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Speeches by Gareth Evans

Since July 2009 | As President of Crisis Group (2000-2009) | As Foreign Minister (1988-1996) | Other Speeches (1996-1999)


Speeches as President of the International Crisis Group, January 2000-June 2009

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"Farewell Message on Leaving Crisis Group"
30 June 2009.

"Crimes Against Humanity and the Responsibility to Protect"
Address by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to Crimes Against Humanity Initiative, Hague Intersessional Experts Meeting Dinner, The Hague, 11 June 2009.

"Getting to Zero: Interview with Gareth Evans, Co-Chair of the International Nuclear Non-Proliferation Disarmament Commission"
For Arms Control Association April 2009. Interviewed by Miles A. Pomper and Peter Crail.

"NATO and the Responsibility to Protect"
Presentation by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to Shadow NATO Summit, Options for NATO: Presssing the Re-Set Button on the Strategic Concept, Session on NATO’S Role and Relevance in the 21st Century (BASIC, Bertelmans Stiftung, ISIS Europe, NATO Watch), Brussels, 31 March 2009

"The Responsibility to Protect in Environmental Emergencies"
Presentation by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to American Society of International Law (ASIL) 103rd Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 26 March 2009

"Towards a More Bound-Together World"
For McKinsey & Company's What Matters March 2009. Answering the question "Will the world be more tightly bound together in 20 years from now, or less".

"Conflict and Poverty"
Keynote Address by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to Plenary Session “Tackling Conflict, Fragility and Insecurity: Creating the Conditions for Effective Poverty Reduction”, DFID Conference on Future of International Development, London, 10 March 2009

"The Responsibility To Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All"
Address by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to the Institute for Public Policy Research, London, 15 December 2008. Similar presentations have been given in recent weeks to the University of Sydney on 24 October, American University of Beirut on 10 November, Royal Irish Academy on 21 November, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies on 27 November, Toronto Munk Debate on 1 December, Harvard Kennedy School of Government on 4 December, and Geneva Centre for Security Policy on 12 December 2008

"The Best of Times, the Worst of Times and the Role of Peace and Security Funders"
Keynote Address by Gareth Evans, President & CEO, International Crisis Group and Co-Chair, International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, to International Dialogue for Funders on Advancing Peace and Security in 2009 and Beyond, Peace and Security Funders Group/FRIDE, Madrid, 20 November 2008

"Preventing and Resolving Deadly Conflict: What have we learned?"
Lecture by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American University of Beirut, 10 November 2008

"The Other Rich List"
Convocation Address by Hon Gareth Evans AO QC, President of the International Crisis Group, on occasion of conferral of degree of Honoray Doctor of Laws, University of Sydney, 24 October 2008

"European Geopolitics After the Russia-Georgia War: The Security Role of the OSCE"
Keynote Address by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, The OSCE in an Open World: Trade, Security and Migration, Toronto, Canada, 18 September 2008

"Operationalising R2P in Coercive Peace Operations"
Presentation by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to Working Group on Peace Operations and the Protection of Civilians, ICRC and IIHL Conference on ‘International Humanitarian Law, Human Rights and Peace Operations, San Remo, 5 September 2008

"Conflict Potential in a World of Climate Change"
Speech given by Crisis Group President Gareth Evans to Bucerius Summer School on Global Governance 2008, on 29 August 2008

"The Responsibility to Protect: Meeting the Challenges"
Lecture by Gareth Evans to 10th Asia Pacific Programme for Senior Military Officers, S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore, 5 August 2008

"New International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament: Gareth Evans to Co-Chair"
Interview with Gareth Evans on ABC Radio National Breakfast Program, 10 June 2008

"The Responsibility to Protect: An Idea Whose Time Has Come ... and Gone?"
Lecture by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to David Davies Memorial Institute, University of Aberystwyth, 23 April 2008

"The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes"
Address by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to Global Philanthropy Forum, San Francisco, 11 April 2008

"The Responsibility to Protect and The Use of Military Force"
Presentation by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to Seminar on International Use of Force, World Legal Forum, The Hague, 11 December 2007

"Delivering on the Responsibility to Protect: Four Misunderstandings, Three Challenges and How To Overcome them"
Address by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to SEF Symposium 2007, The Responsibility to Protect(R2P): Progress, Empty Promise or a License for ‘Humanitarian Intervention’, Bonn, 30 November 2007

