Upcoming Event: The Arab Uprisings and the United Nations

POMED and the National Security Network will be co-hosting a panel discussion on Tuesday, September 13th, called “The Arab Uprisings and the United Nations.” The event will be from 10am-11:30am at the Center for American Progress (1333 H St NW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20005). We’re excited to have Dr. James Zogby (President, Arab American Institute), Geneive Abdo (Fellow, the Century Foundation and the National Security Network), and Ted Piccone (Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution) to speak. Heather Hurlburt, Executive Director of the National Security Network, will moderate.

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.

Click here to RSVP for the event, or email rsvp@nsnetwork.org. Please contact Anna Newby at anna.newby@pomed.org with any questions, or call (202) 828-9660. We look forward to seeing you there!