United Nations University Rector David Malone on "UN Security Council: Hyperactive But Failing?"
United Nations University Rector and Under-Secretary-General, United Nations Dr. David M. Malone to speak to HCJ members. Further details TBA soon for this important event to be held at Roppongi Hills Club. Save the date!
The UN Security Council occupies an important place in international relations, because, under international law, only it can authorize in the international sphere coercive measures (including sanctions, naval blockades and the use of force, for any purpose except self-defence - to which all states have a right), in decisions binding on all members states. Thus, its decisions under Chapter VII of the UN charter are followed very closely by many parties.
David Malone, who has just finished his fifth book relating to the Council in one way or another, will touch on what has been new in the Council's decisions, in its motivations, and in its institutional personality and relationships, since the end of the Cold War, and relate these factors to the current tensions between great powers, concluding on how we might evaluate the Council's success to date, and prospects for the future.
Date and Time: February 26 (Thursday) 19:00 - 21:00pm (Doors open at 18:30pm.)
VENUE: Roppongi Hills Club, 51fl, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku
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Registration: Please use the form on the right side of this page.
Admission 5,000 yen includes standing buffet dinner. Beverages available at cash bar.
Speaker's bio:
Dr. David M. Malone joined the United Nations University on 1 March 2013 as its sixth Rector. In that role, he holds the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
A Canadian national, Rector Malone holds a BAA from l’École des Hautes Études Commerciales (Montreal); an Arabic Language Diploma from the American University (Cairo); an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; and a DPhil in International Relations from Oxford University.
Prior to joining the United Nations University Dr. David Malone served (2008–2013) as President of Canada’s International Development Research Centre, a funding agency that supports policy-relevant research in the developing world.
Dr. Malone previously served as Canada’s Representative to the UN Economic and Social Council and as Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations (1990–1994); as Director General of the Policy, International Organizations and Global Issues Bureaus within Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT, 1994–1998); as President of the International Peace Academy (now International Peace Institute), a New York-based independent research and policy development institution (1998–2004); as DFAIT Assistant Deputy Minister for Global Issues (2004–2006); and as Canada’s High Commissioner to India, and non-resident Ambassador to Bhutan and Nepal (2006–2008).
Dr. Malone also has held research posts at the Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution; Massey College, University of Toronto; and Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University. He has been a Guest Scholar and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, and an Adjunct Professor at the New York University School of Law.
Dr. Malone has published extensively on peace and security issues. His most recent books include Nepal in Transition: From People’s War to Fragile Peace (as co-editor; 2012, Cambridge University Press) and Does the Elephant Dance? Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy (2011, Oxford University Press).
For inquiries, please contact veritas@fa.catv-yokohama.ne.jp