PAST EVENTS

Celebrate the 63rd Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Saturday, December 10, 2011
3:30 p.m.
Missouri History Museum
Forest Park - St. Louis, MO






Program includes cash prizes to essay contest winners from high school and middle school, and is organized by the St. Louis Coalition for Human Rights. The subject for the essays this year is how 'Bullying can interfere with the right to education." A panel discussion will follow after to discuss this issue.

Mary T. Hall Seminar - Presented by Webster University, The Year of International Human Rights 2011-12: Refugee & Migrant Rights
Monday, November 28, 2011
12:30 p.m.
Emerson Library - Webster University
101 Edgar Road
Webster Groves, MO 63119

"Is the 'Golden Door' Still Open?: America's Reception of Refugees in the 21st Century"
Guest Speaker:  Jonathan D. Guzé, Attorney at Law (private practice)
Durham, North Carolina
J.D. Duke University School of Law
A.B. Harvard University
Contributing Author, NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL PRACTICE DESKBOOK, 3d ed.

Jonathan Guzé will share some insights from his personal experience representing those who seek asylum and other forms of refuge under U.S. immigration law. In addition to representing refugees in their dealings with the Department of Homeland Security, in Immigration Court, and before the Board of Immigration Appeals, Mr. Guzé has many years of experience providing individuals and businesses with a full range of legal services pertaining to immigration and nationality matters. He will give us an inside look at how the United States deals with foreigners who apply for protection within its borders.




Commemorating the Anniversary of the United Nations
Saturday, October 22, 2011
7:00 p.m. - Reception & Networking
8:00 p.m. - Program
COCA Institute - Emerson Studio
524 Trinity Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63130

Program
"The UN in Everyone's Interest"
Join members and guests of the United Nations Association of Saint Louis for this year’s UN Day celebration as we explore how the UN advances its work through civil society, government and business. Keynote speaker will be Deborah Brown, the 1st Leo Nevas Human Rights Fellow of the UNA-USA, a program of the United Nations Foundation.  We will also have Marianne Frapwell, Development Officer of Meds and Food for Kids, who will discuss Dr. Patricia Wolff's organization and its projects in Haiti to save young lives and how these efforts advance the U.N. Millenium Development Goals.

We will also have two multi ethnic entertainment groups to perform, STL Taiko Japan and the Banyan Dance Theatre. This will be an exciting evening of celebration for the 66th anniversary of the United Nations-USA.  Please come out for an evening of fun, networking and entertainment.  Light hors d'oeuvres provided.  Make your reservation today and unite with other active citizens who have a vested interest in international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights. General admission cost is $20. Please RSVP online at www.unday2011.eventbrite.com. Or for more information, contact Yolanda Alovor at 314-558-1391 or by e-mail at alovoryoli@gmail.com

United Nations Association of Greater St. Louis Annual Meeting
Hosted at the St. Louis University City Library-Auditorium
6701 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63130
Saturday, April 16, 2011

Christopher J. Neely presented his paper on "The International Economy--Challenge and Opportunity"
Neely worked as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis since 1993 after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa.  Worked as a dissertation intern at the Board of Governors while in graduate school.  Received his undergraduate degree from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Taught economics and finance courses as an adjunct professor at Washington University, the University of Missouri-St. Louis and St. Louis University.  Was a visiting associate professor in the department of financial economics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. 

Published papers in leading academic journals on technical trading rules, foreign exchange intervention and financial market volatility. For more information about Neely's research papers, please visit his online page at http://research.stlouisfed.org/econ/cneely/.


Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General, United Nation at Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO.  In Partnership with UNA of Greater Saint Louis and sponsored by Boeing and SLU, Ki-Moon received an honor from the hosts, June 12, 2009.