- Donnerstag, 16. Juni 2011 18.00 – 20.00 Uhr In meinem Kalender speichern
Conflict Prevention - Policies and Practice
Dinner Roundtable Discussion with Kerstin Müller, Member of the German Bundestag, Vice Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Civilian Crisis Prevention
Invitation only
In 1999, after the genocides in Srebrenica and Rwanda, then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the international community to move from a culture of reaction to a culture of prevention. Following his call to action, the German government initiated an “Action Plan – Civil Crisis Prevention” in 2004 and made this approach part of its foreign and security policy. Against the background of the wars in Asia and the uprisings in the Arab world, civil instruments of conflict management are urgently needed. Assessing the results of these policies, however, leads to ambivalent conclusions as to whether this policy approach can meet its ambitious goals. What are the experiences of German foreign policy in the field of crisis prevention? What are the shortcomings of the conceptual framework? How does the concept play out in the practical foreign and security concept? What are the challenges in terms of international cooperation on the basis of this approach?
On the occasion of the visit of the Bundestag Subcommittee on Civilian Crisis Prevention, the Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America and the United States Institute for Peace would like to cordially invite you to a dinner roundtable discussion with Kerstin Müller, Member of the Bundestag. She is Vice Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Civilian Crisis Prevention and spokesperson for Foreign Policy of the Green Group in the Bundestag. From 2002-2005, she was Minister of State under then Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer. In her work, she focuses on the Middle East and the current change in the Arabic world, Sudan/Darfur, the Great Lakes Region of East Africa as well as on transatlantic relations and the role of women in conflict and security policies.
This event is a cooperation with the United States Institute for Peace
In 1999, after the genocides in Srebrenica and Rwanda, then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the international community to move from a culture of reaction to a culture of prevention. Following his call to action, the German government initiated an “Action Plan – Civil Crisis Prevention” in 2004 and made this approach part of its foreign and security policy. Against the background of the wars in Asia and the uprisings in the Arab world, civil instruments of conflict management are urgently needed. Assessing the results of these policies, however, leads to ambivalent conclusions as to whether this policy approach can meet its ambitious goals. What are the experiences of German foreign policy in the field of crisis prevention? What are the shortcomings of the conceptual framework? How does the concept play out in the practical foreign and security concept? What are the challenges in terms of international cooperation on the basis of this approach?
On the occasion of the visit of the Bundestag Subcommittee on Civilian Crisis Prevention, the Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America and the United States Institute for Peace would like to cordially invite you to a dinner roundtable discussion with Kerstin Müller, Member of the Bundestag. She is Vice Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Civilian Crisis Prevention and spokesperson for Foreign Policy of the Green Group in the Bundestag. From 2002-2005, she was Minister of State under then Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer. In her work, she focuses on the Middle East and the current change in the Arabic world, Sudan/Darfur, the Great Lakes Region of East Africa as well as on transatlantic relations and the role of women in conflict and security policies.
This event is a cooperation with the United States Institute for Peace