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GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES SYMPOSIA
The Global Perspectives Symposia series is designed to encourage students to look at today’s critical issues from a global viewpoint and inspire students to enter careers in diplomacy and international relations. The Symposia place students in direct contact with diplomats and practicing professionals. Among the topics past speakers have focused on are human rights, women in international affairs, peacekeeping, and the UN’s role in diplomacy.
Following are just some of the participants in this ongoing series:
Hamid Abdeljaber, UN Dept. of Public Information
Congressman Robert Andrews, U.S. House of Representatives
Dr. Joanne Bauer, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
Mark Malloch Brown, Chef de Cabinet of the UN Secretary-General
Ambassador Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, UN High Representative for the Least Developed Countries
Ambassador Jassim Mohammed Buallay, Mission of Bahrain to the UN
Isha Dyfan, Jane Addams Peace Association, Inc.
Dr. David Ebsworth, Worldwide Head, Bayer Pharmaceutical Division
Ambassador Jargalsaikhany Enkhsaikhan, Mission of Mongolia to the UN
Juan-Antonio Escudero, UN Office of Legal Affairs
James J. Florio, Former New Jersey Governor
Dr. David Heymann, Representative of the WHO Director-General for Polio Eradication
Dr. Louise Kantrow, Executive Vice President, United Nations Association of the USA
Ambassador Takekazu Kawamura, Consul-General of Japan in the U.S.
Ambassador Bill Luers, President, United Nations Association of the USA
Ambassador Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations
Robert T. McDonough, Director of Public Policy, Pharmacia Corporation
Peter Mollema, Netherlands Mission to the UN
Ambassador John B. Richardson, Head of the European Commission Delegation to the United Nations
Ambassador Nancy Soderberg, International Crisis Group Vice President
Bruce Tomason, Chairman and CEO, Apollo Capital
Marco Prado Troyho, Press Officer, Mission of Brazil to the UN
Sir Brian Urquhart, Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
John Zogby, Zobgy International
