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		<title>Global Citizens Gathering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our kick-off Global Citizens Gathering was held on April 5th at the iLEAP center in Wallingford.  The event set us off to a wonderful start.  Discussion surrounded the topic of what it means to be a Global Citizen and how it relates to citizens living in Seattle.
Please check out the article in the latest newsletter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://unaseattle.org/global-citizens-gathering/</link>
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		<title>SPU Visual Design features MDGs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The UN Millennium Development Goals were the central topic for a course in the 2012 winter quarter at Seattle Pacific University. On Monday, March 12, students displayed their work at the SPU Art Gallery. These projects were the final product of a quarter-long visual design project that hwlps by a team of five group advisors, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://unaseattle.org/spu-visual-design-features-mdgs/</link>
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		<title>Bruce Gagnon to speak at UNA event</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coming the last weekend in April:

Activist, Organizer Bruce Gagnon wil speak to UNA audiences regarding
&#8220;The Military Industrial Complex, Nuclear Power and Weapons in Space:  How will we ever end America&#8217;s addiction to war?&#8221; 
 
Gagnon is a co-founder of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and hosts a popular East Coast TV show The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://unaseattle.org/bruce-gagnon-to-speak-at-una-event/</link>
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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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