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“Ending Poverty” – Rotary and BGSU to Host UN Economist on February 16, 2013

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Rotary International District 6600 of NW Ohio, the Rotary Club of Bowling Green, Ohio, and the International Studies Program of Bowling Green State University will host Dr. Donald Lee on Saturday, February 16, 2013.  Dr. Lee, an expert on global poverty issues and a retired economist with the United Nations, will present “Ending Poverty: The United Nations and Millennium Development Goals” at 2:30 p.m. in Room 117 of Olscamp Hall on E. Ridge Street, on the BGSU campus.  

Dr. Lee is visiting four areas in NW Ohio (Elyria, Bowling Green, Findlay, and Lima) in four days, February 15-18, through the United Nations-Rotary Outreach Programme. He is currently Chair-Elect of the International Committee for October 17th, which promotes the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. He served as a Senior Development Economist for 20 years with the United Nations in New York and Bangkok, Thailand. He was formerly Deputy Dean of Commerce at Deakin University in Australia and holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University College London. 

The first goal of the United Nations 2015 Millennium Development includes the following targets:

1. Halve the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day;

2. Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people;

3. Halve the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. 

Area Rotary Clubs are asked to invite all members, students and community residents to this public forum on the challenges of ending global poverty. Rotary International, at the request of its President Sakuji Tanaka, initiated the United Nations Outreach Programme to further its main objective of service – in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world. There are more than 33,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races and creeds. 

No reservations or tickets are necessary.  A university parking lot on E. Ridge St. is available for parking about 50 yards due east of Olscamp Hall.  Passengers can be dropped in front of Olscamp Hall prior to parking in that parking lot.  Rotary signs will be placed in convenient areas to guide you to the event.

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