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ACUNS VIENNA CONFERENCE > PROGRAMME OF EVENTS

HAVE THE UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES ADAPTED TO THE 21ST CENTURY?

January 8-11, 2013UN Office in Vienna

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A P R O J E C T O F T H E A C A D E M I C C O U N C I L O N T H E U N I T E D N AT I O N S S Y S T E M I N C O O P E R AT I O N W I T H

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2 - 4 pm Registration (VIC Gate 1)

5 - 7 pm Austrian Peacekeeping Operations and A Look into the Future: Peacekeeping Operations in 2050 (Austrian National Defence Academy Stiftgasse 2a, 1070)

Chair: Michael PLATZER, ACUNS Vienna Liaison Officer

•AlistairEDGAR,ExecutiveDirector,ACUNS •BGWalterFEICHTINGER,AustrianNationalDefenceAcademy •NasraHASSAN,AssociationofAustrianPeacekeepers •JanosTISOVSKY,Director,UnitedNationsInformationService(UNIS)Vienna

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8 - 9.30 am Registration (VIC, Gate 1)

9.30 - 10.30 am Welcome (IAEABoardofGovernorsRoom-BoardroomA)

•AbiodunWILLIAMS,ACUNSChair,PresidentoftheHagueInstituteforGlobalJustice

•AmbassadorChristineSTIX-HACKL,PermanentRepresentativeofAustria totheUnitedNationsinVienna(tbc)

•RafaelMariano GROSSI, Assistant Director General for Policy, IAEA

•TiborTÓTH,ExecutiveSecretary,CTBTO

•SandeepCHAWLA,DeputyExecutiveDirector,UNODC

•PradeepMONGA,Director,EnergyandClimateChangeBranch,UNIDO

•HaraldEGERER,Head,UNEPViennaICSSOffice

•ThomasSTELZER,AssistantSecretary-GeneralforPolicyCoordinationand Inter-Agency Affairs, DESA (UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs)

10.30 - 11 am K E Y N OT E A D D R E S S (IAEABoardofGovernorsRoom-BoardroomA)

AbiodunWILLIAMS,ACUNSChair, PresidentoftheHagueInstituteforGlobalJustice

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WELCOME

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Abiodun Williams is President of the Hague Institute for Global Justice and Chair, ACUNS.

Austrian National Defence Academy

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11.15 - 1 pm UN Colloquia - Session I: Nuclear Technology and Sustainable Development (IAEA) (IAEABoardofGovernorsRoom-BoardroomA)

Chair:ChristerJÖNSSON,LundUniversity,ACUNS

•ToniCASAS-ZAMORA,Director,DivisonofProgrammeSupportandCoordination, Department of Technical Cooperation

•PierreLAGODA,Head,PlantBreedingandGeneticsSection,Departmentof Nuclear Sciences and Applications

•MeeraVENKATESH,Director,DivisionofPhysicalandChemicalSciences, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications

•RolandoCAMACHO-RODRIGUEZ,ActingSectionhead,PACTProgrammeOffice

•PradeepAGGARWAL,Head,IsotopeHydrologySection, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications

•AlanMCDONALD,ProgrammeCoordinator,OfficeoftheDeputyDirectorGeneral, Department of Nuclear Energy

1 - 2.15 pm Lunch break

2.15 - 3.45 pm UN Colloquia - Session II: Knowledge Management – Networks for Prosperity (UNIDO)

(PressBriefingRoom)

Chair:MiroslavPOLZER,InternationalAssociationfortheAdvancementof InnovativeApproachestoGlobalChallenges(IAAI)

•KazukiKITAOKA,ProgrammeManagementOfficer,UNIDO

•CormacO’REILLY,StrategicPlanningOfficer,UNIDO

•WilliamCalvo,MinisterCounseloratthePermanentMissionofCostaRica to the UNOV

•GeorgePardoCACERES,AustrianOrganizationforDevelopmentCooperation

3.45 - 4 pm Break

4 - 5.30 pm UN Colloquia - Session III: The UN as an Honest Broker? Uses and Misuses of Data Sets (UNODC)

(PressBriefingRoom)

Chair: Dr. Michael PLATZER, ACUNS Vienna Liaison Officer

•SandeepCHAWLA,Director,DivisionforPolicyAnalysisandPublicAffairs,UNODC

•AngelaME,ChiefofStatisticsandSurveysSection,UNODC

•ZhannatKOSMUKHAMEDOVA,Expert,HIV/AIDSSection,UNODC

•SławomirREDO,ŁazarskiUniversity,Warsaw,Poland,ACUNS

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9 - 9.45 am UN Career Presentation(PressBriefingRoom)

