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Noref seminar on Security Council resolutions under Chapter VII

17 March 2010, 13.20

The seminar will present the main findings and conclusions from the research study “Security Council resolutions under Chapter VII”, published by the Spanish think tank Fride in September 2009.

The Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre/Norsk Ressurssenter for Fredsbygging (Noref) is pleased to invite you to the seminar:

Presentation of the research study “Security Council resolutions under Chapter VII: Design, Implementation and Accountabilities. The cases of Afghanistan, Cote d’Ivoire, Kosovo and Sierra Leone”

Time: Thursday 18 March, 11.30 – 13.00
Venue: Noref, Borggt. 2B, Oslo (Fafo annex)

A light lunch will be served.

Please notify your participation by 16 March under Signup (below) or to info@peacebuilding.no

The seminar will present the main findings and conclusions from the research study “Security Council resolutions under Chapter VII ”, published by the Spanish think tank Fride in September 2009, which examines the design and implementation of the Security Council mandates of the UN missions and multinational operations deployed in the four cases under review and which, with the exception of UNAMA in Afghanistan, were approved within the framework of Chapter VII of the UN Charter.

The presentations will be made by the research study’s director Pierre Schori and coordinator, Blanca Antonini.

About the presenters:
Pierre Schori
A Swedish diplomat with vast experience in foreign affairs, development cooperation and peacekeeping operations, Schori served from 2005 until the beginning of 2007 as Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of Mission in Côte d’Ivoire.
Schori was Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation, Migration and Asylum Policy, and Deputy Foreign Minister between 1994 and 1999, and Swedish Ambassador to the United Nations from 2000 to 2004.

Blanca Antonini
Blanca Antonini has had an extensive career at the UN in the area of peace and security. In such a capacity, she participated in peace negotiations in El Salvador and served in peacekeeping operations in Central America and in Kosovo. Currently, Antonini is a visiting professor at the Master's degree program in International Relations of the Torcuato Di Tella University in Buenos Aires, Argentina.