"The Iran Nuclear Problem: The Way Forward"
Panel presentation by Gareth Evans, President & CEO, International Crisis Group, to the International Seminar on Iran’s Nuclear Program and the IAEA Director-General’s Report, School of International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran, 22 November 2007

"Preventing Mass Atrocities: Making the Responsibility to Protect a Reality"
Keynote Address by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group and Co-Chair, International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, to United Nations University/International Crisis Group Conference on "Prevention of Mass Atrocities: From Mandate to Realisation", New York, 10 October 2007

"Exorcising Nuremberg's Ghosts"
Address by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, at Nuremberg International Human Rights Award Ceremony, Nuremberg, 30 September 2007

"Breaking the Kosovo Stalemate: Europe's Responsibility"
Panel Presentation by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to Crisis Group Forum, Brussels, 1 October 2007

"Nuclear Energy in the Next Quarter Century: The IAEA’s Role"
Concluding Report to General Conference by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, as Chair of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Scientific Forum 2007, Vienna, 20 September 2007

"Global Challenges and the Development of Atomic Energy: The Next 25 Years"
Introductory Remarks by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, as Chair of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Scientific Forum 2007, Vienna, 18 September 2007

"Introducing Hans Blix"
Introduction by Gareth Evans to Addresses by Dr Hans Blix at United Nations Association of Australia (UNAA) Dinner, Melbourne, 27 August 2007, and Australian Society of Labor Lawyers (ASSL) Forum, Sydney, 28 August 2007

"The Responsibility to Protect: Creating and Implementing a New International Norm"
Address by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to Human Rights Law Resource Centre, Melbourne, 13 August 2007 and Community Legal Centres and Lawyers for Human Rights, Sydney, 28 August 2007

"Ending Deadly Conflict: Dream or Delusion?"
Second Sir Zelman Cowen Oration by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, Australian Institute of International Affairs, Melbourne, 22 August 2007

"Weapons of Mass Destruction: Maintaining the Rage"
First Dr John Gee Memorial Lecture by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, Australian National University, Canberra, 16 August 2007

"The Limits of State Sovereignty: The Responsibility to Protect in the 21st Century"
Eighth Neelam Tiruchelvam Memorial Lecture by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES), Colombo, 29 July 2007

"The Unfinished Responsibility to Protect Agenda: Europe's Role"
Panel Presentation by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to EPC/IPPR/Oxfam Policy Dialogue on Europe’s Responsibility to Protect: What Role for the EU?, Brussels, 5 July 2007

"The Iranian Nuclear Challenge"
Address by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to The Greens/European Free Alliance Conference on Iran: Alternatives to Escalation, European Parliament, Brussels, 4 July 2007

"Towards Peace in the Middle East: Lessons for European Policymakers"
Address by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to Closing Session, PSE/Socialist Group in the European Parliament Conference on Moving Toward an International Peace Conference for the Middle East, European Parliament, Brussels, 3 July 2007

"Zimbabwe: Is There Any Way Out?"
Notes for Panel Presentation by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to Royal Commonwealth Society Conference, Zimbabwe: Preparing for Change, London, 2 July 2007

"Hypocrisy, Democracy, War and Peace"
Dinner Keynote Address by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to Harvard University Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Conference on Democracy in Contemporary Global Politics, Talloires, France, 16 June 2007

"Conflict and Mass Violence in Africa: Is There an End in Sight?"
Dinner Keynote Address by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to Aspen Atlantic Group/Stanley Foundation Conference on Africa at Risk or Rising? The Role of Europe, North America and Europe on the Continent, Berlin, 5 May 2007

"From Principle To Practice – Implementing The Responsibility To Protect"
Keynote Address by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group and Co-Chair of International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, to Egmont (Royal Institute of International Affairs) Conference and Expert Seminar From Principle to Practice: Implementing the Responsibility to Protect, Brussels, 26 April 2007, Gareth Evans

"The International Responsiblity to Protect: The Tasks Ahead"
Address by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group and Co-Chair of International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, to Seminar Africa’s Responsibility to Protect, The Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town, 23 April 2007

"The Blix Commission's Wake-up Call: Meeting the Nuclear Challenge"
Presentation by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, and Member, Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, to International Conference on A Comprehensive Approach toward Nuclear Disarmament, European Parliament, Brussels, 19 April 2007

