Professor Ibrahim
Agboola Gambari, Under-Secretary-General for the United Nations and Special
Advisor on Africa will be speaking at Salisbury University on December 6,
2006, at 6:30 pm in the Auditorium of Holloway Hall. The title of his
lecture is “Promoting Peace Amidst Demanding Conflicts.”
Professor Gambari served
as the Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations
from 1990-1999. During those years he served twice as the President of the
Security Council, and chaired the UN Special Committee Against Apartheid,
successfully assisting in the demise of Apartheid in South Africa. Prior to
his appointment to the UN, Professor Gambari served as Nigeria’s Minister
for External Affairs.
In
1999, Professor Gambari joined the Secretariat of the UN. In July 2005, the
Secretary-General appointed Professor Gambari to be the
Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs.
The
lecture is being hosted by the Center for Conflict Resolution’s “One Person
Can Make a Difference” Lecture Series. The lecture is sponsored by SU
Office of the President, the Fulton School of Liberal Arts, Conflict
Analysis and Dispute Resolution Program, Department of Political Science and
the Interdisciplinary Major in International Studies, the Department of
History, and the Center for Conflict Resolution.
Questions can be directed to the Center for Conflict Resolution at
410-219-2873
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