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The 2007 United Nations Day Luncheon Ambassador Jean-Maurice RipertAmbassador of France to the United Nations Join us to celebrate the diverse community of nations
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At a time of warming relations between the United States and France, the United Nations Association of Greater Boston is pleased to welcome Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert, France’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, as Keynote Speaker at the 2007 UN Day Luncheon. The annual event gathers business, community, and academic leaders from the Greater Boston area to engage in a dialogue about world affairs and to recognize the important work carried out by the United Nations system. Ambassador Ripert took up his post in August, appointed by the new President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, who was elected in May 2007. President Sarkozy signaled his pro-American stance throughout his election campaign, and reinforced it this summer during his stay in the New Hampshire Lakes Region and his August visit with President Bush in Kennebunkport, Maine. Ambassador Ripert’s Keynote to our community is additionally significant because 2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Union with France as one of six founding nations. Ambassador Ripert represents France on the Security Council and will chair the Council for the month of September. France is expected to play a major role in Security Council debates on the many critical issues facing the international community. Already, France’s new Foreign Minister, Bernard Kouchner, has visited Iraq, showing France’s commitment to solving conflicts. Ambassador Ripert has served his country since 1980, and was most recently France’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva. During his many years of international political experience, Ambassador Ripert has gained a deep knowledge of global issues, from health and humanitarian concerns to economic and financial affairs.
Past UN Day Luncheon speakers: 2006 Ambassador Wang Guangya, China's Ambassador to the UN 2005 Sir Emyr Jones Parry, Britain's Ambassador to the UN 2004 Ted Turner
2003 Ambassador Andrew Young
2002 Ambassador Richard Williamson, the US Alternate Representative to the UN
2001 Ambassador Donald McHenry, US Ambassador to the UN during the Carter Administration
2000 Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Britain’s Permanent Representative to the UN, who addressed the inaugural Luncheon, “UN Peacekeeping in the 21st Century: the US Role.”
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