The United Nations Secretary-General has called for the first ever World Humanitarian Summit: to reaffirm our commitment to humanity and chart a course for change. The Secretary-General’s Agenda for Humanity calls on global leaders to commit to five core responsibilities in the name of our shared humanity:
Global leadership to prevent and end conflict
Uphold the norms that safeguard humanity
Leave no one behind
Change people's lives – from delivering aid to ending need
Invest in humanity
Summary Booklet | June 2012
Arab Uprisings Symposium Summary Critically Assessing the Changing Landscape of Power and Players IFI by Maureen Ali
This symposium is part of the AUB-wide Arab Uprisings Research Initiative, which
was launched and is supported by the Office of the Provost and managed by the
Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs. AUB has invited over
twenty scholars from the Arab world and abroad to this Symposium to discuss critical
themes that have emerged to date, and to help shape our future research agenda. The
symposium will highlight shifting power...
