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Officer of the Dow Chemical Company Andrew Liveris. At times, the discussion with the audience was heated, especially
as students sought to challenge Mr. Liveris on its response to the continuing human consequences of the Union Carbide
tragedy in Bhopal (Dow absorbed Union Carbide).
Other key highlights of the symposium included: Pulitzer Prize-winning
Author Samantha Power on the challenge and tragedy of Darfur; former
United Nations Undersecretary-General for Peacekeeping
Sir Marrack Goulding on the future of the
blue helmets, President of the International Peace
Operations Association on the potential of the private
peace and stability industry, former President of
ACCION International on the social responsibility of
multinational corporations, Chairman of Sunnyland
Distribution (and IGL External Advisory Member) Abbas
Bayat on the privatization of water, Former Head
of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo Soren Jessen-Petersen on
the future of Kosovo, former Chief Prosecutor for the International
Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda on the
necessity of the International Criminal Court, former National Security
Adviser to Vice President Al Gore on the necessity to address
looming long-term challenges
such as global warming, Assistant
to the President for
Homeland Security Frances
Townsend on the White
House’s approach to contending
with outbreaks such as avian
flu, former Member of the
Iranian Parliament Fatemeh
Haghighatjou on the future
of democracy in Iran, Foreign
Policy Editor (and IGL External
Advisory Board Member) Moises
Naim on the threat illicit
trafficking poses to the global
economy, BBC Senior Foreign News Producer Kate Peters on media coverage of Afghanistan and Iraq, and former Deputy
Secretary-General of the United Nations Mark Malloch Brown on the challenges that the United Nations faces in the 21 st
century.
The symposium also featured a significant integration of student research
into the proceedings. Eight students presented their research on the panels
with the invited panelists, such as senior Zachary Landau on his research
in India on the proposed US-India nuclear agreement, seniors Sade Campbell
and Anamaria Vizcaino on their research in Guatemala on the growing
problem of gang violence, senior Katherine Conway (presenting left) on
her research in Uganda on the best avenues toward peace and transitional
justice in the north, sophomore Maya Karwande on her research in Bosnia
and Herzegovina on the effectiveness of the national war crimes court, ju-
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