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Thursday, February 26

The UN Relevance panel

The Relevance of the United Nations in a Unipolar World

Shepard Forman, Founder and Director, Center on International Cooperation, New York University; Former Director, Human Rights and Governance and International Affairs Programs, Ford Foundation; Coeditor, Multilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy: Ambivalent Engagement and Good Intentions: Pledges of Aid to Countries Emerging from Conflict

Michael Glennon, Professor of International Law, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; author, Limits of Law, Prerogatives of Power: Interventionism after Kosovo ; coauthor, United States Foreign Relations and National Security Law, 2nd edition ; former Legal Counsel, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee; former consultant on use of force, U.S. Department of State

Sir Brian Urquhart

Sir Brian Urquhart, Former Under-Secretary-General with special responsibility for peacekeeping operations with engagement in the conflicts in Congo, Cyprus, Jammu, Kashmir and the Middle East and former Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs, United Nations; Former Scholar-in-Residence, International Affairs Program, Ford Foundation; Author, A Life in Peace and War ; Coauthor, Military-Civilian Interactions: Intervening in Humanitarian Crises and Mission With UNIFIL: An African Soldier's Reflections

Moderators: Sarah Arkin and Sarah Newton, EPIIC Colloquium