Columbia-Paris Alliance Conference

The Columbia-Paris Alliance Program; the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion (CDTR); the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life (IRCPL); the Middle East Institute (MEI); the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and the UN Studies Program present: HE Gérard Araud French Ambassador to the United Nations The Non-Proliferation Issue within the Iranian Context A discussion moderated by Professor Richard Bulliet (Columbia University) Thursday, February 11th, 2010 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Columbia University, International Affairs Building, Room 1501 420 West 118th Street (at Amsterdam Avenue) Please RSVP to mj2412@columbia.edu Ambassador Gerard Araud is the Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations in New York. He will engage in a discussion with Professor Bulliet and the Columbia community on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. On the day of the anniversary of the Iranian revolution, this discussion will be very timely as a new resolution on the Iranian crisis is under discussion at the United Nations, while France is presiding to the Security Council. Ambassador Araud is a former Ambassador of France to Israel (2003-2006) and a former Director of Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2000-2003). Richard W. Bulliet is a Professor of History at Columbia University who specializes in Middle Eastern history and the social and institutional history of Islamic countries. He has written extensively on Iran. The Alliance Program is a partnership between Columbia University and three French Universities, the Ecole Polytechnique, Sciences Po and the Universite Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne. For further information please visit: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/alliance