UN Conference

By Daniel Yeow
Published: Friday, October 12, 2007
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Yes… there was another reason I came to Columbia University – because it is in New York. The United Nations also happens to be in New York. What a happy coincidence! Two days ago, I attended a conference on international crisis situations (think Rwanda, Bosnia Burma). It went for the whole day but it was pretty cool. I got to meet Gareth Evans.

“It’s just a bunch of men with guns who forgive other men with guns for crimes against women” ~ Donald Steinberg speaking about accountability problems over issues of rape being used as a weapon of war.


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