The Foreign Policy Association cordially invites you to attend a special conference on "The European Union, Human Rights and the UN Millennium Development Goals."
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Location: Grupo Santander
45 E. 53rd St.
(between Park and Madison Ave)
New York, New York
AGENDA:
2:30 pm
Registration
3:00 pm
Welcome
-Gonzalo de Las Heras, Director, Grupo Santander
3:10 pm
Opening Remarks
-H. E. Fernando M. Valenzuela, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to the United Nations
3:15 pm
Panel: Promoting Human Rights Today
Moderator:
-W. Michael Reisman, Myres S. McDougal Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Panelists:
-H.E. Frank Majoor, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations
-Edward Luck, Director, Center for International Organization, SIPA, Columbia University
4:15 pm
Conversation on Millennium Development Goals
Panelists:
-Üner Kirdar, Senior Adviser to the United Nations
-Bettina Luescher, Spokesperson, United Nations World Food Programme
-Irmy Richardson, German Public Radio
5:30 pm
Closing Keynote Address
-Sir Emyr Jones Parry, Former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
-Introduced by Wolfgang Schmidt, Director, Foreign Policy Association
6:30 pm
Conference Closes
