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“The World at Risk: AIDS, Drugs
and Terrorism”
is topic of La Salle University’s Diplomat-in-Residence Conference
A Nobel
Peace Prize recipient, an FBI special agent and several ambassadors
will discuss “The World at Risk: AIDS, Drugs and Terrorism”
at La Salle University’s Diplomat in Residence Conference
March 29-31. All panels are free and open to the public.
“The
aim is to explore areas central to international security crises,
the HIV/AIDS epidemic impact on Africa and Southeast Asia, the nexus
between drug trafficking and terrorism, and the financing of terrorist
groups, especially those linked with Islamic extremism in the Middle
East and Central Asia,” says Dr. Cornelia Tsakiridou, a philosophy
professor at La Salle and Conference Director. “Although the
impact of HIV and AIDS is felt mainly at the social and economic
level, long-term political ramifications are certain, as institutions
like the family are dismantled, development is hindered and society
disrupted.” The conference will also address links between
terrorist groups and transnational crime.
The
first panel, on Monday, March 29, will be on the “Financing
of Terrorism,” and will feature Doug Miller, a special agent
of the FBI and a 1984 La Salle graduate. “We are especially
pleased to have F.B.I. Special Agent Miller in-residence to deliver
a series of lectures to classes in addition to participating on
two panels,” says Tsakiridou.
The
second panel, on Tuesday, March 30, will debate “Is the HIV/AIDS
Pandemic an International Security Threat?” Panelists include
Rachel Cohen, 1999 Nobel Peace Prize recipient for her work with
“Doctors Without Borders,” and Ambassador Grace Ssempala
of the Embassy of the Republic of Uganda.
The
final panel on Wednesday will discuss “Narco-trafficking and
Terrorism” with Ambassador Said Tayeb Jawad of the Embassy
of Afghanistan and F.B.I. Special Agent Miller. All panels will
be held at La Salle’s Student Union Building. For information,
call 215-951-1558. The conference schedule is as follows:
Monday,
March 29, Dunleavy Room, 1 PM – 2 PM
“Financing of Terrorism”
Special
Agent Doug Miller Edward Turzanski
Federal Bureau of Investigation Vice President of Government and
Washington Field Office Community Relations, La Salle University
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Tuesday,
March 30, Dunleavy Room, 12:30 PM – 2 PM
“Is the HIV AIDS Pandemic an International Security Threat?”
Ambassador
Francis K. Butagira
Permanent Representative
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uganda to the United Nations
Ambassador
Edith Grace Ssempala (Invited)
Permanent Representative
Permanent Mission of Thailand to the United Nations
Ms.
Rachel Cohen
U.S. Director of the Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines
Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières
(MSF)
1999 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
Dr.
Richard Mshomba
Professor of Economics
La Salle University
Author of Africa in the Global Economy
Wednesday,
March 31, Dan Rodden Theatre, 7 – 9:30 PM
“Narco-trafficking and Terrorism”
Dr.
Michael Radu
Co-chairman
Center of Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Foreign Policy Research Institute
Special
Agent Doug Miller
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington Field Office
Mr.
Hekmat Karzai
First Secretary
Embassy of Afghanistan
Mr.
Stephen Peterson
Director of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement/Crime
Department of State
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