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The Arab Spring and its Consequences for Israel and the US
Monday, October 24th
from 11:30 to 2:30 pm
Norwalk Community College
PepsiCo Theater, East Campus
188 Richards Ave.
Norwalk, CT
~Co-sponsoring the program are NCC's Hillel Club, NCC's International Outreach and Peace Club, Student World Assembly and the UNA-USA Southwestern CT Chapter.~
After 17 years as liaison between top Arab and Israeli officials, Professor Alon Ben-Meir will speak to the larger Norwalk Community College (NCC) community on "The Arab Spring and its Consequences for Israel and the US." The speech takes place on United Nations Day, Monday, October 24th. The public is invited and there is no charge. The location is the Pepsico Theater on the East Campus of NCC, 188 Richards Avenue, at 11:30 am.
Read more: The Arab Spring and its Consequences for Israel and the US
The US, the UN, and the Middle East:
Issues to Explore
Saturday, October 22nd from 1:30 to 4:30 pm
Old St. Andrew's Church
59 Tariffville Rd
Bloomfield, CT
Panelists
Dr. Jeremy Pressman; Bennett Honors Professor of Political Science
University of Connecticut
Dr. Lawrence Davidson; Professor of Middle East History
West Chester University, Pennsylvania
Dr. Michael Williams; Assistant Professor of Government
Wesleyan University, Connecticut
Read more: The US, the UN, and the Middle East: Issues to Explore
Facing the Crises of our Time:
The US and UN in the 21st Century
Gillian Sorensen
Introduced by Professor Paul Kennedy
April 6th, 2011 @ 7:30 pm (Free Admission)
Yale University's Lindsey Chittenden Hall, Room 102
63 Hight Street
New Haven, CT
CO-SPONSORED BY
Gillian Martin Sorensen, senior advisor at the United Nations Foundation, is a national advocate on matters related to the United Nations and the United States-United Nations relationship, addressing audiences as diverse as Rotary International and the Air Force Academy; university students; staff and members of Congress; journalists and leaders of civil society.
From 1997 to 2003, she served as assistant secretary-general for external relations on appointment by Secretary-General Kofi Annan. She was responsible for outreach to non-governmental organizations and was the contact point for the secretary-general with parliamentarians, the academic world, religious leaders and other groups committed to peace, justice, development and human rights.
Prior to that, Mrs. Sorensen served from 1993 to 1996 as special advisor for public policy on appointment by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, where her duties included directing the UN’s global 50th anniversary observances in 1995. She led the planning of conferences, debates, documentaries, concerts and exhibits; the preparation of books and curricular materials, and the coordination of the UN50 Summit at which 180 presidents and prime ministers participated. She is an experienced public speaker and often represented the World Organization in this country and abroad.
Read more: Facing the Crises of our Time The US and UN in the 21st Century
The immediate response to disasters of this magnitude has to consist of: (1) search and rescue of survivors, as well as the provision of (2) potable water, (3) essential food supplies, (4) basic sanitary facilities, (5) emergency medical supplies and care, (6) dignified, safe body disposal, and (7) shelter and clothing against the elements. These must be accompanied, however, by restoration of (8) communications, (9) transportation, and (10) security, without which the first seven relief items are practically impossible.
A specific, critical responsibility of the World Health Organization, through its regional Pan American Health Organization, is to anticipate, detect, prevent, and ultimately help control the outbreak of disaster-related communicable diseases, such as dysentery, cholera, typhoid and malaria. Many of these are water-related. WHO's job is to be sure the right science is brought in and applied to the problem, irrespective of who provides or pays for the drugs, vaccines or equipment.
In carrying out this responsibility, WHO advises and works closely with local and national officials, UN sister agencies, aid agencies, NGOs, churches and charitable groups, to ensure swift, appropriate, science-based response, and set in motion the eventual rehabilitation and longer-term strengthening of the local, district and national health systems - long after the international media have lost interest and gone home.
As we shall soon see in Haiti, natural disasters lead to further man-made disasters: crime and violence by desperate people, calling for responsible police action and peace-keeping.. Here the US military, if they have "boots on the ground," must tread carefully, to "do no harm," and not appear as an invading or occupying force (as we do in Afghanistan and Iraq). In the longer term, the overall efforts will shift to reconstruction of housing, infrastructure, democratic institutions and the economy - in short, the re-building of a nation.
Read more: Insight: Haiti Relief Shows the UN and the USA at our Best
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