[23.08.07] Democracy and Post-conflict

Seminar on the emphasis on democratic development and democratic rights in UN peacekeeping operations. The seminar is based on the NUPI Report Maximum or minimum? Policy opions for democratisation initiatives in UN Peace Operations, by Katarina Ammitzbøll and Stina Torjesen.

[28.06.07] The Security Council and Darfur

Seminar with Ambassador Colin Keating on the role of the Security Council in Darfur.

[04.05.07] The Role of the UN – Reflections on Iraq, Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Seminar with Professor Ramesh Thakur, the University of Waterloo in Canada, on Iraq, Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction. The lecture is based on Professor Thakur's book War in Our Time

[25.01.07] Reintegration of child soldiers

Presentation of the NUPI Report A Childhood Lost by Kristen Gislesen. The Report examines the challenges of achieving successful disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) of child soldiers, with reference to DDR processes in West Africa, and suggests how such problems can be overcome.