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In this issue —
Meeting Location……….....1
United Nations Association of the USA
United Nations Association of the United States of America Program…………….…..…..1
Tampa Bay Chapter From the President’s Desk..2
Tampa Bay Chapter http://unatampabay.org New & Renewal Members..2
7833 Second Avenue South, St Petersburg FL 33707 RSVP-Reservation.………...3
Tel: 727-345-4280 E-mail: Together
pyingsts@verizon.net UN and US Finances....…...3
“Working for Peace, Freedom and Justice” Officers and Directors…......4
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“Working Together for Peace, Freedom and Justice”
pyingst@verizon.net Tel: 727-345-4280 Vol. XXXI No.6 Sept 2007
Volume XXXI, No.5 Jun 2007

Monthly Speaker Series

(The People Speak)
Date: Saturday, Sep 29, 2007 Time: 11:45 AM
Location: The University of Tampa
The Vaughn Center, 9th Floor –Crescent Room
401 W. Kennedy Boulevard , Tampa, FL 33606
(Parking is available anywhere on campus, including the faculty car park opposite the Vaughn
Center entrance and the faculty parking area on the first floor of the Thompson Parking Garage at the North
Boulevard entrance to the University just off Kennedy.)
Reservations Required: RSVP at http://unatampabay.org, and Make Payment, see coupon on page 3.

PROGRAM
The Topic this month, presented by Dean Frank Ghannadian Ph.D. will be:

“Financing Development in the 21st Century”

(Economic Objectives and Agenda of the UN)
Dr. Frank Ghannadian, is Dean of the College of Business at the University of Tampa. The new dean of UT’s
John H. Sykes College of Business brought a wealth of international experience to The Univer-
sity of Tampa when he assumed his new role this fall. “Globalization is becoming one of the ma-
jor thrusts of the world economy, and students need to learn that we’re all connected,” says Dr.
Ghannadian.

He served as associate dean and chief operating officer of the Stetson School of Business at
Mercer University’s Atlanta campus. In his tenure at Stetson, he directed the studies abroad pro-
gram, initiated an international business concentration and an executive MBA program, and devel-
oped relationships with more than 130 multinational companies. He also has forged partnerships
with three universities on different continents, including Hong Kong Baptist University.

A native of Azerbaijan, Ghannadian speaks four languages, including Farsi and Turkish.
He would like to focus on expanding the international component of the business school, he said, and create more inter-
national connections and opportunities in Europe and Asia for the Sykes College of Business. “The mechanism is al-
ready there to be able to do that,” he said. “UT has outstanding international programs, and I would like to see all busi-
ness students be a part of the Study abroad program.”

