U.N. Senior Adviser to Speak at UCF About 'Developing a World View'

By UCF Staff Sept. 11, 2009

Gillian Sorensen, a senior adviser for the United Nations Foundation, will speak Tuesday, Sept. 15.

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Gillian Sorensen, a senior adviser for the United Nations Foundation and a former U.N. assistant secretary-general, will speak Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the University of Central Florida.

Sorensen will give a presentation entitled “Seeing Beyond Borders: Developing a World View” at 3 p.m. in the Pegasus Ballroom of the Student Union. The event is free and open to the public.

Sorensen's distinguished career at the United Nations spanned the administrations of two secretaries-general, Kofi Annan and Boutros Boutros-Ghali. She served as assistant secretary-general for external affairs under Anan and as a special adviser for public policy to Boutros-Ghali. In the course of her service, she was responsible for 4,000 non-governmental organizations, dealing with U.N. issues related to the world at large and serving as an emissary for the secretary-general.

Sorensen is now a senior adviser to the United Nations Foundation. She continues to address the world’s most pressing problems as she works to broaden U.N. support through advocacy, education and public outreach.

In her presentations, she explores the issues that populate the headlines, including foreign policy, humanitarian relief, global public health, human rights and regions of conflict.

Sponsors include the UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Women's Studies Program, UCF Women’s Research Center, UCF International Services Center, UCF Diplomacy Program, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation.

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