{"id":28507,"date":"2023-06-28T19:08:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T17:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.iask.hu\/?p=28507"},"modified":"2023-06-28T19:13:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T17:13:19","slug":"iask-summer-university-went-for-an-excursion-to-vienna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.iask.hu\/en\/iask-summer-university-went-for-an-excursion-to-vienna\/","title":{"rendered":"iASK Summer University went for an excursion to Vienna"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A group of\u00a0 close to forty senior and junior participants of this year’s iASK Summer University\u00a0 went for an excursion to Vienna on 27 June. The first stop was at the\u00a0 Vienna School of International Studies(DA).Founded by Maria Theresa in 1754 this is\u00a0 the oldest existing institution of\u00a0 its kind, one of the leading educational and research institutions in the field of international relations worldwide. It has MA and PhD programmes with a most unique professor\/student ratio: 90 professors for\u00a0190 students.\u00a0We were received and\u00a0 briefed by\u00a0Prof. Emil Brix\u00a0 who also gained at this School important\u00a0 prerequisites for\u00a0 his work in the Austrian diplomatic service culminating in secondments as Ambassador to London and Moscow.\u00a0 In addition to talking about the work of the School we also had the time for a short exchange about current international political affairs, especially the Russian aggression against Ukraine.<\/p>\n

After a\u00a0 short relaxing break in the\u00a0 georgous park of Belvedere palaces we visited\u00a0 the International\u00a0Atomic Energy\u00a0Agency (IAEA)\u00a0 headquartered\u00a0 at the Vienna International Centre. Established\u00a0 as an autonomous entity in 1957\u00a0under the United Nations\u00a0 this\u00a0is the only organization within the UN system with expertise in nuclear technology.It verifies through its inspection system that member states comply with their\u00a0 commitments under the various non-proliferation agreements to use nuclear\u00a0 material and\u00a0facilities\u00a0 only for peaceful purposes. We were briefed by\u00a0 the leaders of the Library and the Archives of IAEA and were shown around\u00a0 in their storage facilities where\u00a0 great efforts are made\u00a0 to preserve essential documents pertaining to the\u00a0 manyfold\u00a0activities of te Agency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The excursion was an\u00a0 important practical addition to the debates in K\u0151szeg\u00a0about\u00a0 possible ways and means\u00a0 available to international organizatons in processes of conflict resolution.<\/div>\n
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