The UN in the Second Year of Ban Ki-moon's Leadership
Keynote Luncheon Speaker: Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro,
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
May 1, 2008 | New York, NY
Transcript
Briefings:
Ambassador Alejandro Wolff, US Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN
Kathleen Cravero, UN Assistant Secretary-General, UNDP Director of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, and Chair of UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict
Robert Orr, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning
Jane Holl Lute, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Officer-in-charge of the Department of Field Support
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WFPG Board Members with Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro
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Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro
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Morning Briefing Sessions
Session I: Current U.S.–UN Relations Under Ban Ki-Moon
Ambassador Alejandro Wolff
Deputy Permanent Representative, U.S. Mission to the UN
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Session II: The Crucial Role of Women in Rebuilding Society After Conflict
Kathleen Cravero
UN Assistant Secretary-General, UNDP Director of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, and
Chair of UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict
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Session III: The UN in the Second Year of Ban Ki-Moon’s Leadership
Robert Orr
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning
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Session IV: Challenges and Successes in UN Peacekeeping
Jane Holl Lute
UN Assistant Secretary-General and Officer-in-charge of the Department of Field Support
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From Left: Ambassador Alejandro Wolff, Kathleen Cravero, Dr. Robert Orr, and Jane Holl Lute
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Morning Briefing Sessions |
WFPG Board members and attendees during the
coffee break
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Maxine Isaacs and Melinda Blinken, co-sponsors
of the event
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Ambassador Wolff and event moderator,
Gillian Sorensen
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The morning briefing session room
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Vicki Assevero of Millennium Promise
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Maxine Isaacs thanking Ambassador Wolff
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Susan King of the Carnegie Corporation
of New York
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Indonesian Consul General Trie Edi Mulyani (left)
and attendees listening during a briefing session
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Austrian Consul General Brigitta Blaha during
the Q&A Session
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Attendees applauding a morning briefing speaker
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Luncheon Program |
Dr. Migiro with event co-sponsors, Maxine Isaacs
and Melinda Blinken
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Dr. Migiro with WFPG President
Patricia Ellis
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Maxine Isaacs
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Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro
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Maxine Isaacs thanking Dr. Migiro
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Ambassador Ochir Enkhtsetseg of Mongolia
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Peggy Blumenthal of the Institute of
International Education
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Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro and Event Moderator
Gillian Sorensen
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Barbara Rochman of the Women's City Club
of New York
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Ambassador Tina Intelmann of Estonia
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Kiyo Akasaka, UN Under-Secretary-General
for Communications and Public Information and
Susan King of the Carnegie Corporation of New York
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Kiyo Akasaka and Patricia Ellis
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The Women’s Foreign Policy Group would like to thank Maxine Isaacs and Melinda Blinken
for their support of the fourth annual WFPG UN Briefings and Luncheon
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