Conference Agenda
Better peacekeeping: how to make the most of UN missions.
The conference starts at 09:30 and ends at 16:15. The provisional agenda is as follows:
Time Session
0930 Registration
1000 Introduction by Ewan Lawson on behalf of RUSI
Conference welcome by General Sir Gordon Messenger, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff and Ministry of Defence Gender Champion
1015 Session 1: “Better peacekeeping” or “people-centred”? What do these approaches mean and how can they be implemented?
- CHAIR: Dr Karin von Hippel, Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
- Hilde F. Johnson, former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS)
- Dr. David Curran, Research Fellow, University of Coventry
1140 Refreshment break
1200 Session 2. Folke Bernadotte memorial lecture: keynote speech
Major General (retired) Patrick Cammaert, former General Officer Commanding, East Division, United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), and the author of the Independent Special Investigation into the violence which occurred in Juba in 2016 and UNMISS response.
Chaired by Natalie Samarasinghe, Executive Director, UNA-UK
1315 Wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph, Whitehall
1345 Lunch
1430 Session 3: Dame Margaret Anstee memorial seminar: Leadership and accountability: how to improve trust and credibility in a context of ongoing allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse and a perceived failure to protect.
The session will be preceeded by a brief presentation by the Consulate-General of the Republic of Angola in memory of Dame Margaret Anstee.
- CHAIR: Christine Chinkin, Director of the Centre on Women, Peace and Security at the LSE.
- Nicola Dahrendorf, former Director/Senior Adviser on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Chief of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) Conduct and Discipline Team, Central African Republic
- Marsha Henry, Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security, LSE
- Fred Carver, Head of Policy, UNA-UK
1600 Closing remarks
Introduction by David Wardrop on behalf of UNA-Westminster
Tessy Antony, Princess of Luxembourg
1615 Close
Peacekeepers' Day memorial
The memorial service will take place during the lunch break of the conference. It will start at 13:00 at the Cenotaph in Whitehall. After the memorial service, the conference will resume at 14:30