UN Day Symposium
on
United Nations Peace-keeping: Reflections on the Continuing Challenge

Moderator: UNU Vice-Rector Ramesh Thakur

Panellists:
Lt. General John Sanderson, Former Commander of the Military Component of the UN Transition Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC)
"The Cambodian Experience: A Success Story, Still?"

Lt. General Satish Nambiar, Former Commander of the UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR)
"UN Peace-keeping in the Former Yugoslavia: The Formative Months"

Major General Jioji Konousi Konrote, Former Commander of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
"Twenty Years and Counting: UNIFIL's Continuing Support for Peace in the Middle East"

Panellists:
Mr. Yasushi Akashi, Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
"The Politics of UN Peace-keeping from Cambodia to Yugoslavia"

Prof. Hisako Shimura, President of Tsuda College, formerly with the UN Secretariat and the UN Department of Peace-keeping Operations
"The Role of the UN Secretariat in Organizing Peace-keeping"

Prof. Margaret Karns, University of Dayton
Prof. Karen Mingst, University of Kentucky
"Peace-keeping and the Changing Role of the United Nations: Facing the Third Millennium"