24 February 2009

London

Film Screening & Panel Discussion: "Shake Hands with the Devil"

Time Magazine, One and International Crisis Group are co-sponsoring a screening of director Roger Spottiswoode's film "Shake Hands with the Devil" at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). The film, which is based on Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire's account of the Rwandan Genocide will be followed by a discussion between a panel containing Donald Steinberg (International Crisis Group's Deputy President), Lord Malloch-Brown (Minister for Africa, Asia & the UN) & Bob Geldof. The panel will be chaired by Simon Robinson (Senior Editor, Time Europe).

25 November 2008

London

Annual Reform Club Dinner

Speakers:  Lord Patten of Barnes, Lord Ashdown of Norton-Sub-Hamdon and General Sir David Richards

This annual event brings together eminent business and policy leaders to discuss the challenges faced by the international community and corporate world in 2009. It is our honour to have as keynote speakers Lord Patten of Barnes, Lord Ashdown of Norton-Sub-Hamdon and General Sir David Richards; whose combined insight and experience is set to make the evening as stimulating and thought-provoking as ever.

Also in attendance will be senior representatives from our field operations and a number of current Board and Council Members.

Kindly hosted by Mr Elliott Kulick.

30 October 2008

New York

Day at the United Nations for President’s Council members

Hosts: Gareth Evans, Crisis Group President and Ambassador Thomas Pickering, Crisis Group co-Chair

Members of our President’s Council, Gareth Evans and Tom Pickering will meet with several U.N. Ambassadors and U.N. officials to introduce Council members to the work of the United Nations and how the Crisis Group, as a non-governmental organization, interfaces with it. The schedule this year includes meetings with the Permanent Representatives from Georgia, Iran, France and the United Kingdom, as well as a lunch in the Delegate’s Dining Room with Nicholas Haysom, Director of Political, Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Affairs in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General. Topics throughout the day may cover U.N. peacekeeping, reform, the Russia/Georgia conflict, Iran and nuclear proliferation, and general information on the United Nations. A similar event was held in 2006 to great success, and this promises to be a fascinating day.

21 October 2008

New York

Russia and the New Geopolitical Landscape

Host: Board Member George Soros

Speakers: Mr. George Soros, Board Member Dr. Les Gelb, Crisis Group Caucasus Project Director Mr. Lawrence Sheets

Crisis Group Board member George Soros generously hosted a dinner discussion at his residence on the topic of the Russia/Georgia conflict and the resultant shift in the geopolitical landscape post-conflict. About 40 people joined our speakers and Crisis Group staff in a lively discussion and question and answer session discussing the Russian position on the conflict; the effect that the conflict in Georgia has had on the reputation of the Russian leadership and population in the eyes of the global community; the situation on the ground and the Georgian perspective; the strength and sway of the United States in Georgia and in Russia; and what a new administration will mean for U.S.-Russia relations and for U.S. influence in the former Soviet bloc. Dr. Les Gelb spoke to the contemporary Russian psyche and what effect this has on their foreign policy and Putin’s power over the country. They also discussed the priorities of the international community and the United States in recognizing Russia as an economic and world power and the impetus behind Russia’s behavior both in domestic matters and in international affairs. George Soros, drawing on his experience in the early 1990’s encouraging democratic government in the former Soviet bloc gave a contrasting view on the desire for democracy in Russia. Lawrence Sheets, based in Tbilisi, also gave background on the political tensions that resulted in the outbreak of violence and outlined the lead-up to the confrontation between Russian and Georgian troops in August.

8 October 2008

New York

Engaging with Africa:  Through a Glass Clearly

Host: International Advisory Council Members Stanley and Edward Bergman

Speaker: Ambassador Donald Steinberg, Deputy President, International Crisis Group

Stanley and Edward Bergman host a breakfast to discuss the new role of Africa in the US-African relationship and the new lens through which the West much view the continent.

