SUMMER INSTITUTE on the Global South 2000 Summer Institute Students at the United Nations Headquarters in New York June 15, 2000

Program Information Center For the Global South International Relations Track International Business Track Course Description & Requirements Registration Information Tuition & Costs Field Trips & Speakers Past Experience Pictures Contact Information Syllabus & Assignments

	SUMMER INSTITUTE 2001 CONTACT INFO
Mailing Address:		Numbers:
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY		Phone: 202.885.1612
4400 Massachusetts Ave.  NW		Fax: 202.885.1186
Sports Center Annex Rm.155		Automated: 202.885.1618
Washington, DC 20016		email:glsouth@american.edu
	WHO TO ASK FOR:
	BLANKA HOMOLOVA,

The Center for the Global South is a hub of intellectual thought. It plays a prominent role among academic institutions examining issues of the global South. The Center's staff also conducts original research,develops curricula, and perhaps most importantly, teaches.

The Center understands that today's students are tomorrow's world leaders. With a combination of research, classroom study, and hands-on experience, the Center's academic programs help future leaders understand the relationship between the global South and the North and lay the ground work for a mutually beneficial relationship among all nations.

Each summer, approximately 30 graduate and advanced undergraduate students from many different countries and universities in the United States successfully complete the Center's Summer Institute on the Global South. The six- week institute has usually two consecutive tracks in international relations andinternational business which examine the challenges facing the global South. Both tracks include frequent guest lectures by prominent international experts and field trips.

In addition, students will spend one day at the United Nations in New York, where they will tour the UN, hear panel lectures and presentations, and attend a luncheon where they will have the opportunity to meet ambassadors, other senior UN officials, and business persons, and present their questions on international relations,international business and related topics. In July 1996, three institute students presented their ideas for reforming the UN charter to the UN Secretary-General.

Students who have completed the summer institute today work with their governments, the private sector, NGOs, and international organizations. Some former students, for example, nowwork in the governments of Germany, Japan, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, and
the United States. Others are employed by the United Nations, World Bank, OAS, Inter- American Development Bank, UN Food and Agricultural Organization, and International Fund for Agricultural Development. Many of the institute's former students stay in touch with the Center and maintain their interests in its activities.

 PLANNED FIELD TRIPS:
 

UNITED NATIONS Headquarters, New York	THE LEAGUE  OF ARAB STATES	THE WORLD BANK
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS)	INSTITUTE FOR  POLICY STUDIES	OVERSEAS  DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

SPEAKERS:

Former Secretary General of The UN, H.E. B.B.Ghali spoke to our S.I. Students at  the United Nations  Field Trip in 1996	Dr. Ismail Serageldin accepted our invitation to speak to the S.I. 1998 participants at the United Nations Headquarters in New York	.  1998 Summer Institute Students at the United Nations Headquarters in New York July 20, 1998
Dr. A. King during her Luncheon address to our 1998  S.I. students, New York.	Guest Speaker,Mr. David Shorr from Refugees International,  Summer Institute 1998.	Guest Speaker, Dr. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah from the Global Coalition for Africa in July 1998.
	UN TRIP '98: L-R: JACK FOMERAND, UN University, NY; Dr.CLOVIS MAKSOUD;  Hon. NITIN DESAI, Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs;H.E. Amb. HUSSEIN HASSOUNA, Arab League Ambassador to the UN;STEVEN LEWIS, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF.
Among Other Guest Speakers Were: Dr.George Abed, Senior Advisor, International Monetary Fund Dr. Ellen Dorsey, Professor, American University  Jim Moody, President and CEO, InterAction H.E. Edith Grace Sempala, Ugandan Ambassador to the U.S.	Some  of the UN Trip  Speakers also Include: H.E. Louise Frechette, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations Raghida Dergham, UN Bureau Chief, Al-Hayat Mr. Moez Duraid, Policy Specialist, UNDP Human Development Report Office Hon. Nitin Desai, Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs H.E. Mr. Nabil Elaraby, Ambassador of Egypt to the UN Jack Fomerand, Director of the UN University in New York Ms. Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Director of the UN University in New York	Iqbel Haji, Department of Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development, United Nations Farhan Aziz Haq, UN Correspondent, Inter Press Service Evelyn Leopold, Chief UN Correspondent, Reuters News Service Joe Sills, Director, UN Information Centre H.E. Sr. Juan Somavia, Ambassador of Chile to UN; elected ILO Director General Sandy Ungar, Dean of the School of Communication, American University and other distinguished speakers...