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21 April - 20 May 2005 Africa Center Course: Next Generation of African Military Leaders Program
May 2005 May 2005 InterAction - May Events Calendar Monday, May 2, 2005. 10:30 a.m. What Role for the Rule of Law in International Relations? Swiss Foundation for World Affairs: Rome Auditorium, SAIS, 1619 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Monday, May 2, 2005. 12:30 pm - 2:00 pmWhat Guidance Can Development Ethics Offer to Development Practitioners? Public Sector Governance Brown Bag Lunch Seminar - World Bank.
Director's Forum with H.E. Atiku Abubakar, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, at the Wilson Center. The title of his speech will be "Progress Building Democracy in Nigeria." Africa Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 6th Floor Auditorium, Wilson International Center. Monday, May 2, 2005. 5:30-7:00 PM
Tuesday, May 3, 2005. 8:30am - 2:00pm Transatlantic Approaches to Development Assistance and International Security. A conference sponsored by Women In International Security (WIIS), Georgetown University and the Center for Transatlantic Relations, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University. Location: The Center for Transatlantic Relations, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, 5th Floor, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
Tuesday, May 3, 2005.
12:00 noon - 2:00 pm Tuesday, May 3, 2005. 12:30-2:00pmLeadership & Ethics Seminar 4 - Speaker: John Kiyaga-Nsubuga, Director of Uganda Management Institute (UMI). Public Sector Governance Brown Bag Lunch Seminar - World Bank.
Wednesday, May 4, 2005. 12:00 pm
Speak-Out Vigil to Stop Genocide in Darfur. Africa Action calls on all people of conscience to join us as we host weekly speak-out vigils to prod the White House into stopping genocide in Sudan. Lafayette Park - The White House, Washington, D.C. Contact: Akenji Ndumu, andumu@africaaction.org; 202-546 7961 Wednesday, May 4, 2005. 6:30 – 8:30 PMRobben Island and Prisoner Resistance to Apartheid, By Fran Lisa Buntman. Book Forum - TransAfrica Forum’s Writers’ Corner and Khabo-Mabe On Time, Inc. TransAfrica Forum, 1426 21st Street, NW, Second Floor, Washington, DC.
Thursday, May 5, 2005.
Thursday, May 5, 2005. 9:15 AM-12:15 PM
Thursday, May 5, 2005. 9:30 a.m.Hearing: Promoting Democracy through Diplomacy. The Honorable Henry J. Hyde, The Honorable Frank R. Wolf, The Honorable Paula Dobriansky, The Honorable Mark Palmer, Ms. Jennifer Windsor, Mr. Saad al-Din Ibrahim, Mr. Edil Baisalov. Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building Forum: US Relations with UNESCO Thursday, May 5, 2005. 12:30-2:00 p.m. Postconflict Economics in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. IMF Center Book Forum. IMF Center auditorium (Visitors enter via IMF Center), 720 19th Street NW, Washington, DC
“Africa: The Impact of Mobile Phones." Presentation and private reception featuring Charlotte Grezo, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, and Neil Gough, International Institutions Director, the Vodafone Group, to highlight the recent report by Vodafone. Contact: Grace Prescott at rsvp@unfoundation.org or by calling 202-419-3223. Saturday, May 7, 2005. 6:00-10pm Celebratory dinner in honor of former U.S. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell. Special guests include President Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria), Chairman, African Union. Leon H. Sullivan Foundation. Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC. May 8-14, 2005 This Week's Events - Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Legal Protection of Orphans and Children Made Vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. World Bank
John Stempel to Discuss Religion and Diplomacy. Middle East Institute.
Monday May
9, 2005
Tuesday, May
10, 2005. 10:00 AM
In Praise of Empires - Globalization and Order. American Enterprise Institute
Tuesday, May 10, 2005 . 12:30-2:00pmLeadership & Ethics Seminar 5 - Speaker: Stephen Schwenke, Technical Director, Management Systems International. Public Sector Governance Brown Bag Lunch Seminar - World Bank. Tuesday, May 10, 2005. 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm No Schisms on the Right? Conservatives and U.S. Foreign Policy. Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
Muslims in the United States: Influence and Innovation.
No Longer Invisible: African descendants in Mexico.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005. 12:00 - 2:00PM
Development Effectiveness in Fragile States: Spillovers and Turnarounds. Center for Global Development, 1776 Massachusetts Ave. NW , Third Floor, Washington , D.C.
Ethnic Diversity and Economic Growth: Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa. World Bank Public Sector Governance Brown Bags
Taking Action on the Millennium Development Goals:
Achieving Gender Equality and Empowering Women.
How World Trade Institutions Stimulate Trade Reform in
Closed Economies: The Case of India.
Thursday, May 12, 2005.
Regular press briefing by Thomas C. Dawson, Director of External Relations. IMF Headquarters. Thursday, May 12, 2005. 10:15 AM-12:00 PM
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Reforming the United Nations: Making the United Nations
More Accountable, Transparent, and Efficient.
Concepts of Immigration and Integration in Urban Areas.
Population, Health, and Environment: Evidence-based
Approaches to Policy and Programs.
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 . 12:30-2:00pmLeadership & Ethics Seminar 6 - Speaker: Judy Nadler, Senior Fellow in Government Ethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University. Public Sector Governance Brown Bag Lunch Seminar - World Bank. Wednesday,
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