For more than three decades, U.S. economic, security and diplomatic engagement with Africa has been filtered through distorting prisms, including the Cold War, post-colonialism, the so-called “African Renaissance,” humanitarian disasters, seemingly endless conflict and the counter-terrorism effort.  By contrast, the real U.S. relationship with Africa has grown tremendously, as reflected in record levels of trade, investment, and assistance.  With a new administration set to take over in Washington in January 2009, the time has come to reconsider the programs and policies that govern the American/African relationship at the official level, as well as the links between U.S. and African business and civil society.  This review must see Africa for what it is: a continent of immense opportunity for enhanced ties with the United States but also a continent facing equally immense problems of governance, conflict and socio-economic deprivation.

26 September 2008

New York

Breakfast Briefing: The Responsibility to Protect:   Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All

Speakers: Gareth Evans

The International Crisis Group and Sherman & Sterling LLP are hosting a breakfast briefing on Gareth Evans' new book  The Responsibility to Protect:   Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All. For information on the book, please see the paragraph on the launch itself, below.

22 September 2008

London

BOOK LAUNCH and Panel Discussion "The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All"

Chair: Dr Dana Allin, Senior Fellow for Transatlantic Affairs.

Speakers: Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group; Co-Chair, International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2001); former Foreign Minister of Australia, Lord Patten of Barnes, Co-Chair, International Crisis Group; Chancellor, Oxford University; former European Commissioner for External Relations and Governor of Hong Kong, Lord Hannay of Chiswick, Former UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Special Representative for Cyprus, and Member of the UN High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change (2004)

The International Institute for Strategic Studies invites you to the London launch of, and a discussion on, Gareth Evans’s new book on “the responsibility to protect”. This is the concept initiated in 2001 by the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, and adopted by the UN in 2005, following  the failure of earlier rallying cries like “humanitarian intervention” to generate an effective consensual international response to mass atrocity crimes in Rwanda, Bosnia and elsewhere.

In his book Evans argues that the primary responsibility for protecting its own people from mass atrocity crimes lies with the state itself, but state sovereignty implies responsibility, not a license to kill. When a state is unwilling or unable to halt or avert such crimes, the wider international community then has a collective responsibility to take action. R2P was unanimously adopted by the UN General Assembly at the 2005 World Summit. But many misunderstandings persist about its scope and limits.

19 September 2008

New York City

"Never Again!": Looking at Cambodia, Rwanda and the Responsibility to Protect

Host: International Advisory Member Ed Bachrach

Speakers: Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group; Fabienne Hara, Vice President, Multilateral Affairs, International Crisis Group

The International Crisis Group and International Advisory Council member Ed Bachrach will host a lunch to discuss the Responsibility to Protect doctrine, looking at the case studies of Cambodia and Rwanda.

Gareth Evans and Fabienne Hara will discuss R2P, how the International Crisis Group has played a role in the expansion of this idea and how Crisis Group interfaces with the United Nations and other international actors in both the context of R2P and in the field of conflict prevention.

17 September 2008    

New York City

BOOK LAUNCH The Responsibility to Protect:   Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All

Chair: Edward C. Luck, Senior Vice President and Director of Studies, IPI

Speakers: Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire, Gareth Evans and Executive Director of the GCR2P, Mónica Serrano.

The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, the International Crisis Group and the International Peace Institute are hosting a book launch to celebrate Gareth Evans’s new book The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All. Published by the Brookings Institute Press, the book examines the Responsibility to Protect doctrine. 

