Note to Correspondents

SECOND LECTURE IN HAMMARSKJÖLD BIRTH ANNIVERSARY SERIES SET FOR 25 JULY

This second in a series of lectures and conversations to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of former United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld will be held at United Nations Headquarters from 1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. on Monday, 25 July 2005.  The event will be held in the Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium.

Titled “The tsunami disaster:  beyond relief towards development”, the event will feature a conversation with Margareta Wahlström, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, and Kathleen Cravero, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery.  The discussion will be moderated by Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information Shashi Tharoor.

The series is being organized by the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library with the support of the Government of Sweden.  Three more events are planned for 2005, at which prominent speakers will discuss international responses to peacekeeping and conflict and crisis management, information and knowledge for global decision-making, and the International Civil Service.

Members of Permanent Missions, Secretariat staff, non-governmental organizations and the media are invited to attend.

For further information contact:  Nasra Soud, tel.:  212-963-0521.

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