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UN Peacekeeping & Electoral Missions
(Academic)
Francesco Manca, Deputy Director (ret.) for the Political and Civil Affairs office of UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) will visit Virginia Tech from October 13 to October 20. In a span of more than a quarter of a century at the UN, Francesco Manca assumed many roles at both United Nations Headquarters and in the field addressing economic development, electoral assistance, human rights, peacemaking and peacekeeping. He held political and managerial posts in a number of UN peacekeeping missions in Central America, the Balkans, Tajikistan, East Timor, Sierra Leone and in the Middle East. During his long career he has often been invited to deliver lectures and speeches to numerous academic and professional forums in Europe, North and Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. While at Virginia Tech, Mr. Manca will give a series of lectures, take part in classes, and meet with interested faculty, students, and administrators. Should you be interested to invite Mr. Manca to one of your classes or to meet him personally, please contact Dr. Laura Zanotti, lzanotti@vt.edu.
Event co-sponsored through the Department of Political Science, the Women in Leadership and Philanthropy Endowed Lecture Fund, the CLAHS Dean's Advisory Committee in International Initiatives, the Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance, the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention, the International Relations Organization at Virginia Tech and the Cranwell International Center.
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