UN Series in Partnership with Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention and the Department of Political Science

VTIPG along with the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention and the Department of Political Science will welcome Scott Smith as guest lecturer in mid-October. Scott Smith is Team Leader for Afghanistan within the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Affairs in New York. In that capacity he provides headquarters support to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and provides policy advice on Afghanistan to the Secretary-General, the Under-Secretary General for Peacekeeping and other UN officials. Smith will be giving a public lecture and will meet with graduate students for a roundtable discussion.