Halonen to Play Key Role at UN General Assembly
Published 17.09.2008, 19.21
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President Tarja Halonen heads to New York next week to take part in the UN
General Assembly. She is lead several high-level meetings and meet with other
women leaders, as Finland seeks a seat on the Security Council.
The General Assembly session began on Wednesday, but the high-level summit
conference takes place next week. Representing Finland will be President
Halonen, Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb and Minister of Trade and Development
Paavo Väyrynen.
Halonen will play a high-profile role in the Assembly proceedings. On Monday
she and Rwandan president Paul Kagame -- an outspoken critic of the UN -- will
co-chair a meeting of heads of state focusing on Africa. On Thursday, Halonen
leads a meeting on the UN's Millennium Development Goals, whose implementation
is badly behind schedule.
The president is also to take part in a meeting of women leaders convened by US
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Participants include the heads of state or
government from Argentina, Chile, Germany and Liberia.
Sights on 2013
Meanwhile, Finnish officials will be lobbying for a two-year term on the
Security Council beginning in 2013. Under UN practice, one of the Nordic
countries is generally eligible for a seat during every other two-year cycle.
Iceland is seeking a place next, and Finland hopes to be next. It has been
represented on the Council twice, beginning in 1969 and 1989.
Sharangabo Rufagari
Montreal
--- On Wed, 9/17/08, sharangabo rufagari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: sharangabo rufagari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PRESIDENT KAGAME at M.I.T (Sept 18th,2008)
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Dear all,
According to this press release from the MASSACHUSETS
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.H.E the President of Rwanda will be speaking down there
on thursday September 18th.
Given the introductory presentation it seems he may be
talking about what it is writen on the recent book about him.I am not quite
sure that this will be the case as he is not a man who talks about himself
instead he enjoy speaking about the Rwanda's of tomorow.Let wait and hear.
Sharangabo Rufagari
Montreal
September 18, 2008: President Paul Kagame
MIT welcomes His Excellency Paul Kagame, president of the Republic of Rwanda,
to campus to present the September 2008 Karl Taylor Compton Lecture.
Lecture
"Imperative of Science and Technology in Accelerating African and Rwandan
Development"
When
September 18, 2008, from 3:30–5 pm.
Where
The lecture will be given in Kresge Auditorium, MIT's building W16. The street
address is 48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. (View a map and get directions
to MIT.)
Tickets
This event is free and open to the public. No tickets are required.
Biography
His Excellency Paul Kagame (b. 1957) is the current president of the Republic
of Rwanda. He is also the leader of the guerilla Rwandan Patriotic Front, whose
invasion of Rwanda is cited as the primary reason that the Rwandan Genocide
ended.
Born a Tutsi, President Kagame and his family moved to a Ugandan refugee camp
to escape the violence of the 1959 revolt sparked by the Belgian military and
carried out by the Hutu population. Political instability and tribal conflict
fueled the ethnic persecution that would take place for decades.
President Kagame was among the first 27 men who, together with Yoweri Kaguta
Museveni, launched a five-year liberation war in neighboring Uganda in 1980. He
served as a senior officer in the Ugandan army between 1986 and 1990, during
which time he received training as a distinguished ally in the US Army's
Command and General Staff College. In October 1990, President Kagame returned
to Rwanda after 30 years in exile to lead the Rwandan Patriotic Army in the
struggle for the liberation of Rwanda.
On July 19, 1994, he was appointed vice president and minister for defense in
the Government of National Unity. In 1998, he was elected chairman of the
Rwandan Patriotic Front, a partner in the Government of National Unity. On
April 17, 2000, His Excellency was unanimously elected president of the
Republic of Rwanda by the Transitional National Assembly. He took the oath of
office on April 22, 2000.
President Kagame has received a number of awards for his efforts to bring
stability and peace to Rwanda, including the 2003 Global Leadership Award by
the Young Presidents' Organization, the Andrew Young Medal, the Information and
Communications Technologies Africa Award, the African National Achievement
Award, the African Gender Award, and several honorary doctorates. He also
received international recognition for outlawing the death penalty in Rwanda in
2007.
With initiatives in business, communications, energy, and gender equity,
President Kagame is preparing his reunited country to take a role on the world
stage. Read more at his website.
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