CARNEGIE COMMISSION ON PREVENTING DEADLY CONFLICT
RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR AUSWÄRTIGE POLITIK

Perspectives on the Role of Prevention in Europe
DGAP, Berlin, June 9-11, 1999

With the support of
The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Wednesday, June 9  
 
17:30 hr

Opening Reception
DGAP Reception Room

 
18:00

Dinner and Keynote Address: "The Future of Prevention"


Speaker: State Minister Dr. Ludger Volmer Auswärtiges Amt

 
Thursday, June 10

Session One: "Possibilities and Principles of Prevention: Presentation of Findings of the Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict"

Speakers:

Arne Olav Brundtland
Visiting Scholar
World Trade Organization

 
 

Jane E. Holl
Executive Director, Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict

 

Discussant:

Karl Kaiser
Otto-Wolff Director of the Research Institute of the DGAP

 
11:00 hr

"Preventing the Destruction of Democracy"

Speaker:

Prof. Dr. Suzanne Schüttemeyer
University of Potsdam

 
13:30-15 hr

Session Two: "Learning from Experience"

Missed Opportunities in the Balkans

Speaker:

Ambassador (ret.) Herbert S. Okun
Former Deputy Co-Chairman of the International Conference on Former Yugoslavia

 

Civil-Military Coordination

Speaker:

General George Joulwan (USA, Ret.)
Former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

 
15-17:30 hr

Session Three: "Preventing the Re-emergence of Violence"

Lessons Learned from UNPREDEP

Speaker:

The Honorable Henryk J. Sokalski
Former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations

 

Lessons Learned from Bosnia and Beyond

Speaker:

Ambassador Jock Covey
Former Chief of Staff, Office of the High Representative in Bosnia

 

Friday, June 11

 

  
8:30-11:30 hr

Session Four: "Looking Ahead: Instruments and Institutions for Prevention"

Toward a Stability Pact for South-East Europe: The Role of the European Union

Speakers:

Dr. Gottfried Haas (invited)
Auswärtiges Amt

Helmut Steinel
Head, Planning Staff for Foreign Relations, European Union

Preventing the Spread of Nuclear Weapons and Fissile Material from Russia

Speaker:

Dr. Joachim Krause
Deputy Director of the Research Institute of the DGAP

 

Filling the Gap: Towards a Rapid Police Reaction Force

Speaker:

Dr. Erwin A. Schmidl
Bureau of Military Research, Austrian Ministry of Defense

 
11:30-12:30 hr Session Five: Panel Discussion on the Future of NATO in Conflict Prevention