The UPI Report based on the seminar by Dr Hanna Ojanen is available below:
PROGRAMME
14.00
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Opening of the seminar:
Dr Tapani Vaahtoranta, Director, the FIIA
Documentary film on the early days of Finnish UN peacekeeping, commentator Mr Erkki Toivanen
14.15 – 15.30
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First session:
The “hands and minds” of peacekeeping
Chair:
Dr Tapani Vaahtoranta
Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi
former Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General
United Nations’ peacekeeping in perspective
Dr Erkki Tuomioja
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Finland
Peacekeeping in Finnish foreign and security policy
Dr Thierry Tardy
Course Director, Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), Switzerland
The EU and NATO as peacekeepers
Discussion
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee pause
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16.00 – 17.45
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Second session:
The real impact of peacekeeping now and in the future
Chair:
Ms Pauliina Arola, Executive Director, Crisis Management Initiative (CMI), Finland
Mr Cedric de Coning
Research Fellow, the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), South Africa
The future of peacekeeping in Africa
Mr Espen Barth Eide
State Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Norway
From peacekeeping to peacebuilding
Panel debate (all speakers), commenced by Admiral Juhani Kaskeala, Chief of Defence, Finland
Conclusive remarks by Ambassador Jaakko Iloniemi
