Washington, DC, United States

The Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University and the United Nations Foundation present the inaugural lecture in the Distinguished Women in International Affairs Series
on The Global Fight to End Polio: Diplomacy's Critical Role.

Keynote speakers include Dr. Paula J. Dobriansky, the Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and Timothy E. Wirth, the President of the United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund.

The lecture will discuss the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, and how completing the global eradication effort requires concerted political, diplomatic and public health engagement. Under Secretary Dobriansky will discuss the challenges to eradication, and describe what the United States in concert with others is doing to achieve the goal of stopping polio forever.

A reception will immediately follow the lecture.

Please proceed up the stairs to the second floor.

This event is free and open to the public.

RSVP to gdaniel@gwu.edu

October 10, 2006

10:00 to 10:45 a.m

The George Washington University

Jack Morton Auditorium

805 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC

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