United Nations Association of Australia (Victoria) & UNAA Victoria Young Professionals invite you to join us on the International Day for UN Peacekeepers, for an evening with Adrian Morrice to hear all about UN Peace Operations and Australia's role in peace building in turbulent times.

As someone who has spent decades working across many countries in various roles in UN peace operations and NGOs, Adrian will share insights from his extensive experience, emphasising the importance of innovative approaches to peacebuilding and the evolving role of peacekeepers in complex global contexts.

As Australia takes up its role on the UN Peacebuilding Commission for 2025 and 2026, we will hear what our role in finding pathways to global peace might look like. Drawing on his work in the Pacific region in particular, Adrian will also discuss Australia's role in peace operations on the ground, highlighting the importance of the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda and how young people can contribute to peace.

Speaker: Adrian Morrice is a highly experienced practitioner and researcher in political transitions, conflict prevention and peacebuilding. Deploying to UN Force Headquarters, Somalia in 1993 as an Australian Navy staff officer, he later joined the UN in five more peacekeeping operations and political missions (Liberia, Western Sahara, Timor Leste and Sierra Leone). He supported transition elections in Nigeria, Nepal, Mexico, Pakistan, Mongolia and Thailand. Completing a Master of Science from the London School of Economics in 2003, he later joined the UN in New York, working in the Departments of Peacekeeping and Political Affairs, focussing on new research and policies on peacebuilding in the immediate aftermath of conflict, security sector reform and reform to UN Special Political Missions. In Myanmar, he was the UN adviser to the Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee, and, before returning to Australia in 2023, the UN peace adviser in Nepal for three years.

Light refreshments provided

Free for UNAA Victoria members

Other guests $10

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