The Niger Delta: Prospects for Elections and the Future Reform Agenda

This is the second of four conferences on Nigeria's 2007 elections, jointly sponsored by the WoodrowWilson International Center for Scholars, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Council on Foreign Relations, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the African Studies Program at Johns Hopkins-SAIS and the African Studies Program at Northwestern University.

Welcome
J. Stephen Morrison, CSIS

Presentation: Key Trend Lines in the Niger Delta
MichaelWallace Baca, CSIS
Alexander Iannaccone, CSIS

Panel I: The Close-in View
Chair: Akwe Amosu, Open Society Institute

Panelists:
Precious Omuku, Shell Oil Company
Oronto Douglas, Environmental Rights Action
Dimieari Von Kemedi, Our Niger Delta
Chris Albin-Lackey, Human Rights Watch

Discussants:
Phillip van Niekerk, Good Governance Group
MichaelWatts, University of California, Berkeley

Audio (mp3, 2:17:29)

Panel II: Future Reform and Strategies for External Support
Chair: David Smock, United States Institute of Peace

Panelists:
Theresa Whelan, Deputy Assistant Secretary
U.S. Department of Defense
Phil Carter, Director, Office of West African Affairs
U.S. Department of State
David Goldwyn, Goldwyn International Strategies, LLC

Audio (mp3, 1:19:05)