The Future of Mediation on Nagorno-Karabakh

Venue: Rome (Italy)
Period: Jul. 11, 2011
 
The unresolved Nagorno-Karabkah conflict continues to represent the main threat to security and stability in the South Caucasus and a major impediment to regional cooperation. To date, the main mediation forum - the OSCE Minsk Group - has been largely unsuccessful in achieving its mandate. The roundtable will bring together a group of Italian and international experts and officials, in order to asses (1) to what extent is the Minsk Group's lack of success and the frustration this has generated giving rise to alternative or complementary impulses for conflict mediation (e.g., conducted by Russia or other third parties)? (2) what are the prospects for the deployment of an OSCE or other peacekeeping force in the conflict zone?

2:30 – 3:00PM WELCOME COFFEE

3:00 – 3:15PM WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS:
-Ettore Greco, Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali

3:15 – 4:30PM THE FUTURE OF MEDIATION ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH
Moderator: Nathalie Tocci , Deputy Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali

Paper-givers/Speakers:
-Fariz Ismailzade , Political Analyst, Baku
-Dennis Sammut, Executive Director, London Information Network on Conflicts and Statebuilding
Discussant:
-Valeria Piacentini , Director of the Athaeneum Centre of Research on the Southern System
and the Wider Mediterranean, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan

4:30 – 5:30PM OPEN DEBATE

Download the registration form below and submit it as soon as possible by fax (0039.06.322.4363) or email (n.champion@iai.it).

Istituto Affari Internatzionali
Natalie Champion
Via Angelo Brunetti 9
00186 Rome, Italy
e-mail: n.champion@iai.it