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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 www.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 About the UNDP…......…...3
“Working for Peace, Freedom and Justice” Notice of Annual Meeting…......4
Web Site: http://unatampabay.org
“Working Together for Peace, Freedom and Justice”
pyingst@verizon.net Tel: 727-345-4280 Vol. XXXI No.7 Oct 2007
Volume XXXI, No.5 Jun 2007

UNITED NATIONS DAY CELEBRATION


Date: Wednesday Evening, Oct 24, 2007 Time: 7-9:30 pm
Location: The University of Tampa
Grand Salon Room, Plant Hall
401 W. Kennedy Boulevard , Tampa, FL 33606
(Parking is available on the first floor of the Thompson Parking Garage at the North Boulevard
entrance to the University just off Kennedy.)
Reservations Required: RSVP and Make Payment, see coupon on page 3.
ETHNIC FOOD and MUSIC

PROGRAM
In celebration of UN Day, Mr. Frank Hartvelt will present:
“Health and Development: the Global Twins”
Mr. Hartvelt was born and raised in The Netherlands. Following his studies in law and econom-
ics at the University of Amsterdam he joined the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
During his career with UNDP, Mr. Hartvelt carried out long term assignments
in Haiti, Laos PDR, Myanmar (Burma), Afghanistan, Chad, Central African Re-
public and Egypt. His assignments in New York included responsibilities for
technical cooperation programs in West and Central Africa involving extensive
field missions; and, subsequently, responsibilities for global water, public health
and urban management programmes focusing on operational research activities
in Asia, Africa and Latin America. His career culminated with a twelve year as-
signment at UNDP Headquarters involving global research in public health in-
cluding tropical and diarrheal diseases and vaccine development, research in large scale water sup-
ply, waste management and sanitation, and irrigation and drainage.
Mr. Hartvelt resides in St. Petersburg, Florida, with his wife, Jacqueline.
Hartvelt Cont’d on pg 2

Future Meetings: Board of Directors, Wed, Oct 10-7 pm; Wed, Nov 14-7 pm.

UN DAY, Wed, Oct 24, 7 pm; Regular Chapter Annual Meeting, Sat, Nov 10, 11:45 am; Holiday Party, Mon, Dec 3, 7 pm
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From the PRESIDENT'S Desk….. Hartvelt –Continued from pg 1
Last month our program was about financing During those last 12 years, Hartvelt was respon-
development in the 21st century, and about the eco- sible for a wide variety of far reaching programs in
nomic objectives and the UN agenda. We learned that the following three program areas:
half the world’s population lives on less than $2 per ▪Administration of global research programs in
day. We learned that 20 per cent of the people of the public health including tropical and diarrheal dis-
world consume 86 per cent of world’s output. In eases, and vaccine development. These programs
other words, although progress is being made, distri- involved close collaboration among UNDP, the
bution of income and materials have a lot of room for World Health Organization, UNICEF, the Rocke-
improvement. How will it be by 2015 which is the tar- feller Foundation, the World Bank, USAID and
get date set for achieving the Millennium Develop- several other bilateral organizations. Noteworthy
ment Goals (MDGs)? achievements were the creation of the Children’s
One organization that many of us know little Vaccine Initiative and the founding of the Interna-
about that is diligently directing its efforts toward the tional Vaccine Institute in Seoul, South Korea.
MDGs is the United Nations Development Pro- ▪Administration of operational research programs
gramme (UNDP). In fact, the UNDP is the leading UN in water supply, waste management and sanita-
advocate for the MDGs and a provider of support to tion, irrigation and drainage, and capacity build-
countries in accomplishing them, including through ing. Mr. Hartvelt gained extensive experience with
its knowledge networks. UNDP coordinates global river basin planning and management (Senegal
and national efforts to reach these Goals. UNDP not River, Lake Chad, the Nile, the Mekong). In the
only works in close concert with its own partners, but nineties he participated in the establishment of
also actively brokers partnerships. (See www.un.org global policy making and coordination mecha-
UNDP Annual Report.) --- Paul Yingst nisms such as the Water and Sanitation Collabora-
___________________
tive Council, the Global Water Partnership and the
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Sept 25th
World Water Council.
“This year marks the midpoint for our Millennium Devel- ▪Capacity building for integrated water and envi-
opment Goals. We have had successes. Around the world, ronmental management (IWM) with emphasis on
unprecedented numbers of people are lifting themselves out the policy/legal environment, institutional and hu-
of poverty. Yet the rising tide of globalization has not lifted man resources development, particularly higher
all boats. education and training. Extensive experience with
“For our part, we must try to make our multilateral devel- developing and applying IWEM concepts in
opment programs more effective and coherent, to better in- higher education and water sector assessments.
tegrate our efforts in health, education, agriculture and This program led to the establishment of the Inter-
infrastructure so as to deliver better results. national Network for Capacity Building for Inte-
“For their part, donor nations must do more to deliver on grated Water Resources Management (Cap-Net).
their promises of aid, debt relief and market access.” These programs involved international partnerships
in which external support agencies (multilateral, bi-
——————————- lateral, private and non-governmental agencies)
.New Member Drive Extension shared a common strategy and pooled resources.
The recruitment period for the New Member Drive **************
has been extended from 10/31/07 to 11/15/07. Spon- .TAMPA BAY CHAPTER MEMBERSHIPS
sors of NEW members during this drive will receive We wish to welcome the following since our last report:
gifts with the United Nations logo from the UN Gift New members (5):Frank Hartvelt, Jacqueline Hartvelt,
Shop. Presentations will be made at the Holiday Party Annelise Kambanda, Nancy Rydberg, and Ricardo
on December 3, 2007. All members are invited. Please Contreras.
help your organization to continue to grow and to Renewals (3): Roslyn Linnen, George Sherman, and
make a difference locally and around the world. Vallerie Gallina.
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From the North:
New:
I-75 South to- I-275 If you
South. Exithave
45A email,
(Downtownplease RSVP on-line at www.unatampabay.org, You can still fill out
East-
West). Follow signs for Downtown West and then take check.
this coupon and mail with your the Payment in advance highly preferred.
Ashley Dr./Tampa St. Exit. Stay to the right for Ashley Dr.
and follow to Kennedy Blvd. Turn right UNA-USA Tampa
on Kennedy Bay Chapter Dinner Meeting Reservation
Blvd.,
Wednesday, Oct 24, 2007 7-9:30 pm
crossing the Hillsborough River. Turn right at the first light Location: Univ. of Tampa, Plant Hall, Grand Salon
To reserve your
at the main entrance of the University. seat for dinner send this coupon with your check made payable to:
Tampa Bay Chapter UNA-USA and mail by Saturday Oct 20 to:
From the East: Ms Sujatha Chetty, Treasurer
I-4 West to I-275 Exit 45A (Downtown 5222 Beach Breeze
East-West). ExitCourt
will
Tampa FL 33609
be just west of the I-4 and I-275 split. Follow signs for
Downtown West and[then ] $ take
10.00the
Students
Ashley Dr./Tampa St. Name______________________________________
[ ] $ 13.00 Members
Exit. Stay to the right for Ashley Dr. and follow to Kennedy Phone ______________________________________
[ ] $ 15.00 Non-Members
Blvd. Turn right on Kennedy Blvd., crossing the Hillsbor- e-mail Address _______________________________
[ ] $_____ Donation (Tax Deductible)
ough River. Turn right at the first light at the main entrance
of the University. Please Note: Reservation no-shows may be billed. Payment at door must be before meeting starts.

