| This event marks the release of a special
issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies dedicated to those who
have been killed and injured in the course of humanitarian work in Iraq.
The issue is organized around themes that were prominent in the work of
Sergio Vieira de Mello and Arthur Helton. The special issue also includes
an article by Gil Loescher who was seriously injured in the August 19 bombing
of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad.
Speakers include authors Eleanor Acer, Mary Holland, Susan Martin,
Larry Minear, and Courtland Robinson, and journal co-editors Richard Black
and Joanne van Selm.
When:
Thursday, September 23, 2004
3:00-5:00 p.m. Briefing, with reception to follow
Where: 1400 16th Street, NW, Conference Rooms A &
B (lobby level)
RSVP: Please RSVP with acceptances only to Colleen
Coffey at ccoffey@migrationpolicy.org or 202/266-1910.
Selected Highlights from the "Tribute to Arthur Helton and
Sergio Vieira de Mello":
- Going Forward from the Terrorist Attack on the UN
By Gil Loescher
- Between Cooptation and Irrelevance: Humanitarian Action after Iraq
By Antonio Donini, Larry Minear and Peter Walker
- Between Principles and Politics: Lessons from Iraq for Humanitarian
Action
Astri Suhrke and Douglas Klusmeyer
- ‘It is Better to Leave, We Can’t Protect You’: Flight
in the First Months of United Nations Transnational Administrations
in Kosovo and East Timor
By Fabrizio Hochschild
- Making the UN Work: Forced Migration and Institutional Reform
By Susan Martin
- Dear to his Heart: Internally Displaced Persons
By Roberta Cohen
Order forms for the special issue at a special discount rate will be
available at the event.
Copies of the special issue of the Journal for Refugee Studies can also
be ordered from:
Journals Marketing Department, Oxford University Press
E-mail: Jnls.mkt@oupjournals.org
Web site : www.jrs.oupjournals.org
Fax: +44 (0)1865 267835
For directions to MPI, please click here.
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