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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see message about our April 5<sup>th</sup> guest lecturer below. The speaker works for the UN to help combat desertification and will be speaking about environmental justice, too.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#49595E"><a href="https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/profiles/ibrahim-thiaw"><span style="color:#8B0015">Ibrahim Thiaw</span></a> | Wednesday, April 5, 2023</span></strong><span style="color:#49595E;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1E5288">"Environmental Justice: Seeding the Ground, Planting New Roots"</span></strong><span style="color:#49595E;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h5>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#403635">Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#403635"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#49595E;font-weight:normal">Ibrahim Thiaw was appointed as Under Secretary General of the United Nations and UNCCD Executive Secretary on 31 January 2019. The Mauritanian brings 40 years
of experience in sustainable development, environmental governance and natural resource management. Executive Secretary Thiaw is well-poised to lead the global effort on land restoration, build drought resilience; and improve food security, gender equality
and land rights for vulnerable populations. Before joining UNCCD, he was Special Adviser to the Secretary-General for the Sahel, where he supported the implementation of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel (UNISS) and the development of a
UN Support Plan for the Sahel. From 2013 to 2018 he served as Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Before that he was the Director of UNEP’s Division for Environmental Policy Implementation,
and he also served as the Regional Director for West Africa, and later Acting Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). </span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#49595E;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h6>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#49595E">WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#49595E;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h6>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#403635">12:00pm Student Lunch and Fireside Chat (Limited to Students Only) </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#403635"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#403635"> </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#403635">Location: Honors Village Amphitheater <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#403635">4:00pm Keynote & Reception (Open to all)</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#403635"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#403635"> Location: Student Union Memorial Center Grand Ballroom <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#49595E;font-weight:normal"><a href="https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_807sBcZbQIAKxEO"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#8B0015">RSVP HERE</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></h5>
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