The Arab Uprisings and the United Nations
The Project on Middle East Democracy and the National Security Network present:
The Arab Uprisings and the United Nations
September 13, 2011, 10:00am – 11:30am
Center for American Progress
1333 H Street, 10th Floor
Washington D.C., DC 20005
Admission is free.
The opening of the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) this month serves as an opportunity to reexamine the uprisings across the Middle East and the role that the United Nations plays in supporting the “Arab Spring.” While there will be much focus this year on Palestinian efforts to gain international recognition for statehood, the absence of long-standing autocrats – Egypt’s Mubarak, Tunisia’s Ben Ali, and Libya’s Gaddafi – at the UNGA should remind attendees of the historic democracy movements that have swept the region and the importance of the UN and its various mechanisms in responding to these changes. Panelists will examine the state of event s in the Middle East, and reconsider Iran’s regional standing in response to these uprisings.
Please join us for a discussion on these issues with a very special panel of experts:
Featured panelists:
Dr. James Zogby, President, Arab American Institute
Geneive Abdo, Fellow, The Century Foundation and the National Security Network
Ted Piccone, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Moderator:
Heather Hurlburt, Executive Director, National Security Network
RSVP to: rsvp@nsnetwork.org
