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January 2006 Meeting
Topic:Dan Figgins will report on the December 2005 meetings in Montreal of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change. Speakers:Dan Figgins, Professor at NCSU Professor Dan Figgins has been a member of the United Nations Association since being a high-school Model UN participant. He attended Grinnell College and did graduate work at Syracuse University. An internship with the International Organizations Bureau in the US Department of State led to his later joining the US Foreign Service; his first assignment was in the U.S. Mission to the European Office of the United Nations in Geneva. Fourteen years of his 25-year Foreign Service career were spent at U.S. Missions to United Nations Organizations — besides Geneva, he lived in New York City and was a delegate to the General Assembly, he negotiated frequently in Vienna, Austria with the UN Industrial Development Organization, and he also lived in Montreal, Canada, seat of the International Civil Aviation Organization, and in Nairobi, Kenya, headquarters of the UN Environment Program. He also had regular Foreign Service tours in Argentina, Peru, Nicaragua, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico. Date and TimeTuesday, January 17th from 6:00pm, and Wednesday, January 18th from noon Place:The Oak Room under the Belk Dining Room at Meredith College. Enter the Meredith campus from the Faircloth Road entrance off Wade Avenue, turn right at the stop sign, and follow the road up the hill until there are parking places on both sides of the street — the dining hall will be on your left. If no parking space is open, back track and go left into the staff parking lot. 3800 Hillsborough - Maps: [Google] [MapQuest] [Yahoo] Click building "2." on the Campus Maps Reservations and Information:To reserve the meal of your choice, call or e-mail Ed Klemmer [847-7992 or erklemmer@earthlink.net], or H. Wayne Bare [772-5165 or majajab@nc.rr.com]. To save time at the door, please send your check made out for $10 payable to UNA/Wake Co. to H. Wayne Bare 1307 Sycamore Dr. Garner, NC 27529 Questions?
Call Ed Klemmer: 847-7992 or email: erklemmer@earthlink.net, or
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