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Zum fünften Jahrestag der Unabhängigkeit ist der Konflikt im Südsudan erneut aufgeflammt. Nach fast zwei Jahren Krieg zwischen den Truppen von Präsident Kiir und Vizepräsident Machar war dieser erst im April 2016 mit seinen Ministern und einem Teil seiner Truppen zurück in die Hauptstadt Juba gekommen, um gemeinsam mit dem Kabinett seines Gegners Kiir eine Übergangsregierung der Nationalen Einheit zu bilden. Beide Seiten blockierten jedoch die Umsetzung des Friedensabkommens vom August 2015, in anderen Landesteilen wurde der Waffenstillstand mehrfach gebrochen. Am 7. Juli begannen die Sicherheitskräfte der beiden Kontrahenten in Juba aufeinander zu schießen. In den folgenden Tagen starben mehr als 300 Menschen. Keiner der beiden Anführer besitzt die vollständige Kontrolle über die kämpfenden Einheiten. Inzwischen hat Machar mit seinen Truppen Juba verlassen. Nun stellt sich die Frage nach der weiteren Gültigkeit des Friedensabkommens und der Legitimität der beiden Führer. Die Vereinten Nationen (VN) sind mit über 13000 Soldaten vor Ort und die Afrikanische Union (AU) will eine Eingreiftruppe zur Friedenserzwingung entsenden.

Schweden und Finnland rücken immer näher an die NATO heran, bislang aber ohne die Vollmitgliedschaft anzustreben. Daran wird sich wohl auch vor den Parlamentswahlen 2018 bzw. 2019 nichts ändern. Für die NATO wäre die Aufnahme der Nordeuropäer unkompliziert und brächte zahlreiche Vorteile, vor allem für die nordisch-baltische Sicherheit, aber auch bei Themen wie der NATO-EU-Kooperation und der Politik der Offenen Tür. Trotz gewisser Risiken, allen voran die absehbare Reaktion Russlands, könnte Deutschland zwei wichtige und verlässliche Partner in der NATO gewinnen.

On Wednesday, July 20th IPI together with the Quaker UN Office, and the Permanent Missions of Finland, Mexico, and Morocco to the United Nations co-hosted a policy forum event to discuss the links between the SDGs and the upcoming summit that will address large movements of refugees and migrants.

Event Video

This is the first year of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The goal of the event was to connect the dots between the 2030 Agenda and the upcoming Summit on September 19th that will address large movements of refugees and migrants.  It will also support a positive narrative towards refugees and migrants and will call for an ambitious multilateral response to “reach the farthest behind first”. Currently we have the largest number of people on the move. What does the 2030 Agenda mean for them?

The spirit of the 2030 Agenda is of universality and inclusion. It aspires to “ensure that all human beings can enjoy prosperous and fulfilling lives.” As such, these new principles also apply to all migrants and refugees. Some of the questions that were discussed are: Can the 2030 Agenda provide a framework to support the needs of refugees and migrants? At the policy level, can the spirit of the 2030 Agenda permeate the global compacts to be adopted in the upcoming Summit on refugees and migrants?”

Introductory Remarks:
H.E. Mr. Kimmo Tiilikainen, Minister of Agriculture and the Environment of Finland
Mr. Peter Sutherland, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration
H.E. Mr. Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco and upcoming Co-Chair of the Global Migration Group

Speakers:
H.E. Mr. Miguel Ruiz Cabañas, Deputy Minister of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of Mexico
Ms. Karen AbuZayd, Special Adviser on the Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants
Ms. Christine Matthews, Deputy Director, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – New York Office

Moderator:
Dr. Adam Lupel, Vice-President, International Peace Institute

On Tuesday, July 26th at 8:30am EST, IPI is hosting a Global Leaders Series presentation featuring H.E. Ms. Susana Malcorra, candidate for the position of UN secretary-general.

IPI Live Event Feed

If you can’t see the above video, view it directly on Facebook here (this works even if you don’t have a Facebook account).

At the event, Ms. Malcorra will discuss her experience and how it informs her vision of the future of global politics and the United Nations. She will address questions including how she would shape the job of UN secretary-general and define her priorities in office.

On May 23, 2016, Ms. Malcorra was officially nominated by Argentina for the position of UN secretary-general. She has been Minister of Foreign Relations since November 2015, named by Argentine President Mauricio Macri to his inaugural cabinet. In assuming the role, Ms. Malcorra resigned her position as Chef de Cabinet for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a position she had held since March 2012. As Chef de Cabinet, she was also a member of the UN Senior Management Group (SMG), chaired by the UN Secretary-General, which serves as a forum for planning and information sharing in response to emerging challenges and cross-cutting issues.

Prior to this, in March 2008, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Ms. Malcorra as Under-Secretary-General for Field Support—a role that provides dedicated support to UN peacekeeping field missions and political field missions. In her role as Under-Secretary-General, Ms. Malcorra served as the leading staff member at UN headquarters, overseeing more than 120,000 military, civilian, and police personnel deployed around the world.

Between 2004 and 2008, Ms. Malcorra served as Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP). Throughout her tenure, she supervised emergency and humanitarian operations in more than 80 countries, including leading the initial phase of the operational response to the Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004.

Prior to entering the international civil service, Ms. Malcorra worked for 25 years in the private sector, advancing to leadership positions at IBM and later at Telecom Argentina, where she served as the first female Chief Executive Officer.

Date: Jeudi 21 Juillet 2016

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El ruido mediático sobre las posibles implicaciones de una eventual salida británica de la UE (Brexit) no debe ser un obstáculo para una necesaria reflexión sobre el potencial de la relación bilateral entre España y el Reino Unido.