"Building Peace After Conflict: The African Experience"

STAMFORD, Conn. - April 3, 2013 - PRLog -- Dirk Salomons will speak at a World Affairs Forum event on April 24 at UCONN/Stamford. The program will begin at 5:45 P.M., with networking and refreshments, followed by the presentation at 6:15 P.M.  The program will conclude at 7:30 P.M.

Professor. Salomons is the director of the Program for Humanitarian Affairs at the School of International Public Affairs, Columbia University, where he also heads the International Organizations specialization. In his research as well as in teaching, Salomons focuses on the interaction between policy and management in humanitarian operations. Prior to joining the SIPA faculty in 2002, Salomons served since 1997 as managing partner of the Praxis Group, Ltd., an international management consulting firm, where he continued in an advisory role until the end of 2012.  Salomons is also a non-resident fellow at New York University’s Center on International cooperation, working mainly on post-conflict stabilization issues.

From 1970 until 1997, Salomons served in a wide range of management, peace building, and policy advisory functions in several organizations of the United Nations system, including FAO, UNDP, UNAIDS, UNOPS, and the UN Secretariat. His most cherished assignment was that of executive director for the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Mozambique, from 1992 to 1993.  

This cost of the program is $20 for the general public. This event is free for Forum and Ambassadors’ Roundtable Series members, faculty and students.  For reservations, please contact the World Affairs Forum at 203-356-0340 or Email: info@worldaffairsforum.org.  

The University of Connecticut Stamford Campus is located on the corner of Broad Street & Washington Blvd.  Parking is available in the UCONN Parking Garage on Washington Blvd. – 2nd floor.

The World Affairs Forum is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to expanding understanding of global affairs and America’s role in the world. The Forum is an affiliate of the World Affairs Councils of America.