Humanitarian Relief in the Wake of Manmade and Natural Disasters
Weissberg Chair Conference on Humanitarian Relief in the Wake of Manmade and Natural Disasters
Saturday, April 5, 2008 - 1:00 - 4:30 pm, Moore Study Lounge, Pearsons Hall
photo credit:
Simon & Schuster, Inc.
This Saturday afternoon conference was held in conjunction with the 2008 Weissberg Chair Residency at Beloit College of Jan Egeland, former chief humanitarian relief coordinator for the United Nations and currently advisor to the U.N. on conflict mediation.
Featured were two 90-minute panels comparing the responses to humanitarian emergencies in Darfur and Colombia, focusing on the role of the UN, the obstacles to the delivery of humanitarian assistance, and the situation of internally displaced persons and refugees.
The Darfur Case
Speakers include:
photo courtesy of the
OCHA website
Jan Egeland,
Weissberg Chair
photo courtesy
of U.W. Madison
Political Science
department website
Scott Straus,
Departments of
Political Science
and International
Studies, University
of Wisconsin,
Madison
photo courtesy
of The Brookings
Institution website
Roberta Cohen,
Nonresident
Senior Fellow,
Foreign Policy,
The Brookings
Institution
The Colombia Case
Speakers include:
photo courtesy of the
OCHA website
Jan Egeland,
Weissberg Chair
photo courtesy
of Andrea Lari
Andrea Lari,
Senior Advocate,
Refugees International
photo courtesy
of the Center
for International
Policy website
Adam Isacson,
Program Director
at the Center for
International Policy
Conference schedule:
1:00 - 1:15 - Opening Remarks
1:15 - 2:45 - Panel I
2:45 - 3:00 - Coffee break
3:00 - 4:30 - Panel II
4:30 - Reception with speakers and conference participants