Director:
Senior Fellow, Mustapha Tlili 
66 Fifth Avenue, Suite 906/907
New York, NY 10011
Tel: 212-229-5808 ext.117 
Fax: 212-807-1153
E-mail:Tlilim@newschool.edu

Founded by Senior Fellow Mustapha Tlili, the UN Project seeks to advance the dialogue between the United States and the United Nations and to renew the commitment of the United States, particularly its policymakers, academics, and media professionals, to the values of interdependence and multilateralism.

During the period under review, the U.N. Project organized a panel discussion, "Reconciliation Diplomacy: How To Overcome Historical Wrongs?", October 4, 2001, featuring Ambassador Gert Rosenthal, Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations, Dr. Mustafa Zahrani, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, and Ervand Abrahamian, Distinguished Professor of History at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. The objective of the discussion was to highlight the historical wrongs inflicted, in modern times, by stronger states on weaker ones. The cases of the United States versus Guatemala and Iran were considered. On December 6, 2001, the UN Project held a second panel discussion, "The Post-September 11 World: Can the United Nations Deliver Peace?" with participation, as members of the panel, by Yves Doutriaux, Minister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations, and Edward Mortimer, Director of Communications in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Panelists considered whether the United Nations will be able effectively to address the issue of terrorism, whether doing so will be at the expense of the organization's other concerns, and whether it is being set up for an even greater disappointment than it suffered as a peacemaker after the end of the Cold War. Both panel discussions were moderated by Mustapha Tlili, director of the U.N. Project.

The College Media Initiative
A program of the U.N. Project, the College Media Initiative's objective was to lay the foundation for a new constituency in support of U.S participation in international institutions such as the United Nations, by offering an educational opportunity to college journalists.

The implementation of this ambitious program, however, was subject to the availability of funds to finance the trips overseas that were to take the young journalists to field projects supported by the United States or other members of the international community. To this end, intensive fundraising efforts for the program continued throughout the period under review. Unfortunately, these efforts did not yield the hoped for results. For the moment, the initiative will remain inactive until funds are secured.

UN Project - Statement of Purpose