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STETE`s seminars, 2010
17.12.2010 The
seminar focused on the current situation in the Arctic region,
bringing together the various views regarding the present and future
trends of the region. Among others speakers and panel members included: Liisa Jaakonsaari (Member of the European Parliament),
Hannele Pokka (Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Environment), Scott
Brandon (Head of The Political-Economic Affairs Section, US Embassy
Helsinki), Ulrik Tideström (Minister Counsellor, Deputy Head of
Mission, Embassy of Sweden Helsinki) Hannu Halinen (Arctic Ambassador,
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland). ................................................................................................................................. Kyrgyzstan - towards democracy or chaos? 20.10.2010 STETE organized an information flash "Kyrgyzstan - towards democracy or chaos?" in Parliament´s Visitors' Centre / Kansalaisinfo. Parliamentary elections and different scenarious of Kyrgyzstan´s future were discussed among other issues. Speakers included Harri Kämäräinen (director of Eastern Europe and Central Asian Unit, MFA), Kimmo Kiljunen (MP, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Special Representative on Central Asia), election observers Georgi Bobokhidze and Eeva Suhonen and Salla Nazarenko (freelance journalist). Krista Kiuru (MP, STETE´s chair) opened the event and made introduction to the topic. The information flash was chaired by Irina Khaldarova (STETE). Georgi Bobokhidze´s and Eeva Suhonen´s presentations are linked. ................................................................................................................................. 26.8.2010
STETE and town of Lohja organised a traditional summer seminar in August at the Lohja City Hal. This year seminar concerned immigration in Finland. Speakers included Minister of Migration and European Affairs Astrid Thors. ................................................................................................................................. 31.5.2010 STETE organised Central Asian conference at the Finnish Parliament Old Auditorium. You can find summary of the conference here. ................................................................................................................................. Nordic Forum for Security Policy 2010: 26.-28.4.2010. What is the role of international cooperation in providing security in the Baltic Sea Region? Does it provide participating countries additional resources to tackle issues of environment, social and health care, and cultural cooperation? How countries stem difficulties on their way to free, safe and just society? These among other questions were discussed on the Nordic Forum for Security Policy 2010 held in St. Petersburg, Russia. Development strategies for the whole region, challenges in realization of the partnership projects, border control cooperation, Belarus in the Baltic Sea cooperation, and new initiatives on security issues – were just some of the questions that were discussed during the forum´s first session. At the second session participants shared their experience of tackling social and political problems in their countries, such as corruption, media development, discrimination of ethnic minority groups and other topical issues. Forum also provided discussions in three parallel working groups: environment, social and health care, and cultural cooperation. Forum brought together recognized experts, practitioners and scholars to facilitate more productive discussions and ideas. The
Nordic Forum for Security Policy (Finnish Committee for European
Security, STETE and Swedish OSCE-network, OSSE-nätverket) was
organised in co-operation with local partners Norden - Association for
Cooperation with Nordic Countries, Center of International and Regional
Policy (CIRP), and German Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. STETE coordinates
the work of Nordic Forum for Security Policy. Summary of the forum is available here. ................................................................................................................................. 29.1.2010 Year 2009 was the 60th anniversary of signing the Geneva Conventions which covers the basis of International Humanitarian Law. To the honourable of latterly finished anniversary Finnish Red Cross, Åbo Akademi Universitys's Institute for Human Rights and the Finnish Committee for European Security (STETE) organized a festive seminar The 1945 Geneva Conventions Revisited: Reflections on Current Challenges to International Humanitarian Law. The seminar took place at the Parliament's Old Auditorium. It consisted from speeches of Finnish professionals from the field of International Humanitarian Law and humanitarian activity. The seminar was held in English. You can find presentations of Arto Räty and Ulla-Maija Finskas here. |
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