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CONFERENCE HENRI LAFONTAINE
Challenges for a Peaceful World
An Agenda for the XXIst Century
Uppsala, Universitetshuset, 11th, 12 & 13th of December 2013
A joint initiative of
Uppsala University & Wallonie-Bruxelles International
PROGRAMME
Day 1, Wednesday the 11th of December 2013
OPENING SESSION
1430
Welcome and Introduction
1500
Peace as a Human Right ?
David Fernández Puyana, peace specialist, will deliver a statement on behalf of H.E.
Christian Guillermet-Fernández, Deputy Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the
United Nations Office in Geneva and Chairperson-Rapporteur of the UN Intergovernmental
Working Group on the right to peace.
1525
Pacifism: History, Successes and Perspectives
Luc Mampaey, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Director of the Group for Research and
Information on Peace and Security – GRIP
1550
The unfinished agenda of “Health for all by the year 2000”
Thorkild Tylleskär, University of Bergen, Global Public Health and Primary Care
1615
Coffee Break
KEEPING PEACE IN A CHANGING WORLD
1635
Trends in Peace and Modern Conflicts
Peter Wallensteen, Uppsala University
1700
Peacekeeping Operations in a Changing World
Michel Liégeois, Université Catholique de Louvain
1725
A New Geopolitics of Peace Operations
Xenia Avezov, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – SIPRI
1750
Reforming the United Nations Security Council
Hans Corell, Former Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, Legal Counsel of the
United Nations
Day 2, Thursday the 12th of December 2013
DISARMAMENT
0900
Retention and Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons - The Existential Threat of the XXIst
Century
Rolf Ekéus, Chairman Emeritus of the Board of the Stockholm International Peace Research
Institute, Former Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq
0935
Turning the half full glass into a half empty one. The Case of Nuclear Doctrines after
the End of the Cold War
Christophe Wasinski, Université Libre de Bruxelles
1000
Nuclear Energy: Between Legitimacy and Threat
Quentin Michel, Université de Liège
1025
The Nuclear Security Agenda after Fukushima
Masako Ikegami, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1050
Coffee Break
1110
A Chemical Weapon Free World
Attila Zimonyi, Director Policy and Strategy OPCW, Nobel Peace Prize 2013
1210
Converging Technologies Impact for disarmament and the BTWC and CWC
Roger Roffey, FOI Swedish Defence Research Agency
1235
Weapons for Peace? Arms Transfers, Armed Conflicts & R2P
Mélanie de Groof, Group for Research and Information on Peace and Security – GRIP
1300
Lunch Break
RESOURCES, DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE
1400
The Future of China’s Peaceful Rise
Stein Tønnesson, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and leader of East Asian
Peace Program, Uppsala University
1425
Africa in the XXIst Century : Threats & Opportunities
Francis Matambalya, Senior Researcher & Professor at the Nordic Africa Institute Uppsala
1450
Transparency as a Precondition to Democracy and Peace
Elisabet Fura, Visiting Professor Stockholm School of Economics & Uppsala University,
Former Judge at the European Court of Human Rights
1525
Food Crises: Causes, Consequences and Necessary Solutions
Baudouin Michel, Professor at Université de Liège
1550
Water in the XXIst Century : The Knowledge – Policy Interaction
Håkan Tropp, Managing Director Knowledge Services Department, Stockholm
International Water Institute
1615
Governing Finance in the Public Interest
Jan Aart Scholte, Warwick University
1640
Returns with Responsibility
Sasja Beslik, Head of Responsible Investment and Governance at Nordea Investment
Funds
Day 3, Friday the 13th of December 2013
JUSTICE, IDENTITY & DIALOGUE
0930
Challenges for International Criminal Justice and Its Impact on Peace and
Reconciliation
Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia, Former Professor at the Université de Liège
1005
The Importance of Memory in International Relations
Valérie Rosoux, Université Catholique de Louvain
1040
The role of heritage in post-conflict situations: identity claims and reconciliations
Marie Louise Sorensen, Cambridge University
1115
Building Peace: The Critical Role of Religion
Gunnar Stalsett, Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Niwano Peace Prize 2013, Member of the
Norwegian Nobel Committee, Member of the Board of Directors of the Library of Alexandria
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES & HUMAN VULNERABILITY
1200
Lunch
1300
Climate change and the Arctic: security implications of the Arctic ice melt
Ekaterina Klimenko, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – SIPRI
1335
Climate change and the habitability of Planet Earth: news from the latest IPCC report
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Vice Chair of the International Panel for Climate Change,
Université Catholique de Louvain
1410
Climate Change Induced Migration and Conflict Prevention
Ashok Swain, Uppsala University – Peace and Conflict Research Center
1445
How to make global governance for sustainable development more effective and
Legitimate: The role of science and other stakeholders.
Karin Bäckstrand, Lunds Universitet
CONCLUSION
1520
Concluding Remarks
Gunnar Stalsett, Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Niwano Peace Prize 2013, Member of the
Norwegian Nobel Committee, Member of the Board of Directors of the Library of
Alexandria