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Women Leaders Address Global Security Issues at Columbia World Leaders Forum - Tuesday, Sept. 26
New York, New York - Sept. 22, 2006 - A panel of women world leaders from Iraq, Ireland, Nigeria, Canada, China, Pakistan, Jordan, Chile and Honduras will discuss the policy changes needed to achieve a more secure world at the Tuesday, September 26th session of the fourth annual Columbia University World Leaders Forum.
This panel will feature Mary Robinson, former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, former President of Ireland, and Columbia University Professor in the Professional Practice of Public Affairs; Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister and Minister of Defense from Canada, and others as indicated below. Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan and President Michelle Bachelet of Chile will contribute video messages. The event will be moderated by Lan Yang, Columbia University graduate and Chairperson, Sun Media Investment Holdings Ltd. (SMIH) and China Host of Yang Lan One on One and Her Village, with 10 million viewers every week; former Co-Host, Zheng Da Variety Show.
The event will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Space for accredited journalists can be reserved by contacting the representatives noted above. For additional information, specific event locations and non-media registration details, please visit http://worldleaders.columbia.edu.
Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Low Memorial Library, 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam
Moderator:
- Lan Yang, Chairperson, Sun Media Investment Holdings Ltd. (SMIH), China Host of Yang Lan One on One and Her Village; former Co- Host, Zheng Da Variety Show
Panelists:
- Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (by video)
- Sheikha Lubna al-Qasimi, Minister of Economy, United Arab Emirates
- Michelle Bachelet, President of the Republic of Chile (by video)
- Kim Campbell, Secretary General, Club of Madrid and former Primer Minister and former Minister of Defense, Canada
- Sughra Hussain Imam, MP, Provincal Assembly of Punjab, Pakistan
- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Minister of Economy and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria
- Mary Robinson, President, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative and Professor in the Professional Practice of Public Affairs, Columbia University; former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and former President of Ireland
- Fatin Abdel-Rahman, Minister of State for Women, Iraq (invited)
About Columbia University
Founded in 1754 as King's College, Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the world's leading institutions of higher learning and research and a member of the Ivy League of U.S. colleges and universities. Columbia includes three undergraduate schools, 13 graduate and professional schools, a school of continuing education, four affiliated institutions, a world-class medical center, 22 libraries, and more than 100 research centers and institutes.
For more information regarding Columbia University's Heads of State Program, upcoming activities, and to arrange an interview with an expert from Columbia's World Leaders Forum Experts Bureau, please contact one of the individuals noted below:
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Keith W. Rabin
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Columbia University
Tanya L. Domi:
td207@columbia.edu phone: +1-212-854-5573 |