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September 12, 2006
The U.N. and Beyond: United Democratic Nations
"The U.N. and Beyond: United Democratic Nations" was a symposium presented by The Hudson Institute and its subsidiary, Eye on the UN.
Why has the UN failed to live up to its founding ideals of defending democracy and freedom on a global scale? Can the UN be reformed? If not, can a union of democratic nations committed to human rights and individual liberty provide a viable alternative to the UN?
It was held in New York City on the 5th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2006 - connecting the terrorist attacks to decades of corruption and malfeasance at the United Nations.
Below is a schedule of panels and speakers. (Have this many famous neocons ever been gathered in one place?) I have audio for most of them, which I will post over the next few days, in new posts. Check for audio link next to each session.
The Hudson Institute, after first approving the audio, reversed its position, since it intends to publish a book of the proceedings.
OPENING REMARKS:
Herb London - President, Hudson Institute
Anne Bayefsky - Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute; Editor www.EYEontheUN.org
(Transcript of Bayefsky's speech: Enough of the UN.)
PANEL ONE: Promise and Reality at the UN: Terrorism, Peacekeeping and Human Rights
Brian Kennedy - President, Claremont Institute - introductions and moderator
Ayaan Hirsi Ali - former Dutch Member of Parliament, terrorism critic
Walid Phares - Terrorism Analyst, NBC
Michael Krauss - Professor, George Mason Law School
Zainab Al-Suwai - Co-founder and Executive Director, American Islamic Congress
Frank Luntz - National Pollster, Founder, Luntz Research Companies.
“Five Years After 9/11: Americans Grade The UN” -- New Poll Results
UN Ambassador John Bolton.
Midge Decter - co-founder, Committee on the Present Danger introduces keynote speaker Natan Sharansky - World-renowned human rights champion and Member, Israeli Knesset - “Can the UN be a Champion of Human Rights and Democracy?”
PANEL TWO: UN Reform, Fact or Fiction?
Fiamma Nirenstein, investigative journalist for Italian newspaper La Stampa - Introductions and moderator
Brett D Schaefer - Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs, the Heritage Foundation
James Bone - UN correspondent for The Times of London.
Claudia Rosett - "Oil for Food" investigative journalist
Questions & Answers
[Claudia Rosett has posted her impression of the conference here.]
PANEL THREE: Beyond the UN: Multilateralism for Democracies
Seth Leibsohn - Executive Director, Americans for Victory over Terrorism, Producer, Morning in America
Jed Babbin - Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense; Contributing Editor, The American Spectator
Josh Muravchik - Author, “The Future of the United Nations”
Michel Gurfinkiel - Executive Chairman of the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Institute, Editor-in-Chief of Valeurs Actuelles (Paris)
Herb London - President, Hudson Institute
“Where Do Democracies Go From Here?
Dinner Keynote Speaker:
William Bennett - Former Secretary of Education, America, and Washington Fellow, Claremont Institute Author of America, The Last Best Hope,” “Moral Clarity, The UN and The War On Terrorism”
Alan Dershowitz introduces Karnit Goldwasser, the wife of kidnapped Israeli soldier Ehud Goldwasser.
Norman Podhoretz - Author of “World War IV: How It Started, What It Means and Why We Have to Win,” “My Love Affair with America" and Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (I might transcribe Podhoretz' talk; too much ambient noise in the recording.)
Judith | 09/12/06 at 08:10 AM | Categories: - Our NGO Masters
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