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SUMMARY:North West Syria: an ongoing humanitarian disaster
DESCRIPTION:As a follow up to a roundtable organized by KUNO in March\, you are kindly invited to a KUNO-webinar for humanitarian professionals with an update on the current situation in North-West Syria. At this webinar representatives of the Syrian Networks League\, a coordination body of 140 Syrian NGOs working in Northwest Syria\, will launch a Call to Action calling on the Dutch humanitarian community and the Dutch Government.\n\nPeople living in northwest Syria continue to endure a severe humanitarian situation as their lives remain impacted by the effects of displacement\, military operations\, the protracted conflict and collapse of the Syrian Pound\, as well as the threat of a COVID-19 outbreak. The ceasefire introduced in early March has provided significant respite from airstrikes and there have been fewer artillery bombardments. At the same time\, reports of increasing incidents with improvised explosive devices and reports of clashes between non-state armed groups indicate mounting insecurity in Idleb and the Afrin and A’zaz to Jarablus areas. Some 840\,000 of the nearly 1 million people displaced in northwest Syria remain in displacement\, including some 500\,000 children and nearly 180\,000 women. \n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\nDr. Mohammed Zahid\, PAC Country Director and representative of the Syrian Networks League.\nMohammad Kanfash is director of Damaan\, a Dutch-Syrian humanitarian organization working in Idkib. Until 2019 Mohammad worked for the UNHCR in Syria\, Egypt and the Netherlands.\nNawras al Husein\, Lead DRA Joint Response in NW Syria (CARE NL).\nReintje van Haeringen\, CEO at CARE Netherlands. CARE is the lead on the NW Syria Joint Response of the Dutch Relief Alliance.\nMarriet Schuurman of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/north-west-syria-an-ongoing-humanitarian-disaster/
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SUMMARY:The Hague Conversations on Conflict: China and the West – avoiding a confrontation
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce the next event in the series The Hague Conversations on Conflict by LINKS Europe This link opens in a new tab and The Hague Humanity Hub This link opens in a new tab\, which aims to contribute to a better understanding of conflict and help rethink approaches to conflict prevention and resolution. This event will be held in virtual mode\, but will otherwise maintain a similar format to the activities previously organised in this series. \nOn Thursday\, 28th of May\, The Hague Conversations on Conflict will turn its attention to growing tensions between China and the West on a range of issues from trade to the South China Sea\, and which have been exacerbated by polemics around the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. \nEmerging in Wuhan\, China\, at the end of last year\, the coronavirus has since spread to affect everybody on the planet in one form or another; disrupting dominant political narratives and questioning the established world order. Adding to general Western concerns related China’s failure to offer a level playing field in its economic and trade relations with the rest of the world\, Western reliance on China in tech-sectors such as 5G\, and the increasing Chinese assertiveness in global theatres\, from the South China Sea to Africa\, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated Sino-U.S. tensions and brought simmering rivalries to the fore. More broadly the pandemic has triggered an unprecedented global debate about China to Beijing’s obvious discomfort. With experts forecasting that post-pandemic economic recovery will take significantly longer in the West than in China\, many suggest that the latter will use this to catalyse the West-East power shift and raise its global profile. Despite accusations of initial failures by the Chinese authorities to address the virus\, we are already seeing powerful narratives coming out of Beijing diverting attention towards Western failures to handle the pandemic following its spread. \nConversely\, some in the West have accused the World Health Organization (WHO) of corruption\, bias\, and an inability to adequately criticise repeated Chinese failures that may have led to the emergence of a number of serious viruses over recent years. Whilst we are seeing a continuation of isolationist policies in the West – embodied by U.S. President Donald Trump’s funding cut to the WHO – Beijing is using the country’s manufacturing capacity for ‘mask diplomacy’\, providing protective equipment to struggling nations and normalising the idea of Chinese global leadership. But how long can tensions between these two world powers continue to grow before turning into another cold war – with all the costs and risks that entails? What should Europe be doing in this scenario? \nWith the help of a diverse panel of experts\, this event shall discuss the implications of China’s emergence as a regional and global superpower; the growing tensions between China and the United States; and the role of Europe in this emerging scenario. \n– Registration for this event is obligatory –\n— \nThe panel for the event is the following: \nArdi Bouwers – a Sinologist and Director of the consultancy China Circle\, specialised in intercultural communication and media. She is the author of a book about communication between Chinese and Dutch people ‘Cirkels en rechte lijnen’ (2016 in Dutch). She teaches on China in the 21st century at Amsterdam University College and on intercultural communication at Xiamen University. \nJakub Janda – Executive Director of the European Values Center for Security Policy based in Prague. He specialises in response of democratic states to hostile disinformation and influence operations. He is Associate Fellow at Slovak Security Policy Institute and regular contributor for the Atlantic Council. He serves a member of Editorial Board of the expert portal AntiPropaganda.sk and as a proud member of the Active Reserves of the Czech Armed Forces. \nDr Dennis Sammut – Director of the foundation LINKS Europe\, is a foreign policy specialist focusing on European security issues\, conflict prevention and resolution\, and on EU relations with neighbouring countries to the East and the South.
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/thcoc-china-and-the-west/
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SUMMARY:KUNO Covid Café: The geopolitical consequences of Covid
DESCRIPTION:The Covid-19 crisis is posing a challenge to the world in unprecedented ways and it is influencing our daily lives. It will most definitely also change our work in the humanitarian sector. This needs to be discussed: with humanitarian professionals\, with policymakers\, academics\, and certainly also with a broader audience: citizens that are firmly interested this topic\, but who may also have worries. This is why KUNO in cooperation with partners\, is introducing the KUNO Covid Café. Every week we organize an online café\, to discuss the changing world with inspiring speakers and a wide audience.\n\nThe first series of the Covid-Café will be a joint Oxfam Novib – KUNO effort. \nIn this third episode of the Café we will talk about the geopolitical consequences of the Covid crisis with the following speakers: \nPieter Feith\, former diplomat in amongst others Aceh and Kosovo and \nSally Chin\, head of Oxfam International New York. \nThe KUNO Covid-Café is a low-key webinar\, which you can enjoy with a cup of tea or coffee\, at the end of your work day. It’s a great opportunity to stay in touch on relevant developments within our sector\, and to discuss with the guest speakers via the chat in the webinar. You can also e-mail any questions you may have beforehand to kuno@kuno-platform.nl\, we will then do our best to incorporate them into the webinar.
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/kuno-covid-cafe-the-geopolitical-consequences-of-covid/
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