Past Event

The UK and the UN: Post-Brexit Implications

20 October 2016 16:30–18:00

Palace of Westminster
Committee Room 1
London
SW1A 0AA

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS), the United Nations Association-UK (UNA-UK), the British Association of Former United Nations Civil Servants and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the United Nations (UN-APPG) warmly invite you to this event on the UK and the UN: post- Brexit implications.

Speakers

  • Baroness Anelay, Minister with responsibilities at FCO and DFID (Invited)
  • Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Former British ambassador to the UN
  • Sir Adam Roberts, Emeritus Professor of International Relations, Oxford University 
  • Sir Richard Jolly, Emeritus Fellow, IDS and former Assitant Secretary-General at Unicef and UNDP

Chair: Lord Wood, Chair of UNA-UK and Vice-Chair of the UN APPG 

As the United Nations prepares to select a new Secretary General and the UK looks to secure its place as a world leader outside of the EU, this event will discuss the UK – UN relationship and its impact on the future of development, humanitarian action and security.

It also marks the launch of a new IDS Evidence Report ‘The UN at 70 and the UK: Development Cooperation, Humanitarian Action and Peace and Security – Lessons of Experience and Policy Recommendations’.

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