ISS Book Launch, Pretoria: Sudan at the Brink: Self-Determination and National Unity
Date: 2010-08-26
Venue: The Institute for Security Studies,
Block D, Brooklyn Court,
361 Veale Street,
New Muckleneuk, Pretoria
RSVP: Sarah Malefo• Email: [email protected]
Tel: (012) 346 9500
Fax: (012) 346 9570
“As an old Sudanese proverb so rightly says, a difficult path necessitates a competent
guide and there could be no better guide through the complexities of the
forthcoming referendum on Sudan’s future than Francis Deng. With customary
skill and candor, he outlines the road ahead without failing to warn of dangerous
turns and treacherous shortcuts. His book is a timely comment on a situation of
grave concern to Africa and the international community.â€Ââ€â€Kofi Annan, seventh
Secretary-General of the United Nations.
CHAIR
Dr. Wafula Okumu
SPEAKER
Dr Francis Deng
Dr. Deng is a Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, New York and also served as Representative of the Secretary- General on Internally Displaced Persons, as Sudan’s Ambassador to the Nordic countries, Canada and the United States of America and as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Sudan.
DISCUSSANTS
Dr John Yoh
Dr. Yoh is a Principal Liaison Officer, Government of Southern Sudan, Southern Africa Liaison Office, Pretoria and a lecture (African Politics) at University of South Africa
Colonel (retired) Festus Aboagye
Festus Aboagye is a Senior Research Fellow with the ISS Peace Missions Programme. He served with the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) from August 2000 to May 2002 as Senior Military Expert for the Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict and peace process. From March 2003 to March 2004 he served the African Union (AU) as Consultant / Panel Member for the development of the Policy Framework for the African Standby Force and later as Senior Military Advisor to the Head of the African Mission in Burundi (AMIB).
Liesl Louw speaks to Dr. Francis Deng, special advisor to the UN secretary general on the prevention of genocide after the ISS Book Launch, Sudan at the Brink, Self-Determination and National Unity Click here to listen to the MP3
