JUNE 24, 6:30 PM
IN-PERSON:
East Lansing Public Library
950 Abbot Rd
East Lansing, MI 48823
VIRTUAL VIA ZOOM:
Meeting ID: 822 7020 0682
Passcode: 446896
GL-UNA PRESENTS:
The Future of UN Peacekeeping
managing a future of rising complexity & chronic underfunding
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
As global conflicts grow more complex and funding for UN peacekeeping continues to decline, what does the future of peacekeeping look like? Ronald Quejas-Risdon and Arthur Sessink will draw on their experience with United Nations operations around the world to discuss the practical challenges facing peacekeeping missions today.
The program will conclude with time for audience questions and discussion.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Arthur Sessink
Arthur Sessink is a Political Affairs Officer with DPPA (Department of Political Affairs and Peacekeeping Operations). Also a senior member of the office of the Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, he has also worked in South Sudan and Mali. Before joining the UN he was at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and also the Netherlands Ministry of Finance, in the Hague. Arthur is a Dutch national and holds graduate degrees in History and International Relations from Utrecht University in the Netherlands, with additional coursework at the University of North Carolina.
Ronald Quejas-Risdon
After serving in the Peace Corps in South America, Ron completed graduate programs in Anthropology and Labor Relations at MSU. Serving as a Labor Negotiator and court appointed mediator he joined the U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operations in 1993, going on to serve in high profile assignments in Somalia, Kuwait, Iraq, Ethiopia, Sudan and Afghanistan. As Head-of-Office in Abyei, Sudan he completed nearly two decades as a worldwide peacekeeper. After retirement he was called back for special assignments to East Timor, Democratic Republic of Congo and twice more to Sudan. He is active in the United Nations Association in the US and the UK.
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