[hr-education-na] Events about child soldiers at American University (Washington, DC, Nov. 15-17, 2004)

       Desert Racers: The Use of Children as Camel Jockeys in the UA

                                 Panelists:
                     Ambassador John R. Miller (invited)
               Alison McIntire, Staff Lawyer, Polaris Project


                           Date: November 15, 2004
                          Time: 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
                     Venue: Room 210, McKinley Building
                      American University, Main Campus

     SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PEACEBUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT
       INSTITUTE AND THE CENTER FOR PEACEBUILDING INTERNATIONAL (CPBI)


                             Invisible Children:
             A Documentary on Child Soldiers of Northern Uganda

    The documentary will be followed by a discussion with the film-makers

                           Date: November 16, 2004
                               Time: 5:30 p.m.
                     Venue: Room 210, McKinley Building
                             American University


  SPONSORED BY AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PEACEBUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
            AND THE CENTER FOR PEACEBUILDING INTERNATIONAL (CPBI)



  CHILD SOLDIERS
                      A Global Challenge and US Policy


                        4 PM, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17

                             American University
                School of International Service (SIS) Lounge
                 Main campus - 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

Children are fighting in nearly every major conflict around the globe, in
both government and opposition forces. While wars ending in Afghanistan,
Angola and Sierra Leone led to the demobilization of thousands of child
soldiers, new generations of children are drawn into new and worsening
conflicts elsewhere.

On November 17, the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers will
present the most comprehensive survey of child soldiers to date at
simultaneous events in the UK, Colombia, Kenya, Thailand, Lebanon and the
Philippines.

Come to American University to hear the highlights of this new study, and
the US government?s response to the global challenge of child soldiers.


                                  SPEAKERS

                           Michael Orona (invited)
          Foreign policy advisor, Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
                          U.S. Department of State

                                Martha Newton
         Associate Deputy Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor

                                  Jo Becker
                             Human Rights Watch
         Founding chair, Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers



Sponsored by the U.S. CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS
AU PEACEBUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE,
  CENTER FOR PEACEBUILDING INTERNATIONAL (CPBI)
GRIFFITH LECTURE SERIES


Zack Kassim
Program Director
Peacebuilding and Development Institute
American University, School of Int'l Service
Washington, D.C USA
202-885-2014
www.american.edu/sis/peacebuilding



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