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09 June 2005
GPPi holds debate on United Nations reform plans and the German position.
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In order to gain an understanding of the issues at stake in the new push for United Nations reform, GPPi gathered experts from various backgrounds and involved them in a lively panel discussion on Tuesday, May 31st, 2005.
GPPi brought together a panel consisting of Joscha Schmierer, Member of Foreign Office’s Policy Planning Staff, Prof. Dr. Thomas Risse, Director of the Center for Transatlantic Foreign and Security Policy Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, as well as Friederike Bauer, Author of the new Kofi Annan biography ("Kofi Annan--Ein Leben") and journalist for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
The discussants considered the United Nations reform proposals from various perspectives: legitimacy, practicality, and political capital.
The most imporant question for German interests at the moment is the reform of the Security Council; a reform which has been a longstanding point on Annan’s agenda of change. How likely is the adoption of the proposed Model A, allocating six new permanent seats to various nations including <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Germany? And is Germany ready to sensibly occupy the seat?
To read a summary of the event, please click here.
Date: 03-06-2005