The Wake County Chapter
of the United Nations Association
invites you to our
January
2005 Program:
Tuesday the 11th — at 6:00pm
Topic:
Upcoming Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Speaker:
Denise Scotto, Vice-Chair of the United Nations (UN) Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Committee on the Status of Women
The upcoming session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women will be a 10-year review of the
Beijing Platform for
Action — the outcome document of the 4th World Conference on Women held in Beijing 10 years ago. Ms. Scotto, an
international lawyer who has specialized in women's issues, will discuss specific forms of violence against women as well as
geographic/regional issues. She will be prepared to discuss such issues as trafficking in persons, the international criminal
court, war crimes, children of war, HIV/AIDS, and advocacy at the United Nations; she has organized and presented at
conferences and programs dealing with these subjects in countries around the world.
In Ms. Scotto's most recent assignment with the UN, she was in the
Division for the Advancement of Women where she was
responsible for organizing panels and events and acting as a liaison with the UN Secretariat departments, UN specialized
agencies, governments, and the NGO community.
Date and Time
Tuesday evening, January 11th at an early buffet supper at 6:00 p.m.
Place:
The Dogwood Room under the Belk Dining Hall 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.
Maps:
MapQuest
Yahoo
Click building "2." on the Campus Maps
Price:
$10 for most folks; $5 for students and those with limited income.
Reservations and Information:
To reserve, send your check by January 5th (made out to UNA/Wake Co.) to:
J.L. Roush,
8204 Gresham Trace Lane,
Raleigh, NC 27615
For information and late reservations (by Sunday evening January 9th at the latest), call Sally Cook [467-3642] or Jim L. Roush
[850-9696 or JLRoush@aol.com]
Note:
UNA Chapter Members should plan to arrive at 5:30pm for a business meeting and election of officers and Board of Directors prior to the program meeting.