The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) captures a simple and powerful idea. The primary responsibility for protecting its populations from mass atrocity crimes lies with the state itself. State sovereignty implies responsibility, not a license to kill.   R2P was unanimously adopted by the UN General Assembly at the 2005 World Summit. But many misunderstandings persist about its scope and limits. And much remains to be done to solidify political support and to build institutional capacity. The book examines how big a break R2P represents from the past, and how, with its acceptance in principle and effective application in practice, the promise of "Never again!" can at last become a reality

16 September 2008

New York City

Cocktail Reception: The Responsibility to Protect:   Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All

Speakers: Gareth Evans

The International Crisis Group and one of our generous International Advisory Council members is hosting a cocktail reception in anticipation of Gareth Evans' book launch for his new book  The Responsibility to Protect:   Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All. For information on the book, please see the paragraph on the launch itself, below.

26 June 2008

New York City

Maitre Beye: A Day of Remembrance

The International Crisis Group co-hosted a program dedicated to the life and work of Former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the peace process in Angola, Alioune Blondin Beye, and the other men of peace who died in a plane crash in Abidjan on 26 June 1998:


KOFFI ADJOYI

ALVARO COSTA

BAENDEGAR DESSANDE

AMADOU MOCTAR GUEYE

JASON HUNTER

ANDREW MCCURRAH

IBIKUNLE WILLIAMS 

05 June 2008    

New York City

Making the Case for Security Council Resolution 1325: Catalysing Support for Full Implementation through Research and Advocacy

Crisis Group co-hosted this all-day conference with the International Women Leaders Global Security Initiative and in partnership with the Council of Women World Leaders, the White House Project and Women Leaders International Forum.

Generously hosted by DLA Piper US LLP, the morning session began with presentations covering the goals of the conference. Carla Koppell started with a talk about accountability mechanisms for SCR1325, Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda followed with recommendations for practical implementation, and Sanam Naraghi Anderlini finished with research and advocacy methods associated with Resolution 1325.

The afternoon rounded out the conference with working group discussions and an in-depth analysis of the next steps necessary for moving forward the implementation of SCR1325 within the UN system and throughout peacekeeping dialogues.

01 May 2008    

New York City

Breakfast Briefing with Samina Ahmed

On 1 May Crisis Group South Asia Project Director Samina Ahmed led a breakfast briefing on the current political and social situation in Pakistan.

Generously hosted by White & Case LLP, Samina covered the events leading up to and the aftermath of Musharraf’s declaration of emergency rule. She also discussed the importance of establishing the Rule of Law within the country to the future of democracy, and spoke to the average citizen’s desire for a democratic government, demonstrated in the recent Presidential elections when, even after Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, a great number of citizen’s cast their votes. She maintained that the country's best hope was the strengthening of the coalition government formed, making clear that the fragile agreement was key to the stability of Pakistan.

30 April 2008    

New York City

The Annual Award Luncheon 2008

The International Crisis Group honored the following award recipients:

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for outstanding leadership in democracy in democracy, development and peacebuilding in Africa

Martti Ahtisaari for outstanding contributions to conflict prevention and resolution in Europe, Asia and Africa

Samina Ahmed for outstandingly competent and courageous service to the International Crisis Group in Pakistan and Afghanistan

13 February 2008    

New York City

Hosts: White & Case LLP, International Crisis Group

Lead Speaker: Crisis Group President Gareth Evans

Generously hosted by White & Case LLP, Crisis Group President Gareth Evans gave a briefing on the post-election Crisis in Kenya, followed by a question and answer session. The discussion shed light on the precarious political climate in the country as well as the rigged 27 December Presidential elections. He also discussed both the short-term effects and long-term consequences of the political, social, and economic unrest that Kenya and the East African region, of which it was the cornerstone, now faces.

14 December 2007    

New York City

Hosts: White & Case LLP, International Crisis Group

Lead Speaker: Ambassador Frank Wisner

On 14 December, the International Crisis Group and White & Case LLP co-hosted a discussion with Ambassador Frank Wisner, Special Representative of the US Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, on the effort to reach a negotiated settlement on Kosovo’s future status. Ambassador Wiser reviewed the rationale behind the US-EU-Russian Troika process and presented the conclusions of the Troika report, as submitted to the UN Security Council in early December. He argued that conditional independence "within a matter of weeks, not months" was the only realistic option – all others had been exhausted by the Troika – while outlining the stress points (Serbia, Bosnia, and Russia) that would require a carefully balanced US-EU approach.

