Date:
Thursday, April 22, 2004
Time:
7 p.m.
Location:
NSU’s East Campus
Alumni Hall Auditorium
3100 SW 9th Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315-3025
Directions:
From I-95,
Heading North or South: Exit State Road 84 East. Go
east on State Road 84 to SW 9th Avenue.
From I-595,
Heading East: Exit State Road 84 East. Go east on State
Road 84 to SW 9th Avenue.
From SW 9 Avenue,
Make a right onto SW 9 Avenue and head South for six
blocks. NSU’s east campus is on the left, set back from
the road. Turn into the parking lot when you see the
guard station. Alumni Hall is just to the left of the
five-story building in front of you. If the parking
lot is full, you will find additional spaces behind
the building (to the east). |
About the Presenter: Gillian Martin
Sorensen, Senior Adviser at the United Nations Foundation,
is a national advocate on matters related to the United Nations
and the United States-United Nations relationship. From l997
to 2003,she served as Assistant Secretary-General for External
Relations on appointment by Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
She was responsible for outreach to civil society including
non-governmental organizations around the world. She was the
contact point for the Secretary-General in relations between
the UN and parliamentarians, the academic world, religious
leaders and other groups committed to peace, justice, development
and human rights. As a member of the Secretary-General’s inner
circle, she had a role in his communications strategy as well
as schedule planning.
Mrs. Sorensen is a graduate
of Smith College and studied at the Sorbonne. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations,
the Women’s Forum and the Women’s Foreign Policy Group.
She previously served as a Board Member of the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting on appointment by the President of
the United States. In
addition to her public service, she has been active in politics
and was a delegate to three national Presidential conventions.
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