Ambassador Peter W. Galbraith
Former Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to Afghanistan
War of Necessity or Quagmire?
Peter W. Galbraith has served in senior positions in the US Government and the United Nations. Most recently, he was Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to Afghanistan and an Assistant Secretary-General. He was recalled on October 1, 2009, after he urged the UN to take more forceful action to deal with fraud in Afghanistan's presidential elections.
Ambassador Galbraith is one of America's foremost experts on Iraq, having been a regular visitor to the country since the early 1980s. As a staff member for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he uncovered Saddam Hussein's murderous "al-anfal" campaign against the Iraqi Kurds, documenting chemical weapons attacks on Kurdish villagers and the depopulation of rural Kurdistan. During the 1991 uprising, Galbraith was in rebel-held northern Iraq, narrowly escaping across the Tigris as Iraqi forces recaptured the area. His written and televised accounts provided early warning of the catastrophe overtaking the civilian population and contributed to the decision to create a safe haven in northern Iraq. In 1992, Galbraith brought out of northern Iraq 14 tons of captured Iraqi secret police documents detailing the atrocities against the Kurds.
In other roles, Peter Galbraith was the first US Ambassador to Croatia, was Director for Political, Constitutional and Electoral Affairs for the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) and a Cabinet Member in the First Transitional Government of East Timor during which time he designed the territory's first interim government and the process to write East Timor's permanent constitution. He also negotiated two treaties on East Timor's behalf with Australia that effectively quadrupled East Timor's share of oil and gas in the Timor Sea. Galbraith is a principal of the Windham Resources Group LLC, a Townshend, Vermont-based firm that specializes in international negotiations for government and corporate clients. His most recent books are The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End (2006) and Unintended Consequences: How War in Iraq Strengthened America's Enemies (2008).
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010
2:30 - 4:00
Senate Room, 6th floor Robertson Hall
Carleton University
or calling 613.520.2600 ext. 6671
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The CSDS Speaker Series events are free and open to the public.For more information visit carleton.ca/csdsor call 613.520.2600 ext 6671 |