"Responsibility to Protect in 2007: Five Thoughts for Policy Makers"
Presentation by Gareth Evans, President of the International Crisis Group, to Panel Discussion on The Responsibility to Protect: Ensuring Effective Protection of Populations under Threat of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, Program to Commemorate 1994 Rwandan Genocide, United Nations, New York, 13 April 2007

"Preventing Mass Atrocities: Making 'Never Again' a Reality"
Lecture by Gareth Evans, President of the International Crisis Group and Co-Chair of International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, in Joan B. Kroc Distinguished Lecture Series, Institute for Peace and Justice, University of San Diego, 12 April 2007

"The Responsibility to Protect: The Power of an Idea"
Keynote Address by Gareth Evans, President of the International Crisis Group and Co-Chair of International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, to Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley International Conference on the Responsibility to Protect: Stopping Mass Atrocities, University of California, Berkeley, 14 March 2007

"Making Idealism Realistic: The Responsibility to Protect as a New Global Security Norm"
Address by Gareth Evans, President of the International Crisis Group, to launch Stanford MA Program in International Policy Studies, Stanford University, 7 February 2007

"Ending Deadly Conflict: Just a Dream?"
Address by Gareth Evans, President of the International Crisis Group, to UN Women’s International Forum, New York, 5 February 2007

"Conflict Prevention: Ten Lessons We Have Learned"
Closing Keynote Address by Gareth Evans, President of the International Crisis Group, to the University of Toronto Peace and Conflict Society Conference Before the Crisis Breaks: Conflict Prevention, Crisis Management and Preventive Diplomacy in the 21st Century, Toronto, 4 February 2007

"Darfur: What Next?"
Keynote Address by Gareth Evans to International Crisis Group/Save Darfur Coalition/European Policy Centre Conference Towards a Comprehensive Settlement for Darfur, Brussels, 22 January 2007

"The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Moving Forward"
Remarks by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to Concluding Plenary Session, Madrid +15 Conference, Towards Peace in the Middle East: Addressing Concerns and Expectations, Madrid, 12 January 2007

"Australia's Foreign Policy Response to Global Challenges"
Address by Gareth Evans, President and CEO of the International Crisis Group, to Advance 100 Global Australians Summit, Sydney Opera House, 19 December 2006

"Preventing Deadly Conflict: How Can We Do Better?"
Address by Gareth Evans, President of International Crisis Group, to Foreign Policy Association ‘Off-the-Record’ Lecture Series, New York, 6 December 2006

"The Responsibility to Protect: From an Idea to an International Norm, Gareth Evans"
Keynote Opening Address by Gareth Evans, President of International Crisis Group and Co-Chair of International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, to Chicago Council on Global Affairs et al Conference on The Responsibility to Protect: Engaging America, Chicago, 15 November 2006

"A World in Crisis: Conflict Prevention and the International Crisis Group"
Address by Gareth Evans, President & CEO of the International Crisis Group, to Norwegian Red Cross Humanitarian Forum, Oslo, 26 September 2006

"Justice, Peace and the International Criminal Court"
Address by Gareth Evans, President & CEO of the International Crisis Group, to the Second Public Hearing of the Office of the Prosecutor, The Prosecutorial Strategy for 2007-09, The Hague, 25 September 2006

"Promoting Democracy: What We Have Learned"
Address by Gareth Evans, President & CEO of the International Crisis Group, to American Enterprise Institute Symposium, How Much do we Really Know about Democracy Promotion?, (Panel with William Kristol, J Scott Carpenter and Judy Van Rest), Washington DC, 19 September 2006

"A Rule-Based International Order: Illusory or Achievable?"
2006 Dankwart A. Rustow Memorial Lecture by Gareth Evans, President of International Crisis Group and former Foreign Minister of Australia, Graduate Center, City University of New York, 19 September 2006

"International Law at the Coalface"
Remarks by Gareth Evans at Melbourne Journal of International Law Annual Reception, Melbourne, 22 August 2006

"Conflict Prevention and Development Cooperation: From Crisis to Peaceful Governance"
Keynote Address by Gareth Evans, President of the International Crisis Group, to Seminar on Channels of Influence in a Crisis Situation – How can Development Cooperation Support Conflict Resolution and Democracy?, sponsored by Crisis Management Initiative, Finnish Parliament and Foreign Ministry, and Democracy Cooperation Forum of Finnish Political Parties, Helsinki, 9 May 2006