In addition to establishing the executive MBA program at Stetson, Ghannadian shepherded the school through
the accreditation process for the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. This experience prepares him
for Sykes reaccreditation, he said, which comes due in the next two years. “The no. one goal is to make sure we get
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From the PRESIDENT'S Desk…..
At a summit in Sept. 2000 the largest gathering of world
leaders in history adopted the UN Millennium Declaration,
committing their nations to a new global partnership to re-
duce extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal pri-
mary education, promote gender equality, reduce child
mortality, improve maternal health, combat HIV/AIDS and
other diseases, ensure environmental sustainability, and
development global partnership for development. These are
a set of clearly-defined, measurable and broadly-endorsed
development objectives that are the focus of an unprece-
dented global effort with a time-bound target of 2015.
International organizations, governments, and pri-
vate sector groups have all coordinated their development
work around the MDGs. Consequently the world has made
a lot of progress toward these goals. Between 1990 and
2002, average incomes have increased by 21%,. The num-
ber of people in extreme poverty has declined an estimated
130 million. Child mortality rates fell by 14%. Life expec-
tancy increased by 3%. An additional 8% of the developing
world’s people received access to water. And an additional
15% acquired access to improved sanitation. There is a
problem with these numbers because progress has been far
from uniform
On January 17, 2005, the United Nations Secre-
tary-General launched the UN Millennium’s report entitled
“Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the
MDGs.” The report recommends that rich countries double
their investments in poor countries to reach the Millennium
Development Goals. Halving extreme poverty by 2015 and
going beyond to eliminate it by 2025.
Looking ahead, it is up to people like you and me
to be unrelenting advocates to assure that our country’s
political will and fair share of the economic where-with-all
is provided. That’s part of “financing development for the
21st century.”
--- Paul Yingst
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reaffirmed with AACSB,” he said. “That takes priority
over everything else, and everything will be faculty-
driven.” In addition, Ghannadian said he would like the
faculty to have more time to do research and publish arti-
cles. He hopes to offer more executive programs and either
expand or consolidate the centers and institutes already in
place. “As a long-term goal, I would like Sykes to be the
premier business school in the Southeast,” he said.
Ghannadian holds a doctorate from Georgia State
University, a master’s degree in business administration
from Queens College and a bachelor’s degree with a major
in industrial management from the University of Tennes-
see.
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR!
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Roslyn Linnen, Tampa Bay UNA VP of Member-
ship, was recently voted Volunteer of the Year by the Gen-
eral Federation of Women’s Clubs. She has served on their
Board of Directors as Corresponding Sec-
retary and volunteers continuously in many
of their projects such as the "3 Days of
Caring," the Arts & Crafts Committee,
Membership Tea Committee, has at-
tended the FFWC Spring and Fall Con-
ventions in Orlando, and is her club's liai-
son for the Coalition for the Homeless.
She also recently served as co=chair of the
Club’s Annual Charity Lunch and Fashion Show to benefit 36
different charities which address health, education, safety, the
environment, and the arts for children, women and the commu-
nity.
In addition, she is an Elder at the Church on the
Bayou, Chair of Christian Education there, does Adult Bible
Study, and helped to develop the Youth Ministry Commit-
tee. She is a volunteer at the Shepherd Center, works in
the soup kitchens, at the reception desk dispensing grocer-
ies, and serves the Shepherd Center as their liaison to the
Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless. She is the Coali-
tion contact person for the North Pinellas Cold Night Shel-
ter. She's active in the African American Club of West
Pasco County, is Secretary of the AARP Chapter of Pasco
County, and attended the Conference on the Status of Women
at the United Na-tions for the National Council of Women
this past March.
As Vice President of Membership for the United Na-
tions Association of Tampa Bay, she went to Washington,
D.C. to receive the award for the second highest increase in
membership of the 175 UNA Chapters in the United
States. Under Roslyn‘s leadership Tampa Bay UNA has
grown to 201 members as of July 1, and our membership
records have been closely and accurately coordinated with
National’s, and our mailing lists, email and USPS, continu-
ously scrutinized. Roslyn has served as Co-Chair, with Judy
Hoffman, of the 2007 Nominating Committee.
Roslyn has chosen to step down at the end of 2007
for personal reasons. We will miss her dedication, depend-
ability, and friendliness.
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TAMPA BAY CHAPTER MEMBERSHIPS
We wish to welcome the following since our last report:
New members (12): Corey Lilburn; Rebecca Gross-Tieder &
William Tieder; Jaimie Acosta; Kimberley Williams; Mr
Raju Chetty; Mr Sadi Fackih; Mary Gura; Jamie Pilarczyk;
Lorena Villavicencio; Ashlee Minehart,; and Sharon Qure-
shi.
Renewals (12): Dr. Cathy Eberhart; Professor William Fe-
lice; Joyanna Gamble-George; Merle & Myrna Allshouse;
Cordell Chavis; Dena & Hansel Leavengood; Ryan Nevel;
Ira Spear; Dorothy Steiniger; and John Volger.
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UN Finance The Future Ain’t What It Used to Be!
From the South:
I-75 North to Exit 256 (Crosstown Expressway). Cross-
The United
town Expressway Nations
to Exit 5 “HydeandPark
all its agencies Islands”
Ave./Davis and There is so much misinformation out of Wash-
exit (right after crossing the Hillsborough River). Turn$3
funds spend about $20 billion each year, or about for
right ington, the average person doesn’t know what to be-
each of the world's inhabitants. This is a very
on Plant Ave., go to the dead end at Kennedy Blvd. Turn small sum lieve. One official who has been sounding off a lot is
leftcompared
on Kennedy to most
Blvd.government
Turn right atbudgets
the firstand
lightitat
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justmain
a David Walker, Comptroller General of the United
tiny fraction
entrance of the of the world's military spending. Yet for
University. States. He heads the General Accountability Office, the
nearly two decades, the UN has faced financial difficul- investigative arm of Congress.
From
ties the
andWest:
it has been forced to cut back on important pro- He’s jolted a lot of top government officials
I-275
grams in to
North allExit 44 Many
areas. (Downtown West).
member statesAshley Dr. paid
have not south with his strait talk that the US Government is on a
to Kennedy Blvd. Turn right on Kennedy Blvd., crossing
their full dues and have cut their donations to the UN's “burning platform” of unsustainable policies and prac-
the Hillsborough River. Turn right at the first light at the
voluntary funds. As of March 31, 2007, members' ar- tices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare under-
main entrance of the University.
rears to the Regular Budget topped $1,355 million, of funding, overseas military commitments, immigration,
which the United States
RESERVATIONS alone owed
& Payment $785 million
in Advance Re-(58% etc. With the looming retirement of baby boomers, spi-
of the regular
quested: budgeton
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pg 3. Note amount and deadline. raling healthcare costs, plummeting savings rates and
Many proposals for UN reform deal with re- increasing reliance on foreign lenders, the US faces un-
structuring the UN's funding. Some suggest that the UN precedented fiscal risks. Our very prosperity is placing
must seek alternative financing sources to fund its pro- greater demands on our infrastructure, and we’re not
grams. Proposals include instituting a global tax on cur- keeping up with maintenance, a large obligation.
rency transactions, while others propose environmental Walker says that we are not taking all this seriously
taxes and taxes on the arms-trade. However, member enough, and that he is trying to issue a wake-up call to
states responsible for the highest contributions are re- government officials. The people have got to be told the
luctant to reform the system, fearing they would lose truth so that they will put the pressure on the govern-
political leverage. This section examines the UN’s fi- ment.
nancial condition and offers proposals for alternative Walker was appointed to his position by the
financing of the UN. President in the mid-nineties. His job carries a 15-year
www.globalpolicy.org/finance/index.htm term which puts him in a more non-partisan position.
———————— He recognizes that some of his long-term simulations
Cont’d from Col.2 are chilling. But our future requires tough decisions to-
day. The trillions of dollars that the US owes to China,
other reasons, because(1)declining moral and ethical Japan, and oil-producing countries of the Middle East,
values and political comity at home, (2)overconfidence countries that finance our national debt and balance of
and overextension abroad, and (3)fiscal irresponsibility payments, are a great concern at a time of global finan-
by the central government. He acknowledges that the cial instability. In his many speeches, Walker has re-
third area is the focus of his responsibility, and that we lated many real scenarios that could result. Some are
must act now before it’s too late. scary.
Source: Search web at David Walker GAO And finally, he even likened the position of the
US to the fall of the Roman Empire which fell, among
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