Presentations & Speeches

Full remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on “As Long as She Is Competent”: Confronting Gender Inequality at the UN and in the World, at the UN Foundation Global Leadership Dinner in New York City on October 19, 2016.

Full remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at a UN Security Council Briefing on Syria in New York City on September 25, 2016.

Jens Stoltenberg,NATO Secretary General, discussed the future of the NATO alliance during this speech, given at the Harvard Kennedy School on September 23, 2016. He described the alliance as a responsive organization, capable of adapting to changes in the international security landscape but committed to the continuity of its founding values. In particular, he emphasized the necessity of maintaining a policy of absolute solidarity among member states, especially  in light of the exacerbating civil war in Syria and Russia’s aggressive stance toward countries to the East of NATO member state borders.

Full remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on “The Strangers’ Case”: The Power of Empathy in Art and Diplomacy, at the Lincoln Center Global Exchange in New York City on September 16, 2016.

Full remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at a Meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council on Granting UN Accreditation to the Committee to Protect Journalists in New York City on July 25, 2016.

Full remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on “The Global Refugee Crisis: Overcoming Fears and Spurring Action,” at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, DC on June 29, 2016.

In June 2016, Hui Zhang presented "China and FM(C)T" at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. 2016.

Full remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on “Twenty-first Century Realism” at the Awarding of the 2016 Henry A. Kissinger Prize at the American Academy in Berlin, Germany on June 8, 2016.

Full remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, to Graduating Students at Yale College on Class Day in New Haven, CT on May 22, 2016.

In this talk sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative, Harvard Project Director Robert Stavins will provided an economic perspective as he assesses the Paris Agreement, reached in December of 2015. He will review the previous 20 years of climate negotiations in order to place the Paris Agreement in its proper context. Drawing on research carried out by the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, he will provide a detailed assessment of the new approach now being taken, looking both at the significant accomplishments of the Agreement, as well as the key challenges that remain.