14 November 2007    

London

Hosts: Gareth Evans and Christopher Patten

A reception and dinner will allow to introduce the work of Crisis Group to a select group of leading members of London’s business and financial institutions and to discuss key foreign policy issues facing the international community. The Guest of honour will be Mark Malloch Brown, Minister for Africa, Asia and the United Nations.

Gareth Evans
Crisis Group President and CEO
Former Foreign Minister of Australia

Lord Patten of Barnes
Crisis Group Co-Chairman
Chancellor of Oxford and Newcastle Universities
Former European Commissioner for External Relations

Guest of Honour:

Lord Malloch-Brown KCMG, PC
Minister for Africa, Asia and the United Nations
Former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

14 November 2007    

New York City

International Crisis Group hosted a working lunch with U.S. Ambassador-at-Large and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Mark Lagon, to discuss the interplay between trafficking in persons and conflict. The discussion focused on his approach toward the prevention of trafficking and his plans for the position he assumed at the end of May 2007. Participants included senior representatives from NGOs and UN agencies who work in various capacities in the human trafficking field in New York, as well as potential Crisis Group donors.

Ambassador Lagon described trafficking as "modern-day slavery", and discussed the links between trafficking and conflict around the world, noting that trafficking expands when rule-of-law and social order break down. Making clear that action and advocacy are required for the prevention and prosecution of human trafficking, Ambassador Lagon went on to discuss the challenges faced by the US government, the international community, multilateral actors and NGOs in eliciting compliance and cooperation from countries involved in human trafficking.

We raised with Ambassador Lagon our concern over the politicization within the US government of the anti-trafficking effort, noting that sanctions have gone ahead on Burma, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Venezuela, but have been waived on close allies of the United States. We also raised concerns over the strong emphasis given to faith-based agencies in allocating US government funds for anti-trafficking, and over the difficulties experienced by victims of human trafficking in their attempts to bring their abusers to justice, even in the United States.

07 November 2007    

New York City

International Crisis Group co-hosted a roundtable discussion on "Iraq and the Responsibility to Protect" at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at the City University of New York, the institution that will house the new Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. The program featured presentations by Gareth Evans, Juan Mendez of the International Center for Transitional Justice, and Crisis Group Deputy Program Director of the Middle East and North Africa program Joost Hiltermann.

The three speakers addressed the conflict in Iraq by examining the extent to which Iraq represents a current or potential case for international engagement to prevent genocide and other mass atrocities. The discussion, which included senior UN officials and Ambassadors and high-level NGO players, focused on how to operationalize the R2P concept in real world cases, whether the world will accept that the same Coalition forces that have been involved in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein are now to help prevent mass atrocities, and the interplay between transitional justice and R2P prevention. This meeting served as the first GCR2P event in anticipation of the official launching of the center early next year.

26 October 2007    

New York City

International Crisis Group and the Project on Justice in Times of Transition are co-hosting a full-day program at the German mission in New York on means of enhancing senior leadership at the United Nations with respect to conflict resolution, peacekeeping and post-conflict reconstruction. The emphasis will be on efforts to recruit, train and mentor high-quality personnel for such positions as special representatives of the Secretary General, including enhancing the number of women and individuals from developing countries in these leadership positions. Participants will include senior officials from the United Nations, UN member states, and non-governmental organizations. Moderators for the panels include Donald Steinberg, Vice President at Crisis Group; Robert Pulver from the Office for Rule of Law and Security Institutions at the UN peacekeeping department; and Michele Brandt, Director of Inter-Peace New York. 

