United Nations president at Howard

Jet, May 16, 2005

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Caption: UNITED NATIONS PRESIDENT AT HOWARD: Jean Ping, the current president of the 59th session of the United Nations General Assembly and minister of foreign affairs for the West African nation Gabon (2nd, l), is welcomed by (l-r) U.S. Ambassador Pamela Bridgewater, diplomat-in-residence at Howard University in Washington, D.C.; Ambassador Ruth A. Davis, Howard University distinguished advisor for international affairs, and Ambassador Horace G. Dawson, director of Howard's Ralph J. Bunche International Center. Ping made a recent day-long visit to the university where he delivered a lecture on United Nations reform and met with school officials and students to share views on UN peacekeeping, reform of the UN's Security Council and the relation of the UN with international organizations.

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