In November 2003, Citizens for Global Solutions co-sponsored a conference at Seton Hall University School of Law on the future of the United Nations. Citizens for Global Solutions Executive Vice President Don Kraus was joined by Walter Cronkite, Sir Brian Urquhart, Senator Jon Corzine, Barbara Crosette, Professor Edward Luck and Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter, among others. 

Video: Keynote Speakers and Panels

Conference Program

Conference Co-Sponsors

Keynote Speakers and Panels

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• programs/intl_instit/multimedia/cronkite.mpg">Walter Cronkite

• programs/intl_instit/multimedia/holbrooke.mpg">Amb. Richard Holbrooke

• programs/intl_instit/multimedia/luck.mpg">Prof. Edward C. Luck, Columbia University

• programs/intl_instit/multimedia/slaughter.mpg">Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter, Princeton University

• programs/intl_instit/multimedia/panel1.mpg">Panel #1: Diplomats' Panel on the Future of the United Nations

• programs/intl_instit/multimedia/panel2.mpg">Panel #2: Civil Society Leaders' Panel on Charter Amendments and a New Charter

• programs/intl_instit/multimedia/panel3.mpg">Panel #3: Scholars' Panel on Improving the United Nations: Incrementally? Amendments? A New Charter?

• programs/intl_instit/multimedia/panel4.mpg">Panel #4: Scholars' Panel on Incremental Changes

• programs/intl_instit/multimedia/panel5.mpg">Panel #5: Scholars' Panel on Charter Amendments and a New Charter

Conference Program

Program Schedule
November 14, 2003

8:30am Continental Breakfast

9:30am Opening Ceremonies

Kevin Sanders, Master of Ceremonies
Dean Patrick E. Hobbs, Seton Hall Law School, Greetings
Senator Jon Corzine, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Remarks
Livingston High School Chamber Singers, Dr. Antia Castiglione, Director

10:00 Morning Keynote Address: Walter Cronkite (via video)

10:15 Diplomats' Panel

Barbara Crossette, former New York Times UN Bureau Chief, Moderator
Sir Brian Urquhart, Former Under Secretary General
Hans Corell, Under Secretary General & Legal Counsel
Amb. Pierre Schori, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations
Amb. S. Azmat Hassan, Seton Hall Univ. School of Diplomacy & Int'l Relations

11:15 Civil Society Leaders' Panel on Charter Amendments and a New Charter

Barbara Crossette, former NYTimes UN Bureau Chief, Moderator
Dr. Edward C. Luck, Columbia University (video)
Dr. Simon Chesterman, Senior Associate, Int'l Peace Academy
Hon. John B. Anderson, President, World Federalist Association (via video)
Don Kraus, Executive Director, Campaign for UN Reform
Bill Pace, Executive Director, World Federalist Movement

12:15 Scholars' Panel on Improving the United Nations: Incremental Changes? Amendments? A New Charter? (Video)

Bruce Rosen, Esq., Editor, New Jersey Law Journal, Moderator
Saul Mendlovitz, Rutgers University
Ved Nanda, University of Denver
Robert Johansen, Notre Dame University
Anne Marie Slaughter, Dean, Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School

1:15 Lunch

2:15 Afternoon Keynote Address: Amb. Richard Holbrooke (via video)

2:30 Scholars' Panel on Incremental Changes

Tony Jenkins, President, UN Correspondents Association, Moderator
Jerry Fitzgerald English, Esq., former NJ Commissioner, Port Authority of NY & NJ
Lucy Webster, Economists Allied for Arms Reduction
Prof. Walter Hoffmann, Executive Director, Center for UN Reform Education
Stephen Greenwald, Vice President, American Assoc. of Jewish Lawyers & Jurists

3:30 Scholars' Panel on Charter Amendment and new UN Charter

Len Fisher, Assoc. Editor, Newark Star-Ledger, Moderator
Prof. Richard Langhorne, Director, Rutgers Univ Center for Global Change & Governance
Prof. Joseph Schwartzberg, Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota
Myron W. Kronisch, Esq., Center for War/Peace Studies

4:15 Question & Answer

5:00 Adjournment

Co-Sponsors

Sponsors: Center for War/Peace Studies; United Nations Association-USA; Seton Hall University John Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations; Rutgers University Center for Global Change & Governance & School of Law-Newark; and Citizens for Global Solutions (formerly WFA). ction Grant: The Bydale Foundation, 11 Martene Avenue, White Plains, NY 10606.  Publicizing the Program: Foreign Policy Association, UN-DPI, Dr. Max Stamper & Associates, Co-sponsors and many other NGOs.  Public Relations: Ruder Finn, 301 East 57th Street, NYC, NY 10022, 212-593-6400.  Monograph Grant: One World Now, 17-5 Gray Suite A, Houston, TX 77109.

Co-sponsors: World Federalist Movement; American Bar Assoc. Section of International Law & Practice; Center for UN Reform Education; League of Women Voters; American Assoc. of Jewish Lawyers & Jurists; Campaign for UN Reform; American Assoc. of University Women; Academic Council on the United Nations System; One World Now; National Collegiate Conference Association; and Unitarian Universalist Association.

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