"Securing the Congo's Transition"
Address by Gareth Evans, President of the International Crisis Group, to Seminar on The Memory of Violence and the Culture of Violence: Crisis Management and Beyond, sponsored by Hanasaari – The Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre, Museum of Cultures, Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Swedish Embassy, Helsinki, 8 May 2006

"Crimes Against Humanity: Overcoming Global Indifference"
2006 Gandel Oration for B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission by Gareth Evans, President of International Crisis Group, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 April 2006

"From Humanitarian Intervention to the Responsibility to Protect"
Keynote Address by Gareth Evans, President of International Crisis Group and Co-Chair of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty 2001, to Symposium on Humanitarian Intervention, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 31 March 2006

"Conflict Prevention and the EU: Setting the Scene"
Notes for Presentation by Gareth Evans, President of International Crisis Group, to Folke Bernadotte/Madariaga Foundation Workshop on Conflict Prevention: Creating a Leading Role for the European Union, Brussels, 9 March 2006

"The Peace and Security Role of the UN Secretary-General: What’s Needed to Make It Effective"
Commentary by Gareth Evans for NYU School of Law Conference on The Role of the UN Secretary General, New York, 24 February 2006

"What Difference Would the Peacebuilding Commission Make: The Case of Burundi"
Presentation by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, to EPC/IRRI Workshop on Peacebuilding Commission and Human Rights Council, Brussels, 20 January 2006

"Does the United Nations Have a Future?"
Address by Gareth Evans, Crisis Group President, 40th Anniversary Commemoration of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Foreign Affairs Canada, Ottawa, 14 November 2005

"Making a Difference"
Convocation Address by Hon Gareth Evans AO QC, President of the International Crisis Group, on occasion of conferral of degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa, Carleton University, Ottawa, 13 November 2005

"Peacebuilding: Six Golden Rules for Policy Makers"
Keynote Address by Gareth Evans, Crisis Group President, to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG)/Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) Seminar on Security and Peacebuilding: the Role of the United Nations, Geneva, 27 October 2005

"Responding to Terrorism: A Global Stocktake"
Address by Gareth Evans, Crisis Group President, to Calouste Gulbenkian Conference on Terrorism and International Relations, Lisbon, 25 October 2005

"The Reform of the United Nations"
Address by Gareth Evans, Crisis Group President, to Welt am Sontag/BDLI Forum on Reassurance at a Time of Insecurity, Berlin, 24 October 2005

"The United Nations and Conflict Prevention"
Address by Gareth Evans, Crisis Group President, to the Dag Hammarskjold Centenary Seminar co-hosted by IFRI and Swedish Embassy, Paris, 17 October 2005

"Conflict or Co-existence?"
Keynote Address by Gareth Evans, Crisis Group President, to Forum 2000 Conference, Our Global Co-existence: Challenges and Hopes for the 21st Century, Prague, 10 October 2005

"The United Nations : Vision, Reality and Reform"
Address to Australian Fabian Society by Gareth Evans, Crisis Group President, Melbourne, 28 September 2005

"The Global Response to Terrorism"
Wallace Wurth Lecture by Gareth Evans, Crisis Group President, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 September 2005

"UN Reform and Collective Security: A Summit in Danger of Collapse"
Notes for Panel presentation by Gareth Evans, Crisis Group President, to DPI-NGO Conference, New York, 8 September 2005

"UN Reform: Why It Matters for Africa"
Address to Africa Policy Forum by Gareth Evans, President of the International Crisis Group and Member of the Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, Addis Ababa, 26 August 2005

"The Responsibility to Protect: Evolution and Implementation"
Keynote Address by Gareth Evans, President of International Crisis Group and Co-Chair of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, to LSE/KCL Conference on Ethical Dimensions of European Foreign Policy, London, 1 July 2005

"A Make or Break Year for the UN: Reforming the 60 Year Old"
Second Sean Lester Lecture by Gareth Evans, President of the International Crisis Group, former Australian Foreign Minister and Member of the Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, Dublin City University, 24 June 2005

"Halting Genocide: Intervention and Legitimacy"
Address by Gareth Evans, President of International Crisis Group and Member of the High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, to Geneva Centre for Security Policy Forum on Global Peace and Security: Challenges and Responses, Geneva, 18 May 2005

