United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Trends and Lessons Learned

Kuva: UN Photo / JC McIlwaine

Friday 20.5.2016
Time: 09.00 -10.00 am
Venue: University of Helsinki Main Building, Aleksanterinkatu 5

Keynote lecture:
Ambassador Ibrahim Gambari, Former Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Africa

Panellists:         

Prof. Helena Ranta, Helsinki University
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Juha Kilpiä
          
Moderator: Katri Kulmuni, MP, Chair of UN Association of Finland

The event is open for everyone and free of charge, but registration is required (via link below).

About Ambassador Ibrahim Gambari

Ibrahim Gambari is the Founder and Chairman of the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development (SCDDD), a think-tank focused on conflict prevention and resolution as well as democratisation and development in Africa.

He is also the former Minister of External Affairs of Nigeria and served as the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations. Ibrahim Gambari has also acted as the Chairman of the United Nations Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations among many other positions at the UN.

Ibrahim Gambari received his PhD in International Relations at Columbia University after which he has taught at universities around the world. Currently he is the Chancellor at the Kwara State University in Nigeria. Ibrahim Gambari is also a recipient of several academic and national honours including the Commander of Federal Republic of Nigeria and Order of the Companion of the Oliver R. Tambo.

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