Dear SSJ-Friends,

We are pleased to invite you to the next GRIPS Forum at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies on June 10.

*Please register at gripsforum[at]grips.ac.jp by June 7th (Fri) without changing the title.
*If you are arriving by a private car, please let us know the car information (type, color, and number) in advance so that we can register it for campus entry permission.

Date: Monday, 10th June, 2013
Time: 16:40-18:10
Venue: GRIPS　Sokairo Hall, 1st Floor
Speaker: Dr. David M. Malone, Rector of the United Nations University; Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
Theme: “The UN Security Council: Boom or Bust?”
Language: English, (Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided)
Fee: Free

The UN Security Council is endowed with unique legally binding powers under the UN Charter which no other international institution can approximate.
How has the Council’s practice evolved since the end of the Cold War?
Malone’s remarks will unfold under three main headings after a brief introduction
• Salient new features in Council decision-making
• New factors driving Council decision-making
• New institutional developments in the Council’s life (including pressure for reform of the Council’s composition)
A single conclusion summing up the whole.

Speakers’ Profile:
Prior to joining the United Nations University on 1 March 2013, Dr. David Malone served (2008-2013) as President of Canada’s International Development Research Centre, a funding agency that supports policy-relevant research in the developing world.

Dr. Malone had previously served as Canada’s Representative to the UN Economic and Social Council and as Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations (1990-1994); as Director General of the Policy, International Organizations and Global Issues Bureaus within Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT, 1994-1998); as President of the International Peace Academy (now International Peace Institute), a New York-based independent research and policy development institution (1998-2004); as DFAIT Assistant Deputy Minister for Global Issues (2004-2006); and as Canada’s High Commissioner to India, and non-resident Ambassador to Bhutan and Nepal (2006-2008).

Dr. Malone also has held research posts at the Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution; Massey College, University of Toronto; and Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University. He has been a Guest Scholar and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, and an Adjunct Professor at the New York University School of Law.

He holds a BAA from l’École des Hautes Études Commerciales (Montreal); an Arabic Language Diploma from the American University (Cairo); an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; and a DPhil in International Relations from Oxford University.

Dr. Malone has published extensively on peace and security issues. His most recent books include Nepal in Transition: From People’s War to Fragile Peace (as co-editor; 2012, Cambridge University Press) and Does the Elephant Dance? Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy (2011, Oxford University Press).

*** GRIPS Forum ***
Since its establishment in 1997, the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), as the only graduate school in Japan specializing in policy research, has promoted education and research on a wide range of policy issues.
Utilizing our vast policy network, this Forum invites leaders from various fields including government, academia and business, as well as staff from our own faculty, to deliver lectures on current policy concerns.
The Forum welcomes attendance of GRIPS faculty and students as well as participants from outside the university. Simultaneous interpretation will be available (Japanese/English).

For Access & Map to the GRIPS campus:
http://www.grips.ac.jp/en/about/access/
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8677
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For registration and inquiries, please contact: Ms. Iso gripsforum[at]grips.ac.jp http://www.grips.ac.jp/
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