Updated at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 18, 2007
United Nations official to address 'Aloha Peace' forum
Advertiser Staff
United Nations Under-Secretary-General Anwarul Chowdhury will be the keynote speaker at the Aloha Peace Community Forum on Saturday at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.The event is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the School of Architecture auditorium. Chowdhury will also open an exhibit at Sinclair Library on Saturday afternoon. The exhibit is called, "Creating a Culture of Peace: The Right to Human Security."
The exhibit, open to the public Saturday to April 28, was put together by the lay Buddhist association Soka Gakkai International-USA to commemorate the 50th anniversary of an anti-nuclear declaration issued by the organization's second president, Josei Toda.
Both events are free and open to the public, but space is limited at the Saturday talk.
Chowdhury has been a leader of the United Nation's culture of peace initiative since its inception in 1999. In his speech, he will address human security in modern times.
For more information on the events, call Taeko Yasutake at 343-2266 or e-mail taekoy@hawaii.edu.
