UNDP WATCH: Do you want to know more about how Obama would address global challenges at the United Nations ? Tune in and Esther Brimmer will tell you live @ Conversation with America.

Friday, September 7, 2012

Do you want to know more about how Obama would address global challenges at the United Nations ? Tune in and Esther Brimmer will tell you live @ Conversation with America.

Posted by DipNote Bloggers / September 05, 2012

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Cheryl Benton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, will moderate the

Esther Brimmer, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations, will hold a conversation with Stewart Patrick, Senior Fellow and Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Heather Hurlburt, Executive Director of the National Security Network, on Addressing Global Challenges at the UN. The discussion will be moderated by Cheryl Benton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, and will be available for on demand viewing soon on DipNote, the Department of State's official blog.

You are invited to participate by submitting questions, some of which will be selected for response during the taping. Submit your questions below on DipNote and join the ongoing discussion via Twitter using the hashtag #UNGA. Please submit questions via DipNote and Twitter as soon as possible for consideration.

Through Conversations With America, leaders of national non-governmental organizations have the opportunity to discuss foreign policy and global issues with senior State Department officials. These conversations aim to provide candid views of the ways in which leaders from the foreign affairs community are engaging the Department on pressing foreign policy issues.

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