United Nations

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The Last Just Man

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Film and Discussion with Lt.-Gen. (Ret.) Romeo Dallaire
Former Force Commander, United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda

In 1994, 800,000 Rwandans were killed in just 100 days. Canadian General Romeo Dallaire, in Rwanda to put into place a peacekeeping force to ensure calm in a country in which a peace treaty between warring tribes had just been

Stuart Eizenstat Named 2003 Great Negotiator

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The 2003 Great Negotiator Award
Wednesday, October 1, 2003

Stuart Eizenstat, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, Under Secretary of Commerce, Under Secretary of State, and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, was honored on October 1, 2003 with the Program on Negotiation’s Great Negotiator Award.

The Great Negotiator Award is presented each year to an individual whose

International Environmental Negotiation

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Modeling the future of multilateral diplomacy in the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UNSCD)

Jonathan Margolis
Director, Office of Policy Coordination and Initiatives
Bureau of Oceans, International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Jonathan Margolis, a career member of the Senior Executive Service, serves as the Director of the Office of Policy Coordination and Initiatives in

Stuart Eizenstat: 2003 Great Negotiator

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Panel Discussion with Stuart Eizenstat
Great Negotiator Award Ceremony
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Recipient of the 2003 Great Negotiator Award

Download the background document, Stuart Eizenstat and The Negotiation of The Final Accounts of World War II
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The 2003 Great Negotiator Award
Wednesday, October 1, 2003

Stuart Eizenstat, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, Under Secretary of Commerce, Under Secretary

Imagine Coexistence

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The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School celebrates the release of a new book…
Imagine Coexistence
Restoring Humanity After Violent Ethnic Conflict
edited byAntonia Chayes & Martha Minow

In the last decade, the world has witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of violent ethnic conflicts worldwide. Imagine Coexistence seeks to explore answers to the questions: What do

Reconstructing Iraq: Negotiating the Future

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What are the most critical issues involved in the reconstruction of Iraq? How will the various actors negotiate the complex humanitarian, security and political elements crucial to Iraq’s future? What role, if any, should the United Nations play in the reconstruction process? How could the United States government have constructed a more thorough post-conflict plan,

Negotiation Journal: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead in the Conflict Resolution Field

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What don’t we know about conflict and its resolution?
What do we need to know?
How would we find out?

Some of the world’s best-known conflict resolution scholars and practitioners offer some answers to these pivotal questions in the new special issue of Negotiation Journal, the quarterly journal published by the Program on Negotiation in collaboration with Kluwer

No Man’s Land

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Film and Discussion with
Danis Tanovic
Bosnian Director

and Harvard Law School Professor
Robert Mnookin

Set in the midst of the recent Balkan wars, No Man’s Land is a powerful account of the relationship that develops between two enemy soldiers—a Serb and a Bosnian—who are trapped together in the same trench. When the United Nations begrudgingly decides to come to

Conflict With Iraq: What Role For Negotiation?

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Video Archive of this Event
Conflict with Iraq
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Panelists:
Roger Fisher
Samuel Williston Professor of Law Emeritus
Harvard Law School

Robert Mnookin
Samuel Williston Professor of Law
Harvard Law School

Michael Watkins
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School

Moderator:
Brian Mandell
Lecturer in Public Policy
Kennedy School of Government

On November 20th, 2002, as President Bush spoke at a NATO meeting in Prague about the disarmament

Brahimi Receives 2002 Great Negotiator Award

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Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi (middle) with James Sebenius (left) and Jeswald Salacuse at Harvard Business School on October 2, 2002

The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School is pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2002 Great Negotiator Award is Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy to Afghanistan.

Ambassador Brahimi is a