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The Foreign Policy Association cordially invites you to attend a special conference on "The European Union, Human Rights and the UN Millennium Development Goals."

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Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Location: Grupo Santander

45 E. 53rd St.

(between Park and Madison Ave)

New York, New York

Time: Registration /2:30 pm

Closing/6:30 pm

Price: FPA members/Free

Guest of FPA or OTR Patron/$15.00

Non-Member/$25.00

Students/$5.00

If you have any questions, please contact the FPA Events Department at FPA Events Department or at 212-481-8100, ext. 240.

Advanced registration is required. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. At 6 PM, remaining seats will be released to the waiting list.

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