20 October 2007    

New York City

International Crisis Group is co-hosting with the United Nations University a full-day program on global efforts to prevent the outbreak of genocide and mass atrocities. Panelists will include the UN Secretary General’s Special Advisor on Preventing Genocide, the Undersecretary General for Peacekeeping and other senior UN and civil society figures, Gareth Evans will give the keynote address and Donald Steinberg will serve as overall moderator.

09 October 2007    

New York City

Briefing on the Current Situation in Nepal with Crisis Group Senior Analyst Rhoderick Chalmers

Lead Speaker: Rhoderick Chalmers

Co-hosted by the Swiss Mission to the United Nations, Crisis Group Senior Analyst Rhoderick Chalmers introduces our new report on Nepal, "Nepal’s fragile peace process", and discusses the current political and social situation in the country, the prospects for securing a permanent end to civil strife and the influence that it has on the atmosphere of the entire region.

05 October 2007    

New York City

Women's Leadership in Conflict Resolution by the United Nations

Lead Speaker: Swanee Hunt

International Crisis Group hosts Ambassador Swanee Hunt for a roundtable discussion on ways to enhance the leadership roles for women within the UN system. Participants include senior officials from the UN itself, NGO activists for gender equality and UN country missions. This luncheon meeting aims to highlight the challenges women face in the international forum of conflict prevention and resolution, and to invigorate conversation about opening avenues of support and modes of action to women in the United Nations and beyond. The discussion uses as a base Ambassador Hunt’s recent Foreign Affairs article "Let Women Rule".

14 September 2007

New York City

Gender equality in international affairs – the unfinished agenda. An afternoon with Noeleen Heyzer.

Noeleen Heyzer is leaving her position as Executive Director of UNIFEM (UN Development Fund for Women) for a position with ESCAP (UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific). At this event, Ms Heyzer will reflect on her six years with UNIFEM and the unfinished business of promoting gender equality and safeguarding the status of women in international conflict solutions. Crisis Group initiated this event and is honoured to co-host it.

This event is also co-hosted by the NGOs Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, the Initiative for Inclusive Security and the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children.

20 March 2007

New York City 

2007 Award Luncheon

Crisis Group honored three outstanding international figures:

George J. Mitchell
Chairman's Award
For his role as inaugural Chairman of Crisis Group and distinguished international public service
Stephen J. Solarz
President's Award
For his role in the creation of Crisis Group and distinguished contributions to international policy
Nicholas D. Kristof
Fred Cuny Award for the Prevention of Deadly Conflict
For outstanding creative and effective journalism forcing attention on forgotten or neglected conflicts

22 January 2007

Brussels

Towards a Comprehensive Settlement for Darfur
International Conference

This International Conference assembled a distinguished group of contributors from the UN, the AU, the EU, European governments and NATO to assess three key issues:

• how to bring security to the people of Darfur;
• how to revive the political process to achieve a sustainable peace agreement; and
• how to support social reconciliation and the "Darfur-Darfur" dialogue.

Crisis Group's co-hosts for the event were:

• The European Policy Center
• Save Darfur Coalition

4 January 2007

New York City 

God Grew Tired of Us
Film Screening & Panel Discussion

Suliman Baldo
Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Program, The International Center for Transitional Justice
John Bul Dau
Founder, Duk Lost Boys Clinic and the American Care for Sudan Foundation
Director, Sudan Project for Direct Change
John Prendergast
Senior Adviser, Crisis Group
Christopher Quinn
Producer and Director, God Grew Tired of Us
Gayle Smith
Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

Crisis Group's co-hosts for this event were:

• Center for American Progress
• The International Center for Transitional Justice

4 December 2006
London

Lord Patten of Barnes
Crisis Group Co-Chairman
Chancellor of Oxford and Newcastle Universities
Former European Commissioner for External Relations
Gareth Evans
Crisis Group President and CEO 

This event was generously hosted by Elliott F. Kulick, Deputy Chair of Crisis Group's International Advisory Council and Chairman of Pegasus International.

