Liechtenstein Ambassador Christian Wenaweser to Speak at Adelphi University on April 24, 2007
Garden City, NY
March 30, 2007
Adelphi University is pleased to welcome Ambassador Christian Wenaweser, permanent representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations, who will deliver a lecture, "Can the International Criminal Court Make a Difference?," on Tuesday, April 24, 2007, at 9:30 AM in Adelphi's Ruth S. Harley University Center Ballroom, 1 South Avenue, Garden City, NY. The lecture is sponsored by Adelphi's International Initiatives Committee (IIC), and is free and open to the public.
Ambassador Wenaweser has been working on United Nations issues for more than ten years. In 2004, he was appointed vice-chairman of the Open-Ended Working Group on Security Council Reform. He serves as the chairman of the Special Working Group on the Crime of Aggression of the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court. He is the past president of the Meeting of States Parties of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Ambassador Wenaweser received diplomatic training at the Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations and at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bern, Switzerland. He also completed a special training course for Swiss and Liechtenstein diplomats at the Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationale, Geneva, Switzerland. He holds an undergraduate and graduate degree from Zurich University.
The IIC is a campus-wide group of faculty, administrators, and students charged with infusing courses and campus events with internationalized content. The IIC allows the University to offer dynamic programs such as its acclaimed Ambassador Series in intimate settings so students, faculty, and the public have the opportunity to hear first-hand, global perspectives on issues of international concern.
For more information about this and other events on campus, please visit www.adelphi.edu, or call the Cultural Events Hotline at 516.877.4555.
About Adelphi University: Adelphi University, chartered in 1896, was the first institution of higher education for the liberal arts and sciences on Long Island. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, the Honors College, Adult Undergraduate Program in University College, and the Schools of Business, Education, Nursing, and Social Work—the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls more than 8,200 students from 41 states and 63 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.
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