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− | The '''World Leaders Forum''' was initiated by President [[Bollinger]] in [[2003]] as part of his plan to [[global university|make Columbia more "global"]]. During the UN General Assembly meeting each fall, Columbia invites a number of major world figures onto campus to deliver speeches and take part in conferences. Forum events are held throughout the year as opportunities present themselves. | + | [[File:Low rotunda.jpg|thumb|A World Leaders Forum event in [[Low Library]]'s rotunda]] |
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+ | The '''World Leaders Forum''' was initiated by President [[Bollinger]] in [[2003]] as part of his plan to [[global university|make Columbia more "global"]]. During the UN General Assembly meeting each fall, Columbia invites a number of major world figures onto campus to deliver speeches and take part in conferences. Forum events are also held throughout the year as opportunities present themselves. | ||
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+ | These invitations are rarely uncontroversial, and [[protests]] have broken out during the appearances of individuals such as Iran's [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] and Ethiopia's Menes Zenawi (see [[Zenawi Protests]]). | ||
You know the forum's in town when there are snipers on the roofs of Columbia buildings. | You know the forum's in town when there are snipers on the roofs of Columbia buildings. | ||
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*Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark | *Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark | ||
*Danilo Türk, President of Slovenia | *Danilo Türk, President of Slovenia | ||
+ | *Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey | ||
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*Boris Tadic, President of Serbia | *Boris Tadic, President of Serbia | ||
*Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of Thailand | *Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of Thailand | ||
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+ | ===[[2010]]=== | ||
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+ | *Abdullah Gül, President of Turkey | ||
+ | *George Soros | ||
+ | *Ivo Josipović, President of the Republic of Croatia | ||
+ | *José Manuel Ramos-Horta, President of Timor-Leste | ||
+ | *Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia | ||
+ | *José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain | ||
+ | {{Col-2}} | ||
+ | *José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission | ||
+ | *Jigmi Y. Thinley, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan | ||
+ | *Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | ||
+ | *Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France | ||
+ | *[[Vikram Pandit]], CEO of Citi | ||
+ | {{Col-end}} | ||
+ | ===[[2011]]=== | ||
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+ | {{Col-2}} | ||
+ | *Roza Otunbayeva, President of Kyrgyzstan | ||
+ | *Rafael Correa, President of the Republic of Ecuador | ||
+ | *Abdullah II bin al-Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | ||
+ | *Michel Martelly, President of the Republic of Haiti | ||
+ | {{Col-2}} | ||
+ | *Alpha Condé, President of the Republic of Guinea | ||
+ | *Atifete Jahjaga, President of the Republic of Kosovo | ||
+ | *Lance Armstrong | ||
+ | *Sanjay Gupta | ||
{{Col-end}} | {{Col-end}} | ||
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+ | ===[[2012]]=== | ||
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+ | *[[Eric Holder]], Attorney General of the United States | ||
+ | *Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations | ||
+ | *Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia | ||
+ | *Aung San Suu Kyi, chair of the National League for Democracy, Burma | ||
+ | {{Col-end}} | ||
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+ | ===[[2013]]=== | ||
+ | *Laurent Lamothe, Prime Minister of Haiti | ||
+ | *Leymah Gbowee, 2011 [[Nobel]] Peace laureate | ||
+ | *Judge Sang-Hyun Song, President of the International Criminal Court | ||
==External links== | ==External links== |
Revision as of 19:17, 31 May 2013
The World Leaders Forum was initiated by President Bollinger in 2003 as part of his plan to make Columbia more "global". During the UN General Assembly meeting each fall, Columbia invites a number of major world figures onto campus to deliver speeches and take part in conferences. Forum events are also held throughout the year as opportunities present themselves.
These invitations are rarely uncontroversial, and protests have broken out during the appearances of individuals such as Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Ethiopia's Menes Zenawi (see Zenawi Protests).
You know the forum's in town when there are snipers on the roofs of Columbia buildings.
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- Laurent Lamothe, Prime Minister of Haiti
- Leymah Gbowee, 2011 Nobel Peace laureate
- Judge Sang-Hyun Song, President of the International Criminal Court