The UNU-UN Midday Forum aims to offer an intimate setting for the exchange of ideas and experiences relating to UN topics, thus giving academics and policy-makers, from the UN and beyond, the opportunity to reflect on and participate in the intellectual work of the United Nations.
15 December, 2006
Trading on human terms
Hafiz A. Pasha, UN Assistant Secretary General-UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director
UNDP-Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific
16 January 2007
Is a new global consensus on disarmament and non-proliferation possible?
Ambassador Munir Akram,
Pakistan Mission to the United Nations
15 February 2007
What would realizing the MDGs mean for the global economy?
Rob Vos, Director Development Policy and Analysis Division-DESA
27 February 2007
Comparing urban development in Asia Pacific and the West: implications for the developing world
Mr. Peter Marcotullio, ONY-UNU
19 March 2007
Women in the Arab world: from knowledge to governance
Dr. Azza Karam, Co-Coordinator of Arab Human Development Report, and Assistant Secretary General and Regional Director Amat Al Alim Alsoswa
18 April 2007
Risk management and internal control:
a best-practice framework for modern accountability and oversight in the United Nations
Mrs. Inga-Britt Ahlenius,
Under-Secretary General, Office for Internal Oversight Service (OIOS)
22 May 2007
State capacity and social policies in Africa: lessons learned from Burkina Faso’s mobilization for health
Sylvie I. Cohen, PhD, Deputy Director Division of the Advancement of women (DAW)
Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
June 2007
Evaluating the added value of the UN work on the ground
Juha Uitto,
UNDP and Jean Serge Quesnel, UNICEF
12 June 2007
Conflict resolution in the South Caucacus: mediation difficulties
Ambassador Irakli Alasania, Permanent Mission of Georgia
28 June 2007
Political-economy of conflicts in Africa: current trends and the way forward
Mr. Sammy Kum Buo, Director Africa Division II
