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The United Nations Revisited
is the title of a lecture series to be given Wednesday mornings at 10:45 a.m. at Encore in the
McKimmon Center, North Carolina State University, from 9/22 to 10/27.
Attendees must be members of Encore and have pre-registered.
Topics to be discussed are:
- The UN and Terrorism
- Dispelling Myths and Learning UN Realities
- UN and Peacekeeping
- The Other UN — the Economic and Social System
- The US and the UN — Vital but Stormy Relationship
- How the UN Has Changed
- Reform Proposals.
Presentations will be on Wednesdays, Sept. 22, 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27 at 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (6 sessions).
Presenters will be from local chapters of the UN Association:
- James L. Roush,
- U.S. Agency for International Development retiree who is Vice-President and Program Chairman of the Wake County Chapter and president of the Foundation for P.E.A.C.E.;
- Jerrold Berke,
- UN Development Program Staff retiree who is Vice-President of the West Triangle Chapter; and
- Dr. Daniel Figgins,
- U.S. State Department retiree who was assigned to the UN and who is a member of the Wake County Chapter and an Adjunct Professor of Political Science, NC State University.
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