The Responsibility to Protect: Engaging America
Conference

Keynote Speakers:

Lloyd Axworthy
President, University of Winnipeg
Gareth Evans
President and CEO, International Crisis Group
Luis Moreno-Ocampo
Prosecutor, International Criminal Court

Other speakers included:

Cherif Bassiouni
Distinguished Research Professor of Law at DePaul University College of Law and President Emeritus of its International Human Rights Law Institute
Marshall Bouton
President, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Richard H. Cooper
Convenor, R2P Coalition
David Devlin-Foltz
Director, Global Interdependence Initiative, the Aspen Institute
Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Head, United Nations Department for Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO)
Colin Keating
Executive Director, Security Council Report
Mary Page
Director, Human Rights and International Justice, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
David Scheffer
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law Director, Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University School of Law
Adele Simmons
President, Global Philanthropy Partnership
Nancy Soderberg
Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the University of Northern Florida
Donald Steinberg
Vice-President for Multilateral Affairs and Director of the New York Office, International Crisis Group

Crisis Group's co-hosts for this event were:

• Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University-School of Law
• General Welfare Group
• International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University
• The Chicago Council on Global Affairs

30 October 2006
Brussels

Inger Buxton
Crisis Management and Conflict Prevention Unit, European Commission
Nicholas Grono
Vice-President (Advocacy and Operations), International Crisis Group
John Kotsopoulos
European Policy Centre
Michael Matthiessen
Personal Representative of the Secretary General/High Representative for Human Rights, Council of the European Union
Juan E. Mendez
UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, and President of the International Center for Transitional Justice, New York
Johanna Suurpaa
Chair of the Human Rights Working Group Party

This event was hosted by European Policy Centre and International Center for Transitional Justice

25 October 2006
New York City

Betty Bigombe
Senior Fellow U.S. Institute of Peace and Senior Consultant Protection Sector
Former Ugandan Government Minister and Peace Negotiator
Leymah Gbowee
Executive Director, Women in Peacebuilding Network Africa
Noeleen Heyzer
Executive Director, UNIFEM
Swanee Hunt
Director, Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Donald Steinberg
Vice-President, International Crisis Group
Former United States Ambassador to Angola

Crisis Group's co-hosts for this event were:
• Initiative for Inclusive Security
• NGO Working Group of Women, Peace and Security
• The Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children
• UNIFEM

25 October 2006
New York City

Betty Bigombe
Senior Fellow U.S. Institute of Peace and Senior Consultant Social Protection Sector
Former Ugandan Government Minister and Peace Negotiator
Breyten Breytenbach
Distinguished Global Professor in Creative Writing, New York University
Swanee Hunt
Director, Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Sally Merry
Professor of Anthroplogy and Law and Society, New York University
Mishkat Al Moumin
Founding Member, Iraq Interim Government Ministry of Environmental Affairs
Former Director of Women's Issues, Free Iraq Foundation
Donald Steinberg
Vice-President, International Crisis Group
Former United States Ambassador to Angola

Crisis Group's co-hosts for this event were:
• Africa House at New York University
• Initiative for Inclusive Security
• NGO Working Group of Women, Peace and Security
• The Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children
• UNIFEM
• Wagner School, New York University

25 October 2006
New York City

19 October 2006
New York City

19 October 2006
New York City

Karim Sadjadpour
Crisis Group Iran Analyst

Michael Gordon
Chief Military Correspondent, The New York Times
Co-author of Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq

This event was generously hosted by Enzo Viscusi

Karim Sadjadpour
Crisis Group Iran Analyst

This event was generously hosted by Clifford Chance LLP

Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt
United States Central Command

The breakfast event was generously hosted by Shearman & Sterling LLP
The lunch event was generously hosted by Clifford Chance LLP

