Twenty Seventh Lecture of The Lecture Series of the Americas Bill Richardson Governor of New Mexico

Twenty-Ninth Lecture of The Lecture Series of the Americas
Josette Sheeran
Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme
“Confronting the Challenge of the Global Food Crisis in the Americas”
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 3:00 PM (Eastern Time) - Hall of the Americas, OAS

3:00pm
Welcome by OAS Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin

3:05pm
Ambassador Nestor Mendez Chair of the Permanent Council and Permanent Representative of the Barbados to the OAS, introduces Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the United Nations Food Programme

3:10pm
Josette Sheeran speaks

3:40pm
Question and answer session
Moderator: Irene Klinger, Director, Department of International Affairs and Coordinator of the Lecture Series

The Lecture Series of the Americas is disseminated throughout the Americas by satellite and high-quality webcast. Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, Inc. (HITN-TV) in the United States, EDUSAT in Mexico, The Voice of America, Venevisión Continental, and several other TV and radio networks carry the broadcast in the OAS Member States. The Lecture Series is transmitted live on the web at www.oas.org.

* Headsets are available in the rear of the Hall of the Americas for simultaneous interpretation into English and Spanish.

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