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Second Annual Anumdi General Meeting

The Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) unites people who are active in the work and study of the UN, to better understand and address the most pressing global issues of our time. The United Nations was founded in 1945 to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” In the 21st Century, it is not only war, but also climate change, pandemic disease, new weapons, displacement, inequality, bigotry and extremism that threaten global well-being. Because these challenges disregard borders, no sovereign nation will succeed in countering them alone. Solutions to improve the human condition will most likely advance with evidence-based analysis, international legal agreement, and multilateral action. As the only institution with worldwide membership, an effective United Nations is an existential imperative for the global good. ACUNS serves to foster well-studied action in the UN system. ACUNS was established in 1987 by a group of concerned scholars at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. They envisioned a professional association that would unite students, scholars, advisers, practitioners, and policy makers focused on evidence-based analysis of the UN system. Since then, five universities have hosted ACUNS. In 2020, ACUNS became an independent non-profit organization, providing a durable foundation for future development. The ACUNS secretariat is currently hosted at Georgetown University. Note: Participation in this event is by invitation only. Speakers Prof. Lise Howard Viviana Porto Maria Kisumbi Dr. Ademola Lawal Prof. Ousman Zakaria Dr. David Obura, Cordio East Africa & IPBES Dr. Hauwa Ibrahim Prof. Alice Odingo

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Global Peace Index 2025 - Europe Launch

The Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) and the Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP) are pleased to welcome the International Geneva community and partners world wide to the Geneva Launch of the Global Peace Index (GPI) Report 2025. While global peacefulness is at his lowest point in more than a decade, the number of conflicts worldwide and the economic impact of violence are soaring. Most of the leading factors and  indicators which precede major conflicts are at their highest level since WWII. This situation is depicted on the background of a fragmented world in which more and more powers are becoming influential on the international scene as well as of more countries increasing their levels of militarisation against the backdrop of rising geopolitical tensions, increasing conflict, the breakup of traditional alliances and rising economic uncertainty. This is the 19th edition of the Global Peace Index, which ranks 163 independent states and territories according to their level of peacefulness, covering 99.7% of the world’s population. Produced by the IEP, the Index is the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness. This report presents the most comprehensive data-driven analysis to date on trends in peace, its economic value, and how to develop peaceful societies. It uses 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators to measure the state of peace across three domains: the level of Societal Safety and Security; the extent of Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict; and the degree of Militarisation. Speakers Mr Itonde Kakoma, President and CEO, Interpeace Ms Melissa Dobner-Mujanayi, GCSP NISC 2025 Graduate/ Federal Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Austria Ms Olga BIMBASHI, GCSP NISC 2025 Graduate/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Palestine Closing Remarks Ambassador Julien Thöni,  Permanent Representative for Disarmament, and Deputy Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations and International Organizations in Geneva Moderator Ms Annika Hilding Norberg, Head of Peace Operations and Peacebuilding, GCSPPresentation of Key Findings: Mr Serge Stroobants, Director, Europe and MENA, Institute of Economics and Peace

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18 June, 2025 Briefing

Global Peace Index 2025 Briefing to IOM-UN Staff

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18 June, 2025 Briefing

GTI 2025 briefing to European Institute for Counter Terrorism and Conflict Prevention

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Global Peace Index 2025 Launch

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