[29.09.09] The United Nations and Economic and Social Development
The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs [NUPI] has the great pleasure of inviting you to the conference
"THE UNITED NATIONS AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT:
PAST PERFORMANCE AND FUTURE CHALLENGES"
Major findings from the United Nations Intellectual History Project will be presented at this conference. The speakers will not only assess the development and implementation of UN ideas regarding sustainable economic development, human security and development policies, but also apply lessons learned to suggest ways in which the United Nations can play a fuller role in confronting the challenges of human survival with dignity in the 21st century.
Programme [10.00 – 14.00 ]
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Opening
Jan Egeland (Director of NUPI) -
Introduction "United Nations Intellectual History Project"
Sverre Lodgaard (Senior Researcher and former Director, NUPI)
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Presentation of The UN and Development: From Aid to Cooperation
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Olav Stokke (Senior Researcher, NUPI) - Comments by Alf Morten Jerve (Member, World Bank Inspection Panel) and Leiv Lunde (Senior Adviser, International Development and Human Rights Affairs, MFA)
- Lunch: light refreshments
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Presentation of UN Ideas that Changed the World
Louis Emmerij (Professor of Development Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the CUNY Graduate Center), Richard Jolly (Professor of Development Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the CUNY Graduate Center) and Thomas G. Weiss (Presidential Professor of Political Science, Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies)
- Reforming the UN – Where Did It All Go? A discussion between Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, Thomas G. Weiss and Jan Egeland
- Debate
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