Issue 4: October 2000

 

UNU to Honour Founders at Silver
Anniversary Symposium Oct. 23

UNU headquarters in Tokyo, venue for
the 25th anniversary symposium

UNU will celebrate its 25th anniversary with an international symposium: UNU at 25: Reaching Out to Japan and the World, at UNU Center, Tokyo, Oct. 23, 3 p.m.

The three-hour event will feature the first Michio Nagai Lecture, named after a leading figure behind the Japanese Government’s invitation to host UNU’s headquarters. The lecture will serve as an annual forum for eminent persons of the international community. Prof. Justin Thorens, former Rector of the University of Geneva, former President of the International Association of Universities (IAU), and former Chair of UNU’s Governing Council, will deliver the inaugural Nagai lecture.

UNU will also mark the occasion by naming its main conference halls after two other key figures in the university’s creation – former UN Secretary General U Thant and Elisabeth Rose of America, whose vision and commitment was vital to UNU’s establishment. Mrs. Rose, now in her 90s, will join the celebration of UNU’s silver anniversary. Among other guest speakers: James Hester, UNU’s first Rector and Heitor Gurgulino De Souza, UNU’s third Rector.

Messages about UNU -- its role in the past, present and future, its accomplishments and areas for improvement -- are being requested for display during the Symposium and to help plan for the future. The Symposium will combine a review of UNU’s historical development and examine its current role and position

For more information: UNU Public Affairs, tel. (03) 5467-1243, -1246; fax (03) 3406-7346.

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