UNITED NATIONS AT 60:

PAST ACCOMPLISHMENTS / FUTURE PROSPECTS

9:00 a.m. Registration

9:30 a.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS


SIXTY YEARS OF REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS AND DAUNTING CHALLENGES

Wenyan Yang, Division for the Advancement of Women and

Division of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations

10:45 a.m. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS — Concurrent Workshops

Workshop 1 PEACE AND SECURITY

Presenters: Carah Ong, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, D.C.

Deborah Owens, UN, Security Situation Room

Daniel Figgins Ph.D., North Carolina State University


Workshop 2 HUMAN RIGHTS; WOMEN, CHILDREN, and HEALTH

Presenters: Shahine Momenian, Domestic Violence Lawyer, Iran

Maria de Bruyn, IPAS: Protecting Women’s Health

Advancing Women’s Reproductive Rights


Workshop 3 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, POVERTY AND HUNGER

Presenters: Jerrold Berke, United Nations Development Programme (retired)

Mwila Chigaga, Lawyer from Zambia, Rotary Scholar, Duke University

1:00 p.m. Lunch Entertainment: Venezuelan Dance directed by Saida Kriz

2:00 p.m. CLOSING PLENARY SESSION


MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND THE FUTURE OF THE UN

Dr. Gerald Pubantz, Author, Chair, Department of History and Political Science, Salem University, NC

3:00 p.m. A CALL TO GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

REGISTRATION FORM

Name: ____________________________________ Phone: ______________________ E-mail: _______________________

Workshop Preference: (check one)

❏ Peace and Security ❏ Human Rights; Women, Children and Health ❏ Development, Poverty and Hunger

Conference Registration Fee: ❏ $25.00 (including lunch) ❏ Student Discounted Fee — $10.00

Box lunch choice: ❏ Vegetarian ❏ Nonvegetarian


Please send this form with your registration fee to:

UN60, Wake-UNA, Post Office Box 98381, Raleigh, NC 27624

Registration Deadline: September 1, 2005

UNITED NATIONS AT 60:

PAST ACCOMPLISHMENTS / FUTURE PROSPECTS

A conference sponsored by The Wake County Chapter of the United Nations Association

In partnership with the Exploris Museum

Saturday, September 10, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Exploris Museum

201 E. Hargett Street, Raleigh, NC

Free parking: street and city lot
 

CONFERENCE CO-SPONSORS:

• Association of International Women for Human Rights

• Foundation for P.E.A.C.E.

• Human Rights Coalition of North Carolina

• International Visitors Council

• Triangle World Affairs Council

• West Triangle Chapter, United Nations Association

• The Woman’s Club of Raleigh

UN60 Conference

Wake UNA

P.O. Box 98381

Raleigh, NC 27624

For more information:

Email

UN60@UNAWAKE.ORG

Phone 919.523.0937

Website http://UN60.UNAWAKE.ORG/

For a pdf of this document http://un60.una-wake.org/etc/un60_brochure.pdf

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