This semester, the University is offering a variety of free United Nations lectures, videoconferences and briefings.

United Nations Lectures
As part of the United Nations Pathways Lecture Series, U.N. ambassadors again will lecture on campus. On Wednesday, March 3, Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations Mihnea Motoc will discuss “Romania in the World Today” at 6:30 p.m. in Room 105, Muscarelle Center, Metropolitan Campus. Ambassador Rastam Mohd Isa, permanent representative of Malaysia, will talk about “Malaysia in the World” on Wednesday, March 24, at 6:30 p.m. in Lenfell Hall, the Mansion, College at Florham. On Wednesday, April 7, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations Marcello Spatafora will discuss “European Nation States or European Union” at 6:30 p.m. in Lenfell Hall, the Mansion, College at Florham. In February, Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg, permanent representative of Brazil to the United Nations, talked about “Brazil in the World Today.”

The U.N. Pathways series is presented in conjunction with The Ambassador’s Club at the United Nations. The Record and HeraldNews are co-sponsoring the events at the Metropolitan Campus. The lectures are preceded by a half-hour refreshment/reception period.

Videoconferences
Videoconferences originating at the United Nations are planned and can be viewed at the ITV rooms on both campuses (Room 1132, Continuing Education Suite, Dickinson Hall, Metropolitan Campus, and Room 214, Dreyfuss Building, College at Florham). “World Energy Crises: Oil Alternative Sources and Solutions” is the topic on Thursday, February 19, at 10 a.m.; “The Rights of the Child” will be discussed on Thursday, March 25, at 10 a.m.; and “U.N. Millennium Goals: Fact or Fiction” will be the topic on Thursday, April 22, at 10 a.m.

NGO Briefings
In addition, members of the University community are invited to attend nongovernmental organization (NGO) briefings held at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. These U.N. briefings are open to Fairleigh Dickinson because it is one of only four universities in the country with NGO accreditation from the Department of Public Information of the United Nations.

Remaining NGO briefings this semester include “Defending the United Nations: What Every NGO Should Know,” on February 19; “Women and HIV/AIDS,” on March 4; “International Criminal Court: What’s Next?” on March 11; “Rwanda 10 Years After: Overcoming a Genocide,” on March 18; and “Girls and Technology: New Educational Opportunities,” on March 25. Previous topics were “Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Local and International Strategies” and “Towards Tunis: The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).”

A pass is needed to attend the NGO briefings. For more information on U.N. events or to obtain a pass, call 201-692-7362 or e-mail suhonjic@fdu.edu.

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College at Florham, Madison, N.J.

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Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck, N.J.

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