Recent HighlightsÂ
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In December, GPF organized seven working group meetings and had discussions with various partners including CIVICUS Deputy Secretary General Katsuji Imata.
Here are some highlights:
- GPF organized a luncheon with Olivier de Schutter, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. The discussion looked at landgrabbing, speculation, biofuels and other urgent topics. (Dec 1)
- The NGO Working Group on the Security Council met with Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations. (Dec 7)
- The NGO Working Group on the Security Council met with the newly-elected ambassadors on the Council, at a luncheon hosted by Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting of Austria. (Dec 8)
- The NGO Working Group on Food and Hunger met with Danny Chingimbu, a smallholder farmer from Zambia, at a luncheon cosponsored by IFAD - the International Fund for Agricultural Development. (Dec 15)
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GPF in the News
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Upcoming Events
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January 20, 1:00 - 2:45pm
Luncheon and Discussion with Fred Kaufman on "Speculation and Food - commodity markets, price instability and inflating food costs."
Meetings with UK Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant and with Robert Orr, UN Assistant Secretary General for Policy and Planning.
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Spotlight
GPF has a new staff member - Lou Pingeot of Paris. A graduate of Sciences Po, she has broad responsibilities as Program Coordinator.
In December two new Associates joined GPF: Lydia Boyer (USA), and Melissa Martin (Australia)
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Other News
GPF is preparing a spring conference in Brussels on Security Council reform, with a focus on the possibility of a European seat.
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