IEDs: past, present and future. A United Nations General Assembly side event
Channel: ActOnArmedViolence
Date: 2020-10-16

This video is of a Zoom event hosted by Action on Armed Violence at United Nations General Assembly 2020, where the issue of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and their evolution was discussed by a panel of experts. 

The event took place on Thursday, October 15th, 2020 from 8.15am to 9.45am NYT; 2.15pm to 3.45pm Geneva Time. 

The event was introduced by Ambassador Yann Hwang, permanent representative of France to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva

Speakers included:

Iain Overton
Executive Director, Action on Armed Violence; author of 'The Price of Paradise', a history of the suicide bomber.

Dr. Louise Tumchewics
Resident Fellow, The Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research

Major Roger Davies (retired)
Author of IED and OED evolution website: www.standingwellback.com

Alfredo Jose Malaret Baldo
Research Associate with the Conventional Arms Programme, UNIDIR

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