Tomorrow's Global Issues are Here Today
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 | 4:00PM - 6:00PM | Seminar Room 108N, Munk Centre For International Studies 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
CHATHAM HOUSE RULES – Statements not for Citation
While the UN security Council deals with the crisis of the day and the Conference on Disarmament strives to produce a program of work for multilateral arms control negotiations, Geneva’s UN organizations, NGOs and think-tanks are are grappling with the inter-linked challenges of conflict prevention, humanitarian assistance, human rights, potential pandemics, refugees, forced migration and climate change.
After twelve years of military service in the Canadian Army, Marius Grinius joined the Canadian Foreign Service in 1979. He has had two postings to Thailand, one to the Canadian Delegation to the North Atlantic Council (NATO), and two postings to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the second as Ambassador. His tours of duty at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada in Ottawa included desk officer for nuclear arms control, and as Director of the Asia Pacific South and then Southeast Asia Divisions.
More recently he had a series of assignments in Ottawa, including in the Privy Council Office as principal analyst in the Social Development Policy Secretariat and as Director of Operations in the Security and Intelligence Secretariat, as well as Director-General of Operations in the Department of Western Economic Diversification. After concluding his tour as Ambassador to the Republic of Korea and to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, he was posted to Geneva as Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Office of the United Nations and to the UN Conference on Disarmament.
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