The Regionalization of Conflict and Intervention ipa seminar Report

12:30 –

Group photo

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

14:30 – 18:00 

Breakout Groups:

Group 1:

Confronting the Legacies of Regional War Economies:

Challenges for Peacebuilding 

Facilitator: Dr. Neil Cooper

Group 2:

Regional Approaches to Conflict Prevention 

Facilitator: Dr. Chandra Sriram

Group 3:

UN and Regional Organizations in Peace Operations

Facilitator: Colonel Jussi Saressalo

19:30 –

Reception and Dinner 

Keynote Speaker: David M. Malone, President, International Peace Academy

Thursday May 8, 2003

07:30 – 09:00

Breakfast in the main Dining Hall

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09:00 – 10:30

Panel 6: Africa’s Evolving Security Architecture:  Regional Approaches

to Managing Conflicts

Chair: 

Dr. Adekeye Adebajo, Director of the Africa Program,

International Peace Academy

Panel:

The African Union (AU) and Security Mechanisms in Africa:

Problems and Prospects

Professor Margaret Vogt, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary-General,

Department of Political Affairs, United Nations

Building Peace in the Horn of Africa: IGAD’s Peacemaking Efforts 

Professor Ruth Iyob, University of Missouri, Department of Political Science

Discussant: Southern Africa’s Security Challenges  

Mr. Joao Bernardo Honwana*, Chief, Conventional Arms Branch,

Department for Disarmament Affairs – DDA, United Nations 

Discussion