UNIDIR at 45: Shaping the future of international security

To mark 45 years since its inception, UNIDIR is hosting a special event to explore future challenges and opportunities in international security over the next four and a half decades.

Agenda

Opening and welcome remarks:

• Welcome remarks: Robin Geiss, Director of UNIDIR
• Opening remarks: Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
• Opening remarks: Ambassador Deike Potzel, Head of the European Union Delegation to the United Nations in Geneva

Moderated discussion: Addressing security challenges over the next 45 years. Panellists will include:

• Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
• Jacek Bylica, Chief of Cabinet at the International Atomic Energy Agency
• Karim Haggag, Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
• Ambassador Maritza Chan Valverde, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations

Moderated by Ambassador Thomas Gürber, Deputy State Secretary and Head of the UN Division at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

Closing remarks: Robin Geiss, Director of UNIDIR