The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) and the International Affairs Institute (IAI) in Rome, organised an International Conference entitled “Which “Crisis”? Understanding and Addressing Migration”. The event was organized within the framework of the New-Med, a research project developed by IAI, in cooperation with the OSCE, the German Marshall Fund (GMF) of the United States, Compagnia di San Paolo, and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
The conference was held in English, on Friday, 16 December 2016 at 09:45-16:00, at the Representation of the European Commission in Athens (2 Vas. Sofias Ave., ground floor).
You may find the agenda of the conference here.
Este documento analiza las diferencias existentes entre la realidad de los principales países del mundo y la imagen que proyectan al exterior, tanto en términos generales como en ámbitos específicos.
Am 7. November 2016 traf sich die Staatenwelt zur alljährlichen Debatte über die Reform des Sicherheitsrats der Vereinten Nationen (VN). Anders als zuvor konnte die Generalversammlung, in der diese Debatte geführt wurde, auf ein äußerst dynamisches Reformjahr zurückblicken: Zum 70. Jahrestag der VN-Charta 2015 hatte die Staatengemeinschaft nämlich erstmals einstimmig einen Text verabschiedet, der die zahlreichen Reformvorstellungen umfassend dokumentiert. Auf dessen Basis, so die Hoffnung, könne endlich über die Inhalte einer Neustrukturierung des Sicherheitsrats verhandelt werden. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei seine Erweiterung um neue Mitglieder. Auch hatten engagierte Staatengruppen, allen voran »Accountability, Coherence, Transparency« (ACT), Vorschläge für Verfahrensreformen unterbreitet. Ziele waren etwa ein Verhaltenskodex zum Gebrauch des Vetorechts und mehr Einfluss für die Generalversammlung bei der Wahl des Generalsekretärs. Diese Initiativen sind Anlass, die Aussichten für eine Reform des Sicherheitsrats neu zu bewerten und daraus Konsequenzen für Deutschlands Bemühungen darum zu ziehen.
United Nations Secretary-General-Designate António Guterres, Deputy Secretary-General-Designate Amina Mohammed, and members of the Secretary-General’s Transition Team met with civil society leaders in an event co-hosted by the International Peace Institute (IPI) and the United Nations Foundation at IPI on December 19, 2016.
The 90-minute meeting was the first gathering in what is meant to be the beginning of a constructive, ongoing working relationship between members of civil society and the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General.
Represented at the discussion, billed as “A Conversation with United Nations Secretary-General–designate António Guterres,” were organizations from the peace and security, human rights, humanitarian affairs, development, climate change, and gender equality sectors.
The meeting was held under the Chatham House Rule of non-attribution. Among the subjects discussed were:
Welcoming remarks were delivered by Adam Lupel, Vice-President of IPI, and Elizabeth Cousens, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the UN Foundation. Minh-Thu Pham, the Foundation’s Executive Director for Policy, moderated the discussion.
Mr. Guterres and Ms. Mohammed started off the conversation, and then after listening intently to the civil society proposals, they each gave closing remarks. Mr. Guterres, a former Prime Minister of Portugal and UN High Commissioner for Refugees, becomes Secretary-General, succeeding Ban Ki-Moon, on January 1, 2017.
You can read here the article on Greek foreign policy, which was written by Director General of ELIAMEP Dr Thanos Dokos. This commentary was published in the Greek daily Kathimerini on 15 December 2016 [in Greek].