Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation

13:00 - Wednesday, 12 March 2008

On 13 March 2008, the Madariaga – College of Europe Foundation convened a distinguished panel of speakers to highlight current global efforts to prevent genocide and mass atrocities, and to suggest ways of improving preventive mechanisms operationally, highlighting the central role of the UN and the EU in this endeavour.

Sitting on the panel were Francis Deng, UN Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide, Riina Kionka, Javier Solana's Personal Representative on Human Rights, and Andrea Bartoli, Drucie French Cumbie Chair at the Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University. The debate was moderated by James Smith, CEO of the Aegis Trust.

This was the first public event to take place in the framework of the Programme for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities, which seeks to engage EU Member States and Institutions in a common effort to address this major challenge of our time. The Programme is run by the Madariaga Foundation with the support of the Folke Bernadotte Academy, Columbia University’s Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR) and the Evens Foundation

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