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UNITED
NATIONS PROJECT
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
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