CONVERSATIONS ON SOMALIA: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AND PIRACY<br /><br />• H.E. Dr Elmi Ahmed Duale, Ambassador & Permanent Representative for Somalia to the UN<br />• Ambassador David Shinn former U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia (1996-99) and to Burkina Faso (1987-90) & Adjunct Professor of International Affairs at the George Washington University Elliot School of international Affairs<br />• H. E. Mrs Lila Hanitra Ratsifandrihamanana, Permanent Representative of the African Union, Permanent Observer to the United Nations<br />• Jacqueline Munalula Musiitwa Esq. Executive Director Transitional Trade<br />• Faalastin Iman Haji, Free Lance Journalist Mogadishu Somalia<br />• Mohammed Keita Research Associate Africa, Committee for the Protection of Journalists<br />• Mohammed Abbass, Somali Student Princeton University<br /><br />VENUE: New York City Bar, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York "Meeting Hall"<br />DATE: Thursday, May 21, 2009
