During the period from June 1, 1997 to May 31, 1998, the Program Committee, under the coordination of Scott Behoteguy, Program Chair, organized 13 events consisting of ten luncheons seminars, one breakfast meeting, one afternoon conference and one afternoon concert/fund raising, as itemized below:
9-19-97 Topic: "The Persian Gulf Area Today- Growing Challenge for US Policy Makers"
Speaker: Dr. Mohsen Milani, Professor of Political Sciences, University of South Florida
Locale: Sudakoff Conference Center, New College, University of South Florida (Afternoon conference)
10-24-97 Topic: "Sustainable Development: Report of eight Years in Beijing and Hanoi as UNDP Resident Representative".
Speaker: Dr. Roy Morey, Director of the UNDP Washington Office, former deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.
Locale: Country Club of Sarasota
(UN Day Luncheon)
11-20-97 Topic: "Bosnia: Is Democracy Working"
Speaker: Wade Matthews, Retired Foreign Service Officer; Immediate Past President of the
Chapter; Member of the Elections Supervisory Team during recent Municipal Elections in Bosnia
Locale: Walt's Restaurant (luncheon)
12-10-97 Topic: "China and the Problem of Human Rights"
Speaker: Dr. Shiping Hua, Assistant Professor of Political Sciences and Chair of the Asian
Resources Committee at Eckert College
Locale: Red Lobster Restaurant (luncheon)
1-15-98 Topic: "Will Reform Give UN A Better Future"
Speaker: Dr. Jerry Pubantz, Professor of Political Sciences at Salem College in North Carolina, Adjunct Professor at Wake Forest University
Locale: The Stoneybrook Golf and Country Club (luncheon)
1-30-98 Topic: "Peddlers of Recycled Snake Oil"
Speaker: Werner Fornos, President, The Population Institute, Washington, D.C.
Locale: Walt's Restaurant (luncheon)
1-31-98 Topic: "The Love-Hate Relationship Between The UN and The US"
Speaker: Joe Byrnes Sills, Head, Washington Information Office of the United Nations
Locale: Elks Club, Sarasota (luncheon)
Note: This luncheon was preceded by a morning training session on "Teachers Training about UN" for social sciences teachers of Sarasota and Manatee counties,
Cosponsored by UNA and Sarasota-Manatee Phi Beta Kappa Association
2-14-1998 Topic: "Update on Current UN General Assembly"
Speaker: Hennadiy Udovenko, Foreign Minister of The Ukraine and President of the current 52nd Session of the UN General Assembly
Locale: Cafe of the Arts, Sarasota (Breakfast)
2-19-1998 Topic: "Can Madeleine Save our Government and the United Nations From a Cantankerous Congress"
Speaker: Ambassador Jack Hood Vaughn, former United States envoy to Panama and Columbia
Locale: Palm Aire Country Club (luncheon)
3-3-98 Topic: Annual Fund Raising
Participants:The Firenze Trio, three Internationally Renowned Musicians
Locale: Unity Church, Sarasota (afternoon happening)
3-19-1998 Topic: "Out of Africa-Always Something New"
Speaker: Dr. Michael Chege, Director of the Center for African Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville
Locale: Country Club of Sarasota (luncheon)
4-16-1998 Topic: "Post-Apartheid South Africa Today"
Speaker: Dr. Julia Henderson, former senior official of The United Nations and former Secretary General of International Planned Parenthood Federation in London
Locale: Walt's Restaurant (luncheon)
5-23-1998 Topic: " Land Mines- How the U.S. Military is Involved in their Progressive Elimination Throughout the World"
Speaker: Jon Gundersen, Senior Affairs Officer, US Department of State
Locale: Bird Key Yacht Club (luncheon - Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Chapter and Annual Meeting)
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