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Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the United Nations
The University of Missouri - Kansas City and the Truman Presidential Museum and Library
Present
"The Future of United Nations Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping Operations"
Date: Monday January 23, 2006
Time: 3:30-5:30 pm (Reception Following)
Location: UMKC Campus
University Center - Pierson Auditorium
5000 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
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SAVE THIS DATE
OCTOBER 24, 2005
35th Annual Mayor’s United Nations Day Dinner
Celebrating
The 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the United Nations
Join Mayor Kay Barnes and former Kansas City Mayors Missouri State Senator Charles Wheeler (confirmed), Richard Berkley (confirmed) and Congressman Rev. Emanuel Cleaver (invited) in welcoming to Kansas City Jan Egeland of Norway, United Nations Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator.
Under Secretary General Egeland is the senior humanitarian official in the U.N. system. He coordinated the world’s efforts to assist victims of the South Asian tsunami. And he directs ongoing relief efforts to those in need wherever they might be (profile attached).
Also at this Mayor’s U.N. Day Dinner:
The presentation of the 2005 Mayor’s World Citizen Award.
Presentation of the First Annual Award and Scholarship to the year’s Outstanding
Kansas City Area Model U.N. student.
Presentation of the First Annual Award for Outstanding Model U.N. faculty advisor
Date: Monday, October 24
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Hyatt Regency hotel, downtown Kansas City
Sponsoring Organizations
Consular Corps of Kansas City
International Relations Council
Greater Kansas City People to People
Greater Kansas City United Nations Association
Kansas City Sister Cities
Truman Presidential Library and Museum
Address inquiries to:
Jay Sjerven, co-chairman, Mayor’s U.N. Day Dinner Committee
Phone: 816 569-4523
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The United Nations 2005 Year for Renewal
Feb. 22 (Tuesday): The U.N. at 60. Accomplishments and Shortcomings. How can we make the U.N. better?
March 23 (Wednesday): The U.N. Role in Stopping Genocide.
How should the U.N. protect individuals in an age of sovereign states? Lessons of Rwanda and Darfur.
April 20 (Wednesday): The U.N. Role in Protecting the World’s Peoples from Terrorism.
All sessions at 7:00 p.m.
UMKC Administrative Center – 5115 Oak Street
Plaza/Brookside Room, 2nd Floor
Kansas City, MO
Call 816 569-4523 for further information
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Annual Meeting & BAR-B-Q
Wednesday, Dec. 1, 6:00 p.m.
Brookside Room, Administrative Center
University of Missouri – Kansas City
5115 Oak Street, Kansas City, Missouri
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The 34th Annual Mayor’s Dinner in celebration of United Nations Day
Thursday, October 14, 2004
7:00 p.m.
Clarion Hotel Sports Complex (formerly the Adam’s Mark Hotel), 9103 East 39th Street, Kansas City, Missouri
Ado Vaher of UNICEF
"Advance Humanity! Health, Education and Protection for Every Child"
Acceptances, RSVP by October 11, 2004
For further information, call 816-569-4523 (Kansas City, MO residents must dial area code as well)
Click here for a PDF flyer and more
info on this events
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The Potential for Agriculture and Other Development in Northern Iraq
A lecture by
George W. Aldaya, Director, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Kansas City Commodity Office
Monday April 26, 2004
7 PM
UMKC, Haag Hall 313
Click here
for a brief biography of Mr. George W. Aldaya
Co-sponsored by the UMKC Zeta chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon, The UMKC Economics Club, The UMKC Students for the Social Science Consortium, the UMKC Model United Nations, and the United Nations Association -- Greater Kansas City chapter.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more info contact umkcode@umkc.edu or visit ODE's website at: http://www.umkc.edu/studo/ode
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UNA-GKC is proud to announce a presentation by:
Judith Lewis, Director, U.S. Relations Office United Nations World Food Programme
Monday, April 19, 2004 at 7:30 p.m.
ALL SOULS UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
4501 Walnut, in midtown Kansas City (near the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art)
Click here for a PDF flyer and more info on this events
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United Nations and the United States, Partners in Feeding a Hungry World
Monday, April 19, 2004 at 1:00 p.m.
ROOM 106, UNIVERSITY CENTER,
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI — KANSAS CITY
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discussion with:Judith Lewis,
director, U.S. Relations Office, U.N. World Food ProgrammeLauren Landis, director, Food for Peace, U.S. Agency for International Development
Bert Farrish, deputy administrator, commodity operations, Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Charles Riemenschneider, director, Liaison Office, North America, U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Click here for a PDF flyer and more
info on this events
An event co-sponsored with Kansas City Model UN Clubs and KCPT.
- Telephone
- 816 569-4523 (K.C., MO, residents should dial area code as well)
- Postal address
6429 Holmes Street
Kansas City, MO 64131
- Electronic mail
- General Information: info@una-kc.org
Webmaster: webmaster@una-kc.org
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