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Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Speak at FAU About Nuclear Disarmament

 BOCA RATON, FL (October 12, 2006) – Florida Atlantic University is pleased to announce a presentation by Dr. Kanat B. Saudabayev, ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States, on Monday, October 16 from 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m at the University Center Senate Chambers on FAU’s Boca Raton Campus, 777 Glades Road.  The presentation is titled, “Kazakhstan’s Nuclear Disarmament: A Global Model for A Safer World.”

 The United States was the first country to recognize an independent Kazakhstan and establish diplomatic relations with it in 1991. Kazakhstan successfully rid itself of the fourth largest nuclear arsenal in the world and closed the world’s largest nuclear test site at Semipalatinsk, an unwanted legacy from the USSR, and continues to be a model for the global community. In 2005, the U.S. Senate unanimously adopted a resolution congratulating Kazakhstan on the 10th anniversary of the removal of all nuclear weapons from the country and commended Kazakhstan-U.S. cooperation.  On September 28, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Washington, D.C., where he was honored by the Nuclear Threat Initiative for his peace-keeping initiatives, an organization co-chaired by Ted Turner. 

 The event is co-sponsored by the College of Education, the FAU Office of International Programs, the Middle East & National Security Organization and the Division of Research. 

For more information, contact Sam Elizabeth Baroni at 561-297-2277 or sbaroni@fau.edu.  RSVP by email required.

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