UN UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ‘GLOBAL FINANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY AFTER PRAGUE’ TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS 3 APRIL

UN UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ‘GLOBAL FINANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY AFTER PRAGUE’

TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS 3 APRIL

NEW YORK, 12 March (UNU) -- The United Nations University (UNU) will host a seminar on "Global Finance and Civil Society after Prague:  issues, challenges, implications for the United Nations” on Tuesday, 3 April from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium at Headquarters.

The purpose of the seminar is to disseminate and discuss the findings of a United Nations University study assessing the repercussions of civil society engagement with global finance to date.  The study also suggests practical steps to maximize the benefits and minimize the shortcomings of civil society involvement in global finance.

Speakers include:  the coordinators of the project, Albercht Schnabel, United Nations University and Jan Aart Scholte, Centre for the Study of Globalization and Regionalization, University of Warwick; Gemma Adaba, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions; Alison Van Rooy, North-South Institute, Ottawa, Canada; Nodari Simonia, Director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Moscow, Russian Federation; Barry Herman, Department of Economic and Social Affairs; and Inge Kaul, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Permanent missions, United Nations staff, the media and representatives from non-governmental organizations are invited.

Please register by email -- unuona@igc.org (include your full name, title, department, telephone, fax and email address) with the UNU Office in New York.  For more information contact the UNU Office in New York at (212) 963-6387.

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