Thursday, September 24, 2009/ 7:30 p.m.
Location: University of St. Michael’s College
Alumni Hall, 121 St. Joseph Street, Toronto

Friday, September 25, 2009 / 7:30 p.m.
Location: St. Jerome University,
C.L. Seigfried Hall, 290 Westmount Road North, Waterloo

Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the UNIn the past decade, Ambassador Chowdhury has made promoting a culture of peace his hallmark. His work inspired the 1999 United Nations General Assembly adoption of the “Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace,” the “International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World (2001-2010),” and the groundbreaking UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on the role of women in peace and security. The lecture will focus on Ambassador Chowdhury’s commitment to promoting peace around the world.

Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations, was Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York from 1996 to 2001. In his long and estimable career, among other things, he has served as President of the United Nations Security Council and Chairman and President of the UNICEF Executive Board.

Ambassador Chowdhury is the recipient of the U Thant Peace Award and the UNESCO Gandhi Gold Medal for Culture of Peace and the Honorary Chair of the International Day of Peace NGO Committee at the United Nations.