ACUNS 2010 Annual Meeting

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June 3 - 5, 2010
New SecurityChallenges
University of Vienna
Vienna International Centre and theAustrian Parliament

Video Recording

A video recording of our 2010 Annual Meeting is available online› Watch video
Highlights include:

  • Keynote Speaker: President Danilo Türk's keynote address on New Security Challenges
  • John W. Holmes Memorial Lecture: Dame Margaret Anstee's on What Price Security?
  • Plenary I - An Agenda for Human Rights
  • Plenary II - The UN Under Fire
  • Plenary III - Nuclear and Small Arms Proliferation

Papers & Presentations

Workshop Panel - Space Security -NPOC Austria Activities

  • Enhancing global security through space the role of COPUOS and UNOOSA
    Niklas Hedman, UNOOSA
  • Militarization of outer space: present and future challenges
    Prof. Irmgard Marboe, University of Vienna
  • Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures (TCBM) For Space Security
    Jana Robinson Resident Fellow, ESPI
  • The institutional dimension of asteroid threat mitigation
    Walther Lichem
  • Introductory Remarks, Peter Jankowitsch

Program

Thursday, June 3, 2010

1:00-4:30p.m. / Registration
University of Vienna
4:30 -7:00p.m. / OpeningCeremony
University of ViennaSchool of Law, Ceremonial Hall
Welcome
Georg Winckler, Rector, University of Vienna
Christer Jonsson, Chair, Academic Council on the United Nations System
Kandeh Yumkella, Director-General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Keynote Remarks

Danilo Turk
President of the Republic of Slovenia
"New Security Challenges"
7:00 p.m. / Opening Reception
- Hosted by the City of Vienna at the Festsaal of the Rathaus-

Friday, June 4, 2010

9:00-9:15 a.m. / Welcome
Austrian Parliament
Barbara Prammer, President, Austrian Parliament
9:15-10:45 a.m. / Plenary I - An Agenda for Human Rights
Austrian Parliament
CHAIR:
Bertrand Ramcharan, Former Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations
PANELISTS:
Rudolf Knoblauch, Special Envoy for Human Rights, Government of Switzerland
Manfred Nowak, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Rapporteur on children with theInter-American Commission on Human Rights
Mary Robinson, Former High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations
10:45-11:00 a.m / Break
11:00-12:30p.m. / Plenary II - The UN Under Fire
Austrian Parliament
CHAIR:
David Dadge, Director, International Press Institute
PANELISTS:
Lakhdar Brahimi, Former United Nations Special Adviser to the Secretary-General
Jan Egeland, Director, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Edward Mortimer, Senior Vice-President, Salzburg Global Seminar
Abiodun Williams, Vice President, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, United States Institute of Peace
12:30-3:00p.m. / Lunch Break
This lunch break is an opportunity for participants to have lunch and commute to the United Nations for the afternoon panel sessions which resume at 3:00 p.m.
3:00-4:30 p.m. / Workshop Panels I
ViennaInternationalCenter
4:45-6:15 p.m. / Workshop Panels II
ViennaInternationalCenter
6:30 p.m. / Annual Reception
Hosted by the Austrian Foreign Ministry
United Nations compound in the Vienna International Centre

Saturday, June 5, 2010

9:00-10:30 a.m. / Plenary III - Nuclear and Small Arms Proliferation
University of Vienna
CHAIR:
Heinz Gaertner, Professor, Austrian Institute of International Affairs
PANELISTS:
Hans Blix, Former Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency
Rebecca Peters, Director, International Action Network on Small Arms
Ramesh Thakur, Former Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations
Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization
10:30-10:45a.m. / Break
10:45-12:15p.m. / WorkshopPanelsIII
University of Vienna
12:30-2:00p.m. / Lunch Break
Lunch will be provided for those who have pre-registered.
Contact Brenda at by May 17th to register. Cost - $15 US
1:30-2:15 p.m. / Special Side Event on UN DPI Initiative
"Academic Impact"
Ramu Damodaran, Outreach Division, Department of Public Information
2:15-2:45p.m. / ACUNSBusinessMeeting
University of Vienna
3:00-4:30 p.m. / JohnW.HolmesMemorialLecture
University of Vienna

Margaret Anstee
Former UN Under-Secretary General
"What Price Security?"
4:45-6:15 p.m. / Workshop Panels IV
University of Vienna
6:30 p.m. / Closing Reception
Hosted by The Foreign Policy and UN Association of Austria
University of Vienna