Adolfo
Aguilar Zinser
"Is
The United Nations on the Brink? Unilateralism vs. Multilateralism
and the Quest for World Peace and Security"
This
lecture will analyze the current state of world affairs, paying
particular attention to the U.S.-led war against terrorism
and the role played by the UN and multilateral diplomacy. Drawing
from his recent experience as Mexican ambassador to the UN,
Mr. Aguilar will address issues including the quality of U.S.
leadership in world affairs after 9/11, the dissenting role
of U.S. friends and allies in the UN Security Council and the
quest for UN reform.
Mr. Adolfo Aguilar Zinser recently served as Permanent Representative of Mexico
to the UN (2002-03), representing his country at the Security Council during
the critical past two years. After resigning his post on November 20, 2003,
he joined the National Autonomous University of Mexico to resume teaching and
to undertake a research projected on topics related to U.S. and Mexican affairs.
-Reprint
of Los
Angeles Times article, with details about Mr. Aguilar
Zinser's resignation
Thursday,
January 22, 5:00 pm
Morrison Room, Doe Library
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Ernesto
Zedillo Ponce de Leon
"Fostering or Frustrating Globalization,
That Is the Question"
Ernesto
Zedillo was President of Mexico from December 1994 to December
2000. He is now Co-Coordinator of the UN Millennium Development
Goals Task Force on the Multilateral Trading System, Co-Chairman
of the UN Commission on the Private Sector and Development
and Co-Chairman of the International Commission on Global Public
Goods. He is also Director of the Center for the Study of Globalization
and Professor of International Economics and Politics at Yale
University.
Co-sponsored
by the Office of the Chancellor and the Robbins Collection
of the School of Law, UC Berkeley.
Friday,
February 13, 4:00 pm
Wheeler Auditorium, Wheeler Hall (map)
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Mariclaire
Acosta
"A Human Rights Policy for a Democratic Mexico"
Mariclaire
Acosta is the former subsecretary for Human Rights and Democracy
in the Secretariat of Foreign Relations Office in Mexico.
Her career in the field of human rights has led her on missions
ranging from investigating the treatment of immigrants in
the United States to studying the effects of violence in
Colombia. Currently she is a member of the Advisory Council
on Foreign Relations for the Center for Justice and International
Law (CEJIL). Ms. Acosta is the author of many articles including: “Overcoming
Discrimination against Women in Mexico: A Task for Sisyphus,” “Lessons
Learned from Relations between Mexican and U.S. Human Rights
Organizations” and “Democracy, Governability
and Human Rights in Mexico.”
Thursday,
March 18, 4:00 pm
Lounge, Women's Faculty Club
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Sergio Aguayo
Mexico’s 2006 Presidential Election: The Factors and Actors Involved
In
2006 Mexicans will elect a new president. Professor Aguayo
will analyze the possibilities of the 17 contenders for the
nomination and the tensions that competition is creating inside
the different political parties. Open competition — normal
in other democracies — is already exposing the strengths
and weaknesses of Mexican institutions and social fabric. Professor
Aguayo will discuss the possibility of free and fair elections
in light of doubts about the impartiality of the new electoral
authority and concerns about campaign financing.
Sergio
Aguayo is a Professor at the Colegio de México since
1977. He is an expert on security issues, U.S.–Mexico
relations, the Mexican political system, refugees, democratization
and human rights. In 2003 he was one of the four experts who
wrote a report on Mexico’s human rights situation for
the United Nations. Professor Aguayo is also active in the
promotion of democracy and human rights through organizations
such as Civic Alliance and the Mexican Academy of Human Rights.
His weekly column appears in Reforma and 14 other Mexican newspapers,
and he is a panelist on TV Channel 11’s weekly program Primer
Plano.
Tuesday,
April 13, 4:00 pm
Lounge, Women’s Faculty Club
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and photos
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