[ALBSA-Info] Fwd: January 28 Balkans Forum , with Richard Holbrooke

[Agron Alibali]

PREVENTION AND PRACTICE: THE BALKANS FORUM
Organized jointly by the
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs,
Georgetown University's Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies,
and
Search for Common Ground

Session 14 

Bosnia, Kosovo, and Macedonia:
Reflections on a Decade of Challenges 
Securing Peace in the Balkans

With a presentation by 

Ambassador Richard Holbrooke

Monday, January 28, 4 - 6 p.m.
Georgetown University - 205 Old North Building

In the summer of 1995, three years after the term "ethnic cleansing" entered the English lexicon in reference to Bosnia, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke was appointed by President Clinton to assemble a team to end the war in Southeastern Europe. For three months, Ambassador Holbrooke tirelessly cajoled and bargained with the warring factions on his way to the remarkable final act in Dayton. 

Over six years later, the international community and the people of the Balkan region have endured the development and implementation of two more peace agreements. UN Security Council Resolution 1244 defined the terms of peace in Kosovo in 1999, and the recent Ohrid Agreement signed in August 2001 calmed the tensions in Macedonia. 

Looking back at a decade of war, efforts to end those wars, and attempts to prevent new ones, Ambassador Holbrooke will assess the totality of the agreements and offer recommendations for policies that would further consolidate peace in the Balkans. In doing so, Ambassador Holbrooke will identify unifying themes and critical peacemaking tools instructive to policymakers, academics, and practitioners alike.


Throughout his 40-year career of public service, Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke has played a central role in the development of U.S. policy toward Western Europe, the Balkans, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the United Nations. Highly regarded for his heroic efforts as chief architect of the 1995 Dayton Accords, Holbrooke was then serving as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs. More recently, he has served as a member of President Clinton's cabinet from 1999 to 2001 as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. In 1998, he worked as Special Presidential Envoy for Cyprus and Special Envoy to Bosnia and Kosovo, delivering the final ultimatum on the peace accord before NATO bombing. 

Ambassador Holbrooke began his long-standing engagement with international issues in 1961 as a foreign service officer in Vietnam, and has, since that time, produced one volume of the Pentagon papers, been a Fellow at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School, served as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs during the Carter Administration, consulted at private investments firms, and pioneered non-profit efforts to improve and promote refugee assistance. 

Ambassador Holbrooke has received 12 honorary degrees from U.S. and international universities and numerous other awards. He is the author of To End a War, which documented his shuttle diplomacy to stop the violence in Bosnia, co-author with Clark Clifford of Counsel to the President, and contributor of numerous articles to Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and other major newspapers and trade publications. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

The discussion will be held Monday, January 28, from 4 - 6 p.m. at Georgetown University (205 Old North Building). Directions follow letter.

In its second year, the Balkans Forum brings together a diverse group of experts-academics, activists, policymakers, and practitioners-for sustained dialogue on U.S. policy in the Balkans. Each monthly session is organized around a brief presentation from one or two Balkan specialists followed by a roundtable discussion. 

"Learning Peace in the Balkans" is the theme for the 2001-2002 session of the Balkans Forum. While the experience of building peace in the Balkans has been significant, it has not necessarily proven to be cumulative. Lessons learned in some instances have not always been replicated in others. During the preceding and coming sessions of the Balkans Forum, we will examine the strategic choices-and the outcomes of those choices-made by international actors in their attempts to prevent deadly conflict in the region

We hope you will join us for what promises to be a fascinating conversation. Please contact Sarah Peterson at Search for Common Ground by January 25 at speterson at sfcg.org or call (202) 777-2206 to reserve a space at the January 28 Balkans Forum. 

Regards,


Ana Cutter Andrew Loomis
Program Officer Project Manager
Carnegie Program on Conflict Prevention Search for Common Ground in Macedonia
170 East 64th Street 1601 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. 
New York, NY 10021 Suite 200
Tel. (212) 838-4120, ext. 212 Washington, DC 20009 
Tel. (202) 265-4300, ext. 203

Directions:

If you are taking a taxi or parking off campus, enter the Georgetown Campus at 37th Street and O. The pathway will go between two buildings (Healy Building on your left, and Copley Hall on your right). About 50 yards ahead on your left you will see large stairs leading to Old North. Room 205 is located on the second floor.

If you are parking on campus, use the University entrance at Canal or Prospect Streets. Follow the driveway/access road past the large construction site (as a reference, you will see tennis courts to your left). You might be prompted to take a ticket as you enter the University and pay when you leave (please be sure to mention that you attended the "Balkans Forum" to get the flat rate of $4 for the evening). To get to 205 Old North, exit the parking lot by the ICC building (red brick modern-looking building) go down the hill and follow the path that curves around a small Jesuit cemetery (a tall dorm building will be to your right). Take the stairs on your left, which lead to the top of the hill. Keep walking straight about 50 yards and you will see stairs on your right leading to Old North.





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