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		<title>&#8220;Today&#8217;s Iran: A Young American&#8217;s Experience&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Inspiring Presentation by Lily Ghebrai
Lily Ghebrai, a local high school student, presented before UNA Seattle members, board members and the public a speech and slideshow of her recent trip to Iran. Lily&#8217;s trip was sponosored by UNA Seattle, who helped her to raise the funds necessary to participate.
Lily&#8217;s presentation about the trip was nothing less [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://unaseattle.org/todays-iran-a-young-americans-experience/</link>
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		<title>UN Day 2011: Global Rhythms Uniting Nations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Association of Greater Seattle will celebrate the 66th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations on October 22, 2011.
The program, &#8220;Global Rhythms Uniting Nations,&#8221; will feature two separate, yet equally intriguing programs. The first program, beginning at 11am, features guest speaker Will Davis, Director of the United Nations Information Center.
Later, at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://unaseattle.org/un-day-2011-global-rhythms-uniting-nations/</link>
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		<title>UNA Seattle President Keynote Speaker at From Hiroshima to Hope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Copy of Speech by Trevor McMorris Tate, President of United Nations of Greater Seattle
From Hiroshima to Hope: The Dual Legacy of &#8220;Little Boy&#8221; and &#8220;Fat Man&#8221;
&#8211; Prepared for delivery at Hiroshima-to-Hope event, 6 August 2011, Seattle, WA.
Good evening, everyone. I bring greetings from the Greater Seattle Chapter of the United Nations Association—USA. What an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://unaseattle.org/una-seattle-president-keynote-speaker-at-from-hiroshima-to-hope/</link>
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		<title>From Tripoli to Tehran: U.S. Multilateral Engagement in a Time of Upheaval – Featuring a Networking Reception with Legal Leaders from North Africa and the Middle East</title>
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Event Details
Speaker
Dr. Esther Brimmer, Assistant Secretary, International  Organization Affairs, U.S. Department of State featuring special  delegation of legal leaders and specialists from North African and the  Middle East

Date &#38; Time
March 30, 2011 &#8211; 5:30pm
Registration Time
March 30, 2011 &#8211; 6:30pm
Register


Location

University of Washington School of Law
William H. Gates Hall, Rooms 115 &#38; 138
Seattle, WA [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://unaseattle.org/from-tripoli-to-tehran-u-s-multilateral-engagement-in-a-time-of-upheaval-%e2%80%93-featuring-a-networking-reception-with-legal-leaders-from-north-africa-and-the-middle-east/</link>
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		<title>Students gain insight, experience on Iran trip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In April of 2010 Brooke Loughrin, an eighteen year old student from Lakeside high school in Seattle traveled to Iran with me. This was made possible with the sponsorship of United Nations Association of Greater Seattle and the generosity of many previous tour members as Brooke had to raise most of the funds for her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://unaseattle.org/students-gain-insight-experience-on-iran-trip/</link>
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		<title>WSU Student and Gaza Strip Resident Granted Visa After Months of Trying</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends,
Last month, we were extremely delighted to learn that Abed Al Hadi Basheer, a Palestinian early child education leader from Gaza, was accepted for doctoral studies at the College of Education at Washington State University and finally successful in securing his student visa at the U.S.  Consulate in Jerusalem.  Abed faced considerable challenges [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://unaseattle.org/wsu-student-and-gaza-strip-resident-granted-visa-after-months-of-trying/</link>
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		<title>Global Washington&#8217;s second Annual Conference Recap</title>
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As a hub of diverse and active international development players, the state of Washington is creating a model for collaboration in the global development sector, providing innovative strategies and cross-sector, cross-issue partnerships to build a better world. On November 15th and 16th, 2010, 430 members of the global development sector convened on the Microsoft campus [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://unaseattle.org/global-washingtons-second-annual-conference-recap/</link>
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		<title>Korean community in Northwest feels confrontation&#8217;s tensions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Collin Tong
When North Korea fired 175 artillery shells and  missiles on a military installation on the tiny South Korean island of  Yeonpyeong on Nov. 23, Seattle’s Korean-American community reacted with  surprise and anger.  Tensions continue to simmer here and on the Korean  peninsula, where this event has followed a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://unaseattle.org/korean-community-in-northwest-feels-confrontations-tensions/</link>
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		<title>Former Seattle PI reporter Tom Paulson blogs about UN Day event</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How did you celebrate UN Day?
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		<link>http://unaseattle.org/former-seattle-pi-reporter-tom-paulson-blogs-about-un-day-event/</link>
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		<title>UNA Seattle UN Day celebration event featured in Crosscut</title>
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		<link>http://unaseattle.org/una-seattle-un-day-celebration-event-featured-in-crosscut/</link>
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