February, 2006

Tuesday, February 7, 2006

CIGI to Host UN Secretary-General’s Papers on its IGLOO Research and Information Network

Waterloo, Canada - The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), a leading Canadian research centre focused on international relations and policy, will host the papers of the UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, on its IGLOO TM research and information network (www.theigloo.org).

Wednesday, February 1, 2006

Canadian ambassador John Holmes shares Iraq experience

At the beginning of a 90-minute presentation on Iraq and Canada’s role in rebuilding the violence-ridden country, ambassador John Holmes suddenly dropped down, disappearing behind the solid wooden lectern. Maybe he’d dropped something. Maybe he was getting a bottle of water. Moments later, he popped up. “Sorry,” he quipped. “Thought I heard an American convoy going by.”