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<div>The World Affairs Council Ambassadors program invites students
from highs schools and universities to attend events that focus on
international relations.</div>
<div>If you want to attend any of the following events contact BHS
sophomore Connie Chan at <curious8582008@gmail.com> for
information and free admission.</div>
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<li><font face="Times New Roman">Monday, April 17, 6:30PM<br>
Pakistan: Remarks by His Excellency H.E. Jehangir Karamat, Ambassador
to the United States<br>
A stable, secure, and economically strong Pakistan is vital to US
interests in Asia. Ambassador Karamat will discuss the current state
and future of Pakistan, and the US-Pakistani relationship. The
Ambassador assumed his current post as Pakistan's Ambassador to the US
in November 2004, after retiring as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff and
Chief of Army Staff in 1998. He has been a Visiting Fellow at CISAC,
Stanford University, and the Brookings Institute, and was Chairman of
the Board of Governors of the Islamabad Policy Research
Institute.</font>
<li><font face="Times New Roman">Tuesday & Wednesday, April 18-19,
6:00PM<br>
General Anthony Zinni<br>
The World Affairs Council is pleased to invite you to an event
featuring Middle East expert General Anthony Zinni on April 18th in
Silicon Valley and April 19th in San Francisco. As former US Peace
Envoy in the Middle East, former Commander-in-Chief of the US Central
Command, and author of The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of
America's Power and Purpose, General Zinni offers a blueprint for
change in American policy, drawing heavily from his experiences in
Iraq, Somalia, and Afghanistan. This program is part of the new
Richard and Judith Guggenhime Series featuring world-renowned
speakers. Other subscription series speakers in 2006 will include
David Brooks, columnist for The New York Times and David Gergen,
adviser to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton.</font>
<li><font face="Times New Roman">Friday, April 21, Noon<br>
Paul Rusesabagina<br>
The man whose heroism inspired the Academy-Award<br>
nominated film Hotel Rwanda<br>
In conversation with Georgette Gagnon, the Deputy Director of the
Africa Division, Human Rights Watch<br>
This April marks the twelfth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide in
which almost one million people were killed. Paul Rusesabagina, the
hotel manager who saved the lives of over 1,200 fellow Rwandans during
the horrific events of 1994, and whose story was recently portrayed by
Don Cheadle in the film Hotel Rwanda, will discuss the events depicted
in the movie, including both the international response and his own
role. Rusesabagina has since become the most prominent public
face-and nearly the only recognized hero-of Rwanda's bloody
conflict. In his new memoir, An Ordinary Man, he relays a story of
remarkable courage and compassion in the face of genocidal
terror.</font>
<li><font face="Times New Roman">Friday, April 21, 6:30PM<br>
The Young Professionals International<br>
Forum's Spring Reception<br>
If you are curious about the Young Professionals International Forum
(IF) and the World Affairs Council, and are looking for opportunities
to become involved, the IF Spring Reception is the event for you!
Members and guests will gather to mix, mingle, enjoy light
refreshments and learn more about the Young Professionals
International Forum. At the reception, IF coordinators will briefly
introduce themselves and their cohorts, and be available to discuss
the group, the benefits, and ways of getting involved. Stick around to
greet new friends and old. Guest speaker to be announced.</font>
<li><font face="Times New Roman">Monday, April 24, 6:00PM<br>
The Hungry Planet: What the World Eats<br>
Peter Menzel, photographer whose work has appeared in Life, National
Geographic, Time, Smithsonian, Geo and The New York Times Magazine<br>
Faith D'Alusio, former award-winning television news producer<br>
Moderated by Patricia Unterman, restaurant critic, chef, and food
writer<br>
Tourism, agribusinesses, and global food conglomerates are
transforming diets worldwide. Join photojournalist Peter Menzel and
writer Faith D'Alusio for a comparative photographic slide
presentation as they introduce us to the diets of families in 24
countries, which feature households ranging from the affluent in
developed countries to the neediest in developing countries. Their
study reveals the correlation between nutrition and politics and shows
that diet is largely determined by poverty, conflict and
globalization.</font>
<li><font face="Times New Roman">Tuesday, April 25, 6:00PM<br>
Italy after Its Elections: What Kind of Ally?
<li>Ambassador Richard N. Gardner, Professor, Law and International
Organization, Columbia University; Senior Counsel, Morgan Lewis;
former US Ambassador to Spain (1993-1997); former Ambassador to Italy
(1977-1981)
<li>Richard N. Gardner will assess the meaning of the recent Italian
elections for the European country's relationship with the US and with
the rest of Europe. Drawing upon his new book, Mission Italy: On the
Front Lines of the Cold War, Ambassador Gardner will bring important
historical background to the current political and economic issues in
Italy.</font>
<li><font face="Times New Roman">Wednesday, April 26, 6:00PM<br>
Thicker than Oil: America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia<br>
Rachel Bronson, Senior Fellow and Director, Middle East and Gulf
Studies, Council on Foreign Relations<br>
For fifty-five years, the United States and Saudi Arabia were solid
partners, but Rachel Bronson argues that this relationship was never
simply about "oil for security." Saudi Arabia's geographic
location and religiously motivated foreign policy figured prominently
in America's Cold War efforts to defeat communism, and decisions made
during that period left behind a legacy that today enflames the Middle
East. In Thicker than Oil, Rachel Bronson reveals how the countries'
shared interests helped sow the seeds of today's Islamic
radicalism.</font></ul>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Is anyone interested in any of
these? If you think that your child may be interested in any of these,
than please contact Connie at</font> <a
href="mailto:curious8582008@gmail.com"><font face="Times New Roman">
curious8582008@gmail.com</font></a><font face="Times New Roman"> in
order to reserve free tickets. I don't have the calendar for May
yet, but I know that there's going to be an event about Shirin Ebodi,
the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner; she's the first Muslim woman and
the first Iranian to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She's going to be
at UC Berkeley for that event. There's also something about
globalization, the US's impact on the world, Arab democracy,
etc.</font></div>
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