"Reforming the 60 Year Old"
Address by Gareth Evans, President of the International Crisis Group, former Australian Foreign Minister and Member of the High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, to the UN Association of Sweden Dag Hammarskjold Centenary Conference, UN and Global Security, Stockholm, 8 February 2005

"The Responsibility to Protect in 2005"
Address by Hon Gareth Evans to Annual Society and Defence Conference, Salen, Sweden, 16 January 2005

"A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility"
Keynote Address by Hon Gareth Evans, President of the International Crisis Group and Member of the UN Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, Olof Palme International Centre Seminar “A More Secure World”, Stockholm, 15 January 2005

"After the Tsunami: Prospects for Collective Security Reform in 2005"
Keynote Address by Hon Gareth Evans, President of the International Crisis Group and Member of the UN Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) Regional Outlook Forum 2005, Singapore, 6 January 2005

"Global and Regional Security: Our Shared Responsibility"
Annual Day Lecture, by Hon Gareth Evans, President , International Crisis Group, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, 15 December 2004

"A World without Conflict: How Donors can make a Difference"
Keynote address by Gareth Evans, President of the International Crisis Group, to Chicago Global DonorsNetwork, 2nd Annual Conference on International Giving, Chicago, 5 October 2004

"No more Rwandas or Darfurs: The International Responsibility to Protect"
Address by Gareth Evans, President of International Crisis Group, to Sydney Peace Foundation, University of Sydney, 3 September 2004

"Security Threats, Challenges and Change: The UN Secretary General's High Level Panel"
Notes for Introductory Presentation by Gareth Evans, UN Association of NZ/MFA Forum on UN and Global Security, Wellington, 1 September 2004

"Conflict Prevention and Resolution: The Role of the International Crisis Group"
Address by Gareth Evans, President of International Crisis Group and Foreign Minister of Australia 1988-96, to New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, Wellington, 31 August 2004

"Supporting Peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo"
Testimony by Gareth Evans, President of the International Crisis Group, to the House Subcommittee on Africa, 22 July 2004

"International Law and the United Nations: The Use of Military Force"
Keynote Address by Gareth Evans to Heinrich Boll Foundation, 5th Annual Foreign Policy Conference, The Role of International Law and the United Nations in a Globalizing World, Berlin, 24 June 2004

"When is it right to fight? Legality, legitimacy and the use of military force."
Cyril Foster Lecture delivered by Gareth Evans at Oxford University, 10 May 2004

"Uneasy Bedfellows: 'The Responsibility to Protect' and Feinstein-Slaughter's 'Duty to Prevent'"
Commentary by Gareth Evans, Co-Chair of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, on Lee Feinsten and Anne-Marie Slaughter, “The Duty to Prevent” (Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb 2004), The American Society of International Law Conference, Washington DC, 1 April 2004

"The Responsibility to Protect: Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention"
Address by Gareth Evans, President of the International Crisis Group and Co-Chair of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, to The American Society of International Law, 98th Annual Meeting, Panel on “Rethinking Collective Action”, Washington DC, 1 April 2004

"Where are We in the War on Terrorism?"
Address by Hon Gareth Evans AO, QC, President & CEO, International Crisis Group, to Chicago and the World Forum 2004 Winter/Spring Series, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Chicago, 30 March 2004

"Shifting Security Parameters In The 21st Century"
Paper delivered by Hon Gareth Evans AO QC, President of the International Crisis Group and Foreign Minister of Australia 1988-96, to Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) 9th Annual Conference- The Gulf: Challenges of the Future, Abu Dhabi, 12 January 2004

"All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go: NATO and Out of Area Peace Operations"
Gareth Evans Address to NATO Conference "Securing Peace: NATO's Role in Crisis Management and Conflict Resolution", 16 October 2003

"Rebuilding Societies in Crisis: Before and After War"
Lecture by Gareth Evans, Canadian Institute of International Affairs, 75th Anniversary Lecture Series, Toronto, 08 October 2003

"Waging War and Making Peace"
2003 Annual Hawke Lecture by Gareth Evans. Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, University of South Australia, Adelaide (Australia), 18 September 2003

"War, Terrorism and Security Breakdown: the Current Risk Environment for Business"
Keynote Address by Gareth Evans to RIIA Political Risk 2003 Conference, London, 02 June 2003

"The Responsibility to Protect and September 11"
Address by Gareth Evans to UNU/Canadian Government Seminar on The Responsibility to Protect, 16 December 2002

