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SUMMARY:GWCJL SPEAKER SERIES\, Dr. W.P.S. Sidhu -- "The UN at 75\, Where It
 's Been and Where It's Going..."
DESCRIPTION:We are fortunate that our prescient Programs Director\, Lois Sc
 hein-Lewis\, has Dr. Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu lined up for us at this time
  of great international upheaval and turmoil. Dr W.P.S. Sidhu was the cons
 ultant to the first\, second and third UN Panel of Governmental Experts on
  missiles. He was also appointed as a member of the Resource Group set up 
 to assist the UN High-Level Panel on Threats\, Challenges and Changes (200
 4). Dr. Sidhu earned his PhD from the University of Cambridge and is an as
 sociate fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. He is a guest fac
 ulty member at the NATO Defense College and UN Specialization at the Cente
 r for Global Affairs at NYU.\n\nSome might wonder -- what exactly does the
  UN do and what is the difference between this global organization and ano
 ther\, NATO\, that has been so much in the news in recent days and weeks? 
 First\, some history.\n\nBorn out of the ashes of two destructive world wa
 rs in 1945\, the nascent United Nations (UN) survived the bitter Cold War 
 era\, briefly thrived in the post-Cold War period\, and -- despite the adv
 ent of new challenges\, actors and institutions in the post 9/11 age -- re
 mains an essential\, if not indispensable\, organization today.&nbsp\;\n\n
 At 75\, while there have been some spectacular failures\, the UN has major
  achievements to its credit. &nbsp\;First\, The UN is not only the longest
  functioning multilateral organization\, but also the most effective one i
 n preventing great power conflict\, especially nuclear war. &nbsp\;Second\
 , the UN's innovation of peacekeeping and peace building has contributed t
 o decolonization and a precipitous drop in armed conflict\, especially aft
 er the end of the Cold War. &nbsp\;Third\, the UN has evolved\, from its o
 rigins as a primarily Western institution\, narrowly focused on peace and 
 security\, into a truly international organization with a say in every asp
 ect of human endeavor and global affairs\, including promoting universal h
 uman rights\, reducing extreme poverty\, eradicating smallpox and other he
 alth scourges and reducing maternal and infant mortality.\n\nAnd the diffe
 rences between the UN and NATO?\n\n\n\n\nThe United Nations (UN) is an int
 ergovernmental organization tasked with maintaining international peace an
 d security\, developing friendly relations among nations\, achieving inter
 national co-operation\, and being a centre for harmonizing the actions of 
 nations. It was established with the aim of preventing future wars\, and s
 ucceeded the ineffective League of Nations. &nbsp\;At its founding\, the U
 N had 51 member states\; there are now 193.&nbsp\;The UN is the largest\, 
 most familiar\, most internationally represented and most powerful intergo
 vernmental organization in the world.\nNATO\, meanwhile\, is an intergover
 nmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries
 . The organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on
  April 4 1949. NATO constitutes a system of collective defense whereby its
  independent member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attac
 k by any external party.\nThe United States is one of the founding members
  of both and a permanent member of the UN.\nJoin us for this timely presen
 tation and discussion!\n\n\n\nWith thanks to our generous Coalition sponso
 rs\, the RENE BLOCH FOUNDATION.\n\n[gravityform id="3" title="true" descri
 ption="true"]\n\n\n
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