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From: "BlakeZhangAFS" <blake...@afstoday.org>
Date: April 10, 2013, 12:50:20 AM EDT
To: <ev...@afstoday.org>
Subject: AFS Event 4/25 6-8pm--Business and Career Opportunities with UN - Perspectives from Six Senior UN Officials

Dear AFS members and friends,
We are gladly announcing an upcoming event on April 25 - Business and Career Opportunities with UN - Perspectives from Six Senior UN Officials:
·         Insight on UN Management Structure
·         Discuss on World Economy from UN Perspective
·         Find Private Business Opportunity with UNDP
·         Understand UN's Capital Planning and Fund Management
·         Learn UN Peacekeeping Operation
·         Explore Career Path with UN

Date/Time:         Thursday, April 25, 2013, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Venue:                 SUNY Levin Institute, 116 East 55th Street (btw Lexington/Park Ave) New York, NY 10022
Contribution:    (Pre-Registration Required. Headcount Capacity 80)
·         $20 for AFS Premium Members (with promo code)
·         $30 for AFS Silver Members

Speakers:
·         Haoliang Xu
Deputy Regional Director for Europe and the CIS, United Nations Development Programme
·         Pingfan Hong
Chief of Global Economic Monitoring Unit, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
·         Carmen Vierula
Chief of the New York Audit Service, Office of Internal Oversight Services, United Nations
·         Fernando Torres-Torija
Senior Investment Officer for Global Emerging Markets Equities, Investment Management Division (IMD) of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF)
·         Wei Huang
Team Leader, Selection and Recruitment Section, Police Division, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), United Nations
·         Chunlin Tang
Finance and Budget Officer, Department of Management, United Nations

Detail Topics:
1. Overview of the United Nations: history, mission, organization structure, governance mechanism and funding
2. UN's Role in Global Economic Affairs and its Outlook on Global Economy
3. Asset and Pension Fund Management in the UN: management style and investment strategy
4. UN's Development Program and its Partnership with International Financial Institutions and the Private Sector
5. UN Peacekeeping Operations and Recruitment Process
6. Working in the UN: what is a typical day? What are the pros and cons? How many different job channels? What is the application and recruitment process? (Chunlin Tang)

Dress Code:
Business dressing

Co-sponsors:
SUNY Levin Institute | CBS Asian Alumni NY | NYU CSSA | Tsinghua Alumni Association | PKU Alumni Association | Fudan Alumni Association | UIBE Alumni Association

Blake Zhang, Chairman, AFS
Jinfeng Tang, Event Host, AFS
Qin Wang, Co-head, Event Committee, AFS
Jenny Tian, Event Committee, AFS
Eva Luo, Media Committee, AFS