(2001) January January 25 Luncheon (Thu) Topic: "Foreign Policy Headaches and Opportunities for the New Adminstration" 12:00 a.m. Speaker: Amb. David Passage Former United States Ambassador to Bostwana Place: Laurel Oaks Country Club February February 14 Afternoon Happenings (Wed) Topic: Video of US-UN Ambassador Holbrooke's testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. 2:00 p.m. Place Selby Library Auditorium February 22 Luncheon (Thu) Topic: "The rule of Law, Nuclear proliferation, and the US Senate" 12:00 a.m. Speaker: Amb. Jim Goodby Senior Research Fellow at MIT Amb.Peter Buwalda, Dutch Ambassador to Soviet Union Place: Le Chang Restaurant March March 7 Reception to Wecome New Members (Wed) 3:30 p.m. Place: Selby Library Auditorium March 15 Luncheon (Thu) Topic: "The Current Balkan Situation: An update and a Look Ahead" 12:00 a.m. Speaker: James Hooper Place: Micheal's on East Restaurant
March 31 Sarasota-Manatee Model UN (SMMUN) (Sat) Topic UN Security Council "a more effective UN peacekeeping program" Place: Auditorium of the Selby Library
April
April 19 Luncheon
(Thu) Topics: (1) The stuation of refugies in Croatia
(2) UNIFEM National Meeting in Sarasota
12:00 am Speakers Webster Leslie (topic 1)
Consultant UNHCR in Croatia
Carol Buchanan (topic 2)
Chair of the 2001 UNIFEM National Meeting
Place: Meadows Country Club
May
May 16 Luncheon
(Wed) Topic: Role of the European Union in Conflict Prevention
12:00 am Speaker: Amb. Friedrick Humburger
European Common Market Commission in Brussels
Place Sara Bay country Club
June-August Summer Break
September
September 24 Afternoon Happenning
(Mon) Topic: Restoring Sight in Developing Countries
2:30pm Speaker Dr. Caridad Icasiano-Santos
Practicing ophthalmologist in Sarasota
Place: Selby Library Auditorium
October
October 12 Afternoon Happening.
(Fri) Topic: Annual Update on Current UN Issues.
2:30 p.m. Speaker: Dr. Margaret Bates.
Chair of Education Chair Committee
Place: Selby Library Auditorium, Sarasota
October 24 UN Day Celebration Dinner
(Wed) Remarks: Remarks on UN Day
6:00 pm Hon. Carolyn J. Mason
Mayor, City of Sarasota
Dr. Margaret Bates
Chair of Education Committee
Topic: UN and US relations
November 6 Luncheon
(Tues) Topic The Israel-Palestinian Conflict – Permanent
Struggle or Ultimate Peace?
12:00 pm Speaker: Ambassador Philip C. Wilcox, Jr.
Distinguished diplomat of the U.S. State Department
Place: El Conquistador Country Club
November 17 Second Model UN (SMMUN II)
(Sat) Topic UN Security Council Session on Aa more effective UN
9:30am-4:30pm sanctions program@.
Place: Selby Library Auditorium
Note: About 70 students from five high Schools attended the meeting,
as delegates from 15 members of the UN Security Council.
Other participants (around 30) include school teachers/advisors
resource persons and observers.
December
December 12 Annual Meeting/Luncheon
(Wed) - Presentation of annual report 2001
12:00pm - Election of new members to the Board
of Directors
Topic: International Justice in a Period of World
Upheaval
Speaker: Jeff Laurenti
Executive Director for Policies Studies, UNA
New York
Place: University Club, Sarasota
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