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United Nations
Global Community Day

Unfinished Business:
Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 50;
Birth of an International Criminal Court

Saturday, 24 October 1998
9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Mooers-Morella Ceremonial Court Room (room 603)
Washington Law School of American University
4801 Mass. Ave. NW (@48th St.)

Tenleytown Metro Stop — Buses to main AU Campus, transfer to Law School.
Cars will be available to transport participants from Metro to Law School at 9:15 a.m.
Underground parking available on site or park at either Mass. Ave. & Fordham Road (behind Crate & Barrel), at 49th Street and Mass. Ave., or Yuma Street and Mass. Ave.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL UNA-NCR (202) 785-2640.

Provisional Program

9:30 a.m. Opening Remarks — origins of UDHR
Parade of Flags of the 48 states that voted in favor of the UDHR in 1948
Baha’i Chorale — musical performance
10:00 a.m. Keynote speaker
Eleanor Holmes-Norton, DC Delegate to US House of Representatives (invited)
10:45 a.m. Panel: Eyewitness Accounts: Human Rights in Practice
Hafsat Abiola, on Human Rights in Nigeria
Sapna Chhatpar, on Human Rights in Burma
Sister Dianna Ortiz, on Human Rights in Guatemala (invited)
11:30 a.m. Jason Hawkins, Former President, YPL, Report from Rome on ICC
11:40 a.m. The Great Debate
(Topic: There should be established an International Criminal Court which is independent of the UN Security Council)
12:30 p.m. Lunch (Box lunch —indicate below preference and quantity and send a check ($5 each) to UNA-NCA at the address below)
Performance by Anansegromma (West African folk tellers performing stories with UDHR themes)
1:20 p.m. Closing Remarks

BOX LUNCH AVAILABLE FOR $5 EACH. COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS SECTION WITH CHECK PAYABLE TO UNA-NCA TO: UNA-NCA, 1319 18th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036

NAME(S): ___________________________________________   TEL: _______________________

Mark preference by indicating quantity:

_____Turkey       ______Tuna fish     _____Vegetarian      _____Ham and Cheese

ENCLOSED IS A CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF $___________ FOR ______ LUNCHES.


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