Gareth Evans
Crisis Group President and CEO

Gareth Evans
Crisis Group President and CEO

This event was generously hosted by Richard H. Cooper

Gareth Evans
Crisis Group President and CEO

This event was generously hosted by Clifford Chance LLP

Richard A. Clarke
Former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counterterrorism, National Security Council
Author of Against All Enemies and The Scorpion’s Gate

This event was generously hosted by Ezra Zilkha

Samina Ahmed
Crisis Group South Asia Project Director

This event was generously hosted by Clifford Chance LLP

Christopher (Lord Patten of Barnes) Patten
Crisis Group Co-Chairman and author
Chancellor of Oxford and Newcastle Universities 
Former European Commissioner for External Relations

This event was generously hosted by Kimball and Patrizia Chen

Honouring
James D. Wolfensohn
Former President of the World Bank, 1995-2005
Mark Malloch Brown
Chef de Cabinet to the Secretary-General, United Nations
Paul Rusesabagina
On whose real-life heroism the film Hotel Rwanda was based
Special Guest
Don Cheadle
Academy Award Nominee

Sidney Jones
Crisis Group South East Asia Project Director

This event was generously hosted by Clifford Chance LLP

Ambassador Christopher R. Hill
Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Leslie H. Gelb
Crisis Group Board Member
President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations

This event was generously hosted by George Soros

Robert J. Einhorn
Senior Adviser, International Security Program Center for Strategic and International Studies
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation
H.E. Dr. Mohammad Javad Zarif
Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations
Ambassador Frank Wisner
Vice Chairman, External Affairs, American International Group

This event was generously hosted by George Soros

Universal Studios

Lieutenant General Franklin L. (Buster) Hagenback 
Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, United States Army

This event was generously hosted by Mike and Irena Medavoy

Rhoderick Chalmers
Crisis Group South Asia Deputy Project Director

This event was generously hosted by The Rubin Museum of Art

Joost Hiltermann
Crisis Group Middle East Project Director

This event was generously hosted by Clifford Chance LLP

Christopher (Lord Patten of Barnes) Patten
Crisis Group Co-Chairman
Chancellor of Oxford and Newcastle Universities 
Former European Commissioner for External Relations
Leslie H. Gelb
Crisis Group Board Member
President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations

General Peter J. Schoomaker
Chief of Staff, United States Army

This event was generously hosted by Medley Global Advisors

Lieutenant General Franklin L. (Buster) Hagenbeck
Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, United States Army
Lieutenant General Raymond T. Odierno
Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, United States Army

This event was generously hosted by Armor Holdings

Gareth Evans
Crisis Group President and CEO
Stephen Solarz
Crisis Group Board Member
Former United States Congressman

This event was generously hosted by Victor L.L. Chu

Gareth Evans
Crisis Group President and CEO
Stephen Solarz
Crisis Group Board Member
Former United States Congressman
Yoichi Funabashi
Crisis Group Board Member
Chief Diplomatic Correspondent & Columnist, The Asahi Shimbun, Japan

Maria Livanos Cattaui
Crisis Group Executive Committee Vice-Chairman
Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce
Victor L.L. Chu
Crisis Group Board Member
Chairman, First Eastern Investment Group
Gareth Evans
Crisis Group President and CEO
George Soros
Crisis Group Board Member
Chairman, Open Society Institute

Ambassador Richard Holbrooke
Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations
John Prendergast
Crisis Group Senior Advisor
Samantha Power
Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government
Pulitzer Prize winning author of 'A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide'

Crisis Group’s co-host for the event was The International Rescue Committee.