JanosTISOVSKY,Director,UnitedNationsInformationService(UNIS)Vienna

9.45 - 11.15 am UN Colloquia - Session IV: Safety and Security Challenges to Nuclear Energy (IAEA)

(IAEABoardofGovernorsRoom-BoardroomA)

Chair:MarkusKORNPROBST,DiplomaticAcademyofVienna

• DavidLAMBERT,SeniorTrainingOfficer,OfficeofNuclearSecurity, Department of Nuclear Safety and Security

• GustavoCARUSO,SpecialCoordinator,NuclearSafetyActionTeam, Department of Nuclear Safety and Security

• TonyCOLGAN,Head,RadiationProtectionUnit,DivisionofRadiation, TransportandWasteSafety,DepartmentofNuclearSafetyandSecurity

11.15 - 11.30 am Break

11.30 - 1.15 pm UN Colloquia - Session V: The Rise of the Global South (UNIDO)


Chair:Dr.WalterMariaSTOJAN,AustrianMinistryforEuropeanand International Affairs

• H.E.AmbassadorEvandroDeSampaioDIDONETofBrazil • RepresentativeofthePermanentMissionofSouthAfricatoUNOV(tbc)

1.15 - 2.15 pm Lunch break

2.15 - 3.45 pm UN Colloquia - Session VI: Prospects of Entry into Force of the CTBT: Ways to Promote its Ratification (CTBTO)


Chair:HeinzGÄRTNER,SeniorFellow, AustrianInstituteforInternationalAffairs(ÖIIP)

• TiborTÓTH,ExecutiveSecretary,CTBTO

• ErikLINDFORS,MinisterCounseloroftheSwedishPermanentRepresentative totheInternationalOrganizationsinVienna

• PaulF.WALKER,Director,EnvironmentalSecurityandSustainability

3.45 - 4 pm Break

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4 - 5.30 pm Engaging Youth in the United Nations (UNIS) (IAEABoardofGovernorsRoom-BoardroomA)

Moderator:JanosTISOVSZKY,Director,UnitedNationsInformationService(UNISVienna)

• MatteoLANDI,AssociateYouthEmploymentExpert,UNIDO • HannaHEIKKILA,AssociateOfficer,PreventionTreatmentandRehabilitationSection,UNODC • BillyBATWARE,President,UnitedforEducationandSustainableFuturesandCoordinator, Regional Academy on United Nations • MichaelKLAMPFL,Vice-PresidentUnitedNationsYouthandStudentAssociationof Austria-AcademicForumforForeignAffairs-Austria(UNYSA-AUSTRIA)and PresidentUnitedNationsYouthAssociationsNetwork(UNYANET) • MilenaDUDASOVA,UnitedNationsYouthDelegateofSlovakia2012 • MelissaOFOEDU,AustrianYouthDelegatetotheUnitedNations

7 pm ReceptionsponsoredbytheAustrianFederalMinistryforEuropeanandInternationalAffairs takingplaceattheDiplomaticAcademyofVienna,Favoritenstrasse15,1040

9 pm Social event(OstKlub,Schwarzenbergplatz10/1,1040)

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Final Session of the Regional Academy on the United Nations – RAUN (UNIS & VCDNP)

9.30 - 10.15 am Presentation of the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation ElenaSOKOVA,ExecutiveDirector,VCDNP(AndromedaTower)

10.15 - 10.45 Break

10.45 - 12.15 pm RAUN Session I: Nuclear (UNIS Multimedia Room, G0545)

1) Nuclear Safety and Energy in the 21st Century 2) Nuclear Disarmament

12.15 - 1.15 pm Lunch Break

1.15 - 2.45 pm RAUN Session II: Security (UNIS Multimedia Room, G0545)

1)TheChallengesofDevelopmentinPost-conflictSocieties 2)TheUNandFailedStates 3)FinancingTerrorismandStateResponsibility

2.45 - 3 pm Break

3 - 4.30 pm RAUN Session III: Environment and the UN in the 21st Century (UNIS Multimedia Room, G0545)

1)MDGsandtheFutureofDevelopment 2) Climate Refugees 3) The Role of the UN in the 21st Century

4.30 - 5 pm RAUN Certificate and Award Ceremony

Conference conclusions

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