First General Meeting
Date: Monday, September 27, 2010
Time: 8pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 410
Come learn more about our plans for the coming year, hear about the
different ways you can participate with the United Nations, get involved in
our activities, and find out more about the SIPA New Media Task Force.
The UNSPWG builds bridges between SIPA and the UN creating great ground for cooperation as well as both academic and career development opportunities
for its members.
Pizza and refreshments will be served with elegance. All students are welcome!
OCTOBER
UNSP: Negotiating Consent: The Experience of
United Nations Missions in Africa
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: Faculty House, Presidential Rooms 2 and 3
Sponsored by the Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR) and the United Nations Studies Program (UNSP)
Speakers:
- Youssef Mahmoud, Special Representative for the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)
- Jean-Marie Guehenno, Director, CICR
- Elisabeth Lindemayer, Director, UNSP
More information on CICR can be found here.
Ambassador Lunches
Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010
Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Location: Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the UN at 633 Third Avenue, 27th Floor
The Director of the UN Studies Program, Professor Elisabeth Lindenmayer, is pleased to announce the next Working Lunch with UN Ambassadors hosted by the Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the UN and President of the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statue of the ICC, Ambassador Christian Wenaweser on the subject of:
The International Criminal Court (ICC): Recent Developments
The purpose of these lunches is to give SIPA students access to the current thinking of the UN's diplomatic community on specific issues, while at the same time providing UN Ambassadors the opportunity to hear students' views and perspectives on topic of mutual concern and interest. It is meant to continue strengthening the relationship between the United Nations and SIPA and create an ongoing dialogue between the world of international politics and academia
10 Years of Women, Peace and Security
Date: Monday, October 25, 2010
Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1501
In order to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) and in advance of the Security Council Ministerial Meeting the following day
Speakers:
- Atul Khare, Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations, who went to investigate the recent mass rapes in Eastern Congo, will address the issue of protection.
- Judy Cheng-Hopkins, Assistant Secretary General for Peace Building Support to the Peace Building Commission, and SIPA Alumna.
- Barbara Crossette, former NYT Foreign Correspondent and journalist. She recently traveled to 7 countries (Liberia, Uganda, Bosnia, Timor-Leste, the Palestinian West Bank, Jordan (to meet with Iraqi) and Haiti) to interview women and prepare a field survey on how things look "out there" 10 years after 1325. She will talk about what she heard, saw and wrote.
- Betty Achan Ogwaro, Chairperson of Sudanese Women Forum of Darfur /Southern Sudan affiliated with Femmes Africa Solidarity. She is the first and only woman participating in a peace process with the LRA.
- Yuergen Heissel, from the Austrian Mission. He will give the perspectives of the Security Council.
Moderated by Prof. Elisabeth Lindenmayer, Director of the UNSP
Visit to the Security Council
"Peace and Security in Africa-Support for AU peacekeeping"
Date: Friday, October 22, 2010
Time: 10am
"Women and peace and Security-Res.1325. Tenth Anniversary"
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Time: 10am
The 10th anniversary of resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.
The Director of the United Nations Studies Program, Professor Elysabeth Lindenmayer, will bring students to debates at the UN Security Council.
The Foreign Minister of Uganda will preside. The newly appointed head of UN women, Michelle Bachelet (former President of Chile) will brief the Council. Hillary Clinton is expected to attend as well as many other Foreign Ministers.
UNSPWG: Energy Access Task Force First General Meeting
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Time: 6:15pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 501
We are looking forward to meeting students to discuss issues surrounding
Global Energy Access and to gauge student’s interests and suggestions for
future panels, initiatives and research opportunities within this space
where development and energy overlap.
The Energy Access Task Force will be headed by Megan Rapp (MIA 2011),
Andrea Griffin (MIA 2011), and Snezhina Kovacheva (MPA 2011).
Refreshments will be served!
Peer Insights Working for UNDP: Brown Bag Lunch
with SIPA alumna, Teohna Williams
Date: Monday, October 25, 2010
Time: 1:00 pm- 2:00 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 901
If you are interested in working at the UN, then join SIPA alumna, Teohna Williams, a former UNSP Program Assistant, to discuss her experiences working for the UN, including UNDP country offices (Haiti, ...).
Pizza and refreshments will be served.
NOVEMBER
UNSP: Visit to the Security Council
Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Time: 9:30am
The Director of the United Nations Studies Program, Professor Elysabeth Lindenmayer, will take students to: A Major Debate on Sudan under the UK Presidency
The meeting will be at the Ministerial level and will be chaired by Foreign Secretary Hague. Other Foreign Ministers have indicated that they will attend. Special Representative of the Secretary General, Menkerios and Joint Special Representative Gambari (SIPA alumnus!) will most likely brief by VTC.
A Day at the UN: A View From Inside
Date: Monday, November 22, 2010
Time: 10:00am
Location: UN Security Council
The Director of the United Nations Studies Program, Professor Elysabeth Lindenmayer, will take students to the debate on: "The Protection of Civilians" at the UN Security Council.
Briefers Include:
- USG Amos, OCHA
- USG Le Roy, Peacekeeping
- Ms. Navi Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Mr. Yves Daccord, Director General of the ICRC
There are already 20 requests to speak under rule 37 and 39 of the Council, and more are expected.