"A World Where It’s Rational To Be Anxious: The Challenge Of Conflict Prevention and Resolution"
Piece by Gareth Evans in NATO 2002: Mapping the Challenges (Prague Summit), 26 November 2002

"The U.S. vs the World? How American Power Seems to the Rest of Us"
Address by Gareth Evans to Foreign Policy Association, New York, 19 November 2002

"Preventing Deadly Conflict and the Problem of Political Will"
2002 Montague Burton Professor of International Relations Lecture by Gareth Evans, 17 October 2002

"Confronting the Challenge of Terrorism: International Relations after 911"
Cohen Lecture in International Relations, by Gareth Evans. Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, 23 April 2002

"The Responsibility to Protect: Humanitarian Intervention in the 21st Century"
2002 Wesson Lecture in International Relations Theory and Practice, by Gareth Evans, Stanford University, 27 February 2002

"Peace, Security and Good Governance"
Address by Gareth Evans to EU-UNU Tokyo Global Forum: Governance Across Borders – National, Regional and Global, United Nations University, Tokyo, 24 January 2002

"International Responses to Islamist Extremism"
Remarks by Gareth Evans to National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA) Colloquium, Tokyo, 23 January 2002

"Nation Building and American Foreign Policy"
Address by Gareth Evans to Cato Institute Policy Forum, ‘After Afghanistan: The Future of Intervention and Nation Building’, Washington DC, 12 December 2001

"The world after 11 September: a balance sheet"
Address by Gareth Evans to the Academy of International Business Conference, Sydney, 19 November 2001

"Building sustainable international defences against terrorism"
Presentation by Gareth Evans, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC, 14 November 2001

"Advancing Balkan Stability"
Address by Gareth Evans, The Trilateral Commission, 11 November 2001

"Responding to Terrorism: Where Conflict Prevention and Resolution Fit In"
Address by Gareth Evans at Johns Hopkins University (SAIS), 9 October 2001

"Fighting Racism"
Statement by Gareth Evans, Eminent Persons Group for World Conference against Racism (2001), 9 August 2001

"Conflict Prevention and Intervention"
Presentation by Hon Gareth Evans AO QC, President of International Crisis Group and Co-Chairman of International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, to American Society of International Law 95th Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 6 April 2001

"Preventing Deadly Conflict"
Keynote Address by Hon Gareth Evans AO QC, President of the International Crisis Group, to University of Adelaide International Symposium on Crisis in Asia: Local, Regional and International Responses, Adelaide, 17 February 2001

"Reconciliation In The Asia Pacific"
Address by the Hon Gareth Evans AO QC, President of the International Crisis Group and former Foreign Minister of Australia, to the Conference on Reconciliation in the Asia Pacific, Tokyo, 16 February 2001

"Preventing Deadly Conflict: The Role And Responsibility Of Governments And NGOs"
Public Lecture by Hon Gareth Evans AO QC, President, International Crisis Group, for the Centre for Study of Human Rights, London School of Economics, 2 February 2001

"Indonesia: Closer To The Edge"
Address by Hon Gareth Evans, President of the International Crisis Group and former Foreign Minister of Australia, to U.S.-Indonesia Society, Washington D.C., 13 December 2000

"Humanitarian Action And Prevention"
Presentation by Gareth Evans, President of International Crisis Group and Co-Chair of International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, to International Peace Academy and Netherlands Government Symposium on Humanitarian Action, New York, 20 November 2000

"The Canberra Commission On The Elimination Of Nuclear Weapons And Subsequent International Developments"
Paper Presented by Hon Gareth Evans QC, President of the International Crisis Group and Former Foreign Minister of Australia, to the NIRA Roundtable, Tokyo, 6-7 October 2000

"Use Of The Media In Us Negotiating Behaviour: An International Perspective"
Presentation by Gareth Evans to the United States Institute of Peace Workshop on cross-Cultural Negotiation, Washington DC, 25 July 2000

"Peacemaking Lessons For The Next Century"
Presentation by Gareth Evans to the International Peace Academy Seminar "Sharing Political Space in Peacemaking: the UN and Regional Organisations - the Case of Europe", Vienna, 8 July 2000

"The 'Primary Responsibility Of The UN Security Council To Maintain International Peace And Security: Is Article 24 Of The Charter In Line With Reality?"
Comments by Gareth Evans to the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) Seminar on the Security Council and the G8, Berlin, 30 June 2000