Seminar 1 July 2010: UN Ideas That Changed the World
On Thursday 1st of July 2010 Groningen University will host a seminar to highlight the central findings from a decade-long research project about an institution that is regarded as central to human betterment, the United Nations. In spite of its achievements, the United Nations is continually under fire (literally and figuratively). While the Obama administration has changed the mood, multilateralism is still not the favored approach. Many pressing issues remain outside the UN and the G-20 represents a different kind of challenge. As Lenin said, "What is to be done?" The United Nations Intellectual History Project (UNIHP) provides some "good news."
This event takes place on the occasion of the launch of three books.
• UN Ideas That Changed the World is written by Richard Jolly, Louis Emmerij, and Thomas G. Weiss
• Nico Schrijver, Development without Destruction:The UN and Global Resource Management
• Thomas G. Weiss and Ramesh Thakur, Global Governance and the UN: An Unfinished Journey
It is both a pleasure and an honour to invite you to attend this special occasion.
Programme
16.00 Welcome by the Dean of the Law Faculty, Professor Leon Verstappen
16.05 Presentation by Professor Thomas Weiss and Dr. Louis Emmerij about the UNIHP project and oral history and of the book UN Ideas That Changed the World
16.30 Response by Professor Marcel Brus
16.40 Questions and Answers
17.00 Break
17.15 Presentation by Professor Nico Schrijver of the book Development without Destruction: The UN and Global Resource Management
17.30 Response by Prof. Jaap de Wilde
17.40 Questions and Answers
18.00 Drinks
The event is organized by the department of international law and the department of international relations of the University of Groningen in collaboration with the United Nations Organisation (NVVN), the Netherlands Society for International Affairs (NGIZ) and the Netherlands Society of International Law (NVIR).
Location: Senaatskamer, the Academy Building, Broerstraat 5, Groningen
Attendance: The event is open to all without charge.
| Last modified: | 04 July 2014 9.20 p.m. |
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