| What: |
|
Charles
MacCormack, president, chief executive officer, and member of the board of directors of Save the Children
Federation, Inc., and Larry Minear, director of the Humanitarianism
and War Project at the Feinstein International Famine Center in the
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University,
will present "Ethical Dilemmas for Humanitarian Operations in
Conflict Zones." |
|
|
|
|
|
When: |
|
Tuesday, October 21, 5:00 p.m. |
|
|
|
|
|
Where:
|
|
Terrace
Room B, Mather Hall, Trinity College campus. |
| |
|
|
|
Background: |
|
Dr.
MacCormack currently serves as co-chair of the Campaign for
Effective Leadership and the Basic Education Coalition and is a
member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Advisory Committee
on Voluntary Foreign Aid, the Executive Committee of InterAction,
and the Food Security Advisory Committee.
Minear
has worked on humanitarian and development issues since 1972, and
has written extensively and conducted research on numerous
humanitarian emergencies. He is also a staff member of the United
Nations.
The public is invited to this free event, which is
sponsored by the Human Rights Program at Trinity College, and
partially funded by the Xerox Foundation. For more information
call (860) 297-2029.
|