Ambassador Richard Holbrooke
Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations
William Kristol
Editor of The Weekly Standard
Michael Kramer
Managing Editor, New York Daily News

This event was generously hosted by George Soros

Richard A. Clarke
Former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure, and Counterterrorism and author

This event was generously hosted by George Soros

Dr. Robert L. Gallucci
Dean, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Negotiator of the 1994 Agreed Framework for the Clinton Administration
Mitchell Reiss
Director of Policy Planning, State Department and Chief Negotiator General Council of The Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
Rebecca MacKinnon
Fellow, Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government; Former Tokyo Bureau Chief, CNN

This event was generously hosted by Sunny Yoon

Sidney Jones
Crisis Group South East Asia Project Director

Samina Ahmed
Crisis Group South Asia Project Director
Robert Templer
Crisis Group Asia Program Director

Sidney Jones
Crisis Group South East Asia Project Director

This event was generously hosted by Daniel Mintz

Ambassador Kenneth L. Adelman
Crisis Group Board Member
Former Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations
Former Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Sandy Berger
Former National Security Advisor to the Clinton Administration

Rob Malley
Crisis Group Middle East and North Africa Program Director

Honouring
George Soros
Crisis Group Board Member
Chairman, Open Society Institute
Ambassador Morton Abramowitz
Crisis Group Board Member
Former United States Assistant Secretary of State
Special Guest
Peter Jennings
Anchor and Senior Editor, ABC News
Performances
Bono
Philip Glass
Emmylou Harris

Ambassador Kenneth L. Adelman
Crisis Group Board Member
Former Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations
Former Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Dr. Robert L. Gallucci
Dean, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Negotiator of the 1994 Agreed Framework for the Clinton Administration
Ambassador Morton Abramowitz
Crisis Group Board Member
Yadong Liu
Senior Analyst, Medley Global Advisors

This event was generously hosted by Medley Global Advisors

Ambassador Sir Jeremy Greenstock
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
HRH Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein
Permanent Representative of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United Nations
General Wesley K. Clark
Crisis Group Board Member
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

Gareth Evans
Crisis Group, President and CEO
Sidney Jones
Crisis Group South East Asia Project Director

This event was generously hosted by Daniel Mintz

General Wesley K. Clark
Crisis Group Board Member
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Ambassador Richard N. Haass
Director, Policy Planning, Department of State
Stephen Solarz
Crisis Group Executive Committee Vice-Chairman
Former United States Congressman

This event was generously hosted by Anna Luisa Ponti and Geoffrey R. Hoguet

Senator George J. Mitchell
Crisis Group Chairman Emeritus
Former United States Senate Majority Leader

This event was generously hosted by Jonathan and Diana Rose

Gareth Evans
Crisis Group President and CEO

This event was generously hosted by George Soros

Gareth Evans
Crisis Group President and CEO
Dr. Ustina Markus
Crisis Group Senior Analyst on Central Asia

General Wesley K. Clark
Crisis Group Board Member
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

This event was generously hosted by Anna Luisa Ponti

General Wesley K. Clark
Crisis Group Board Member
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe and author

This event was generously hosted by Richard Holbrooke and Kati Marton

General Wesley K. Clark
Crisis Group Board Member
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe and author

This event was generously hosted by Kirk Stambler and Victoria Tennant

Mark Schneider
Senior Vice President of the International Crisis Group
Former United States Peace Corps Director
Sandra Thurman
President of International AIDS Trust

General Wesley K. Clark
Crisis Group Board Member
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe and author

This event was generously hosted by Marjorie and Paul Martin

General Wesley K. Clark
Crisis Group Board Member
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe and author

This event was generously hosted by Peter and Sarah O’Hagan

Challenges Facing the Security Council: Congo, Sierra Leone, Burundi, the Balkans and Indonesia
Briefing for the Correspondent’s Association (UNCA) at the United Nations

Gareth Evans
Crisis Group President and CEO

Gareth Evans
Crisis Group President and CEO
General Wesley K. Clark
Crisis Group Board Member
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

This event was generously hosted by Jodie and John Eastman & Melinda and Alan Blinken

Gareth Evans
Crisis Group President and CEO

This event was generously hosted by Anna Luisa Ponti

Martti Ahtisaari
Crisis Group Chairman
Former President of Finland

This event was generously hosted by Jodie and John Eastman