From the South:


I-75 North toAbout the UNITED
Exit 256 (Cross-town Expressway). NATIONS
Cross- Development Programme
town Expressway to Exit 5 “Hyde Park Ave./Davis Islands”
exit (right after crossing the Hillsborough River). Turn right
UNDP
on Plant is thego
Ave., UN's global
to the development
dead end at Kennedy network,
Blvd. Turn an work and inclusive approach carry over into regional,
left on Kennedyadvocating
organization Blvd. Turn right
for at the firstand
change light connecting
at the main national and local Human Development Reports, also
entrance of the University.
countries to knowledge, experience and resources to supported by UNDP.
help people
From the West:build a better life. UNDP is on the In each country office, the UNDP Resident Represen-
ground in 166
I-275 North countries,
to Exit working
44 (Downtown with
West). them
Ashley Dr.on their
south tative normally also serves as the Resident Coordina-
to Kennedy Blvd. Turn right on Kennedy Blvd.,
own solutions to global and national development crossing tor of development activities for the United Nations
the Hillsborough River. Turn right at the first light at the
challenges.
main entrance Asofthey develop local capacity they draw
the University. system as a whole. Through such coordination,
on the people of UNDP and their wide range of part- UNDP seeks to ensure the most effective use of UN
RESERVATIONS & Payment in Advance Re-
ners. and international aid resources. (www.un.org)
quested: Use coupon on pg 3. Note amount and deadline.
World leaders have pledged to achieve the Millen-
nium Development Goals, including the overarching ______________
goal of cutting poverty in half by 2015. UNDP's net-
work links and coordinates global and national ef- "The fact is that globalization, the global mar-
forts to reach these Goals. Their focus is helping ket economy delivers to the upper half; it does-
countries build and share solutions to the challenges n't really deliver to the poor people. In some
of: cities in the developing world, you have 50
Democratic Governance percent of the young people unemployed. So
Poverty Reduction the challenge is huge and we have to focus on it.
Crisis Prevention and Recovery "At the United Nations Development Programme, that's
Energy and Environment what we try to do. We try to find the right solutions, try to
HIV/AIDS compare what worked in some places to what didn't work
in other places, and build and bring capacity development
UNDP helps developing countries attract and use aid to these countries...It is through democratic institutions,
effectively. In all UNDP’s activities, they encourage through participation, through people getting organized in
the protection of human rights and the empowerment democratic ways [that is] at the heart of the challenge. You
of women. have to have these institutions to accompany market devel-
The annual Human Development Report, commis- opment, to accompany what's happening in the technologi-
sioned by UNDP, focuses the global debate on key cal and financial sphere, so that we indeed have a much
development issues, providing new measurement more equitable and balanced human society."
tools, innovative analysis and often controversial pol-
Kemal Derviş, UNDP Administrator
icy proposals. The global Report's analytical frame-
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Cordell Chavis, CoRep USF


Elizabeth Dunn
Natasha Ghent-Rodriguez ***NOTICE***
Jennifer Kon
Aylin Saner, CoRep UT The Annual Membership Meeting will be held Saturday,
Genevieve Whitaker
Nov 10 starting at 11:45 am to elect the 2008
The Hon. Maurice Williams, Advisor Officers & Directors.
Bring a pen to mark your ballot

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