| Former Ambassador
to Bahrain Visits C.W. Post
 |
| Pictured
at left is Dr. Roger Goldstein, chair of the C.W. Post Department
of Political Science and International Studies, at right is
Dr. David Steinberg, president of Long Island University. |
Kassim Mohammed Buallay (center), the former Ambassador to the United
Nations from Bahrain, and a graduate of Long Island University’s
Brooklyn Campus, delivered a series of compelling lectures addressing
current political, economic and strategic developments in the Middle
East and the Gulf, and the role of the United Nations. Former Ambassador
Buallay served as Bahrain’s permanent representative to the
United Nations from 1994 to 2004. In this capacity, he served on the
Security Council and the Economic and Social Council, and was vice
president of the Council for Humanitarian Affairs in 2002. The lecture
series, held Oct. 30, 31 and Nov. 1, 2006, in the Winnick Student
Center, was presented by the C.W. Post Student Affairs-Faculty Partnership
Initiative Committee and co-sponsored by the Long Island University
Office of Academic Affairs, The Hutton House Lectures, The Khalil
A. Nasir Memorial Fund and the Political Science/International Studies
Association. |