Students must be at the UN by 9:15am to go through security in order to meet the group and Professor Lindenmayer at the visitor's desk by 9:30am at the latest. No late arrivals will be permitted to enter the meeting. In addition:
- Professional attire is required (no blue jeans)
- Students who arrive late must not try to enter the meeting -- the group must enter together with Professor Lindenmayer.
- No chewing gum
- Please refrain from talking while in the meeting
- Those students who are unable to stay for the entire meeting may leave quietly during the session if necessary
UNSPWG: DevInfo Training
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 407
The UN Studies Program Working Group & The New Media Task Force present:
Christina J. Irene, a representative from the joint UNICEF/DevInfo programme, along with the Fall 2010 DevInfo Interns, will present an introduction to the DevInfo data management system. DevInfo is used by institutions such as the United Nations, World Economic Forum, African Development Bank (AfDB), and National Statistics Offices (NSOs) in over 130 countries. This session will be interactive and hands-on, so please bring your laptops.
DevInfo is a database system endorsed by the UN for monitoring human development. It is a tool for organizing, storing and presenting data in a uniform way to facilitate data sharing at the country level across government departments, UN agencies and development partners.
Please visit www.devinfo.org or click here to see a video and learn more about DevInfo. The DevInfo Team is also looking for interns for the Spring 2011 semester.
FREE LUNCH PROVIDED.
If you are interested in participating in Columbia’s DevInfo Fall 2010
Event , please RSVP to: Christina J. Irene at cir @ devinfo.info
Christina J. Irene is the Technical Advisor of the DevInfo Support Group (DSG), a joint programme of the United Nations (www.devinfo.org). Before joining DSG, Ms. Irene worked in the monitoring and evaluation division at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Prior to that she was a consultant in the program development department at the Clinton Foundation, and has spent time working abroad in places such as Argentina after graduate school, and in the Dominican Republic during Peace Corps. Ms. Irene holds a Masters in International Affairs and Socioeconomic Development and a BA in International Studies.
DECEMBER
UNSPWG: U.N. Women and Gender Task Force 1st Meeting
Date: Thursday, December 2, 2010
Time: 6:15pm - 7:15pm
Location: Room 326, in the library
The UN Women and Gender Task Force wants address and observe several issues pertaining to Women and Gender within the UN system, both internally and programmatically. Specifically how the UN is addressing women’s issue throughout the world and women’s issues and employment within the UN system itself.
Some projects they have in mind for the coming semesters:
- Lunch with women working within the UN (all level employees)
- Panel with High Level women working in the UN
- Event on Women Peacekeepers (we will start working on this one right away)
A large focus will be to work with faculty to develop gender focused workshops that can be pitched to the UN and its partner agencies. We will begin generating ideas on this as soon as possible.
Please contact: Zara Rapoport or Ashley Skiles to get on the mailing list and find out more about the group
UNSPWG: Networking Happy Hour with New Media Task Force
Date: Thursday, December 2, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Haakon’s Hall, 1187 Amsterdam Ave
Ever since the NMTF branched off to form our own student group, we have
missed our friends in UNSPWG. Please join both groups in taking a break from finals before they come into full force! It will be an opportunity to see old friends and make new ones in an informal setting. We hope to see you there!
UNSP: UN Studies Program Holiday Party
Date: Thursday, December 9, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: International Affairs Building,
Room 802
The UN Studies Program cordially invites you to our annual Holiday Party. Join us for wine and cheese to celebrate the holiday season and conclude a busy semester full of exciting UN-related events and activities.
UNSP: A Debriefing on the Cancun Climate Talks 2010
Date: Monday, December 13, 2010
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Location: International Affairs Building, Room 1512
The Alliance Program, the Sustainable Development Doctoral Society and the
United Nations Studies Program present a seminar with Scott Barrett (Columbia University) and Laurence Tubiana (Sciences Po), Moderated by Elisabeth Lindenmayer, Director, UN Studies Program at SIPA
This event is open to the public. Please RSVP to mj2412@columbia.edu
A light lunch will be served
The 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Cancun,
Mexico, from November 29 to December 10, 2010. This summit, referred to as
16th Conference of the Parties (COP16), is part of a series of international
talks attempting to address global warming by limiting greenhouse gas emissions. The objective of this summit is to work on a global agreement to
succeed the Kyoto protocol after the talks at Copenhagen last year failed to
replace it (the Kyoto Protocol came into force in 2005 and set binding
targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for
reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2012). Professor Laurence Tubiana and
Professor Scott Barrett will discuss expectations and outcomes of COP16.
Professor Scott Barrett is the Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural
Resource Economics at the School of International and Public Affairs
(SIPA)and the Earth Institute. He was previously a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Professor Laurence Tubiana is the founder and director of the Institute for
Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) and a Professor
at Sciences Po, Paris. This semester, she is the Alliance Visiting Professor
at Columbia University. Professor Tubiana follows and participates in the
international negotiations on climate change, in which IDDRI is highly
involved.
The Alliance Program is a partnership between Columbia University and
three French universities, the Ecole Polytechnique, Sciences Po and the
Universite Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne. For further information please visit: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/alliance
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