The Los Angeles World Affairs Council promotes greater understanding

of current global issues and their impact on the people of Southern California

by inviting authoritative, influential figures in world affairs to Los Angeles

and providing them an open forum

July 9, 2003 C.J. Chen Representative: Taipai Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States		read speech

June 27, 2003 His Excellency Pervez Musharraf President of Pakistan	*Pakistan: U.S. Ally at the Crossroads of Central South and South West Asia*	read speech

June 19, 2003 Theodore Friend Author Indonesian Destinies	*Indonesia: Shadowed Past Uncertain Future*	read speech

June 11, 2003 His Excellency Lal Krishna Advani Deputy Prime Minister of India	*Indo-U.S. Relations: A Strategic Perspective*	read speech

May 28, 2003 His Excellency Guenter Burghardt Head of European Delegation to the United States	*The Impact of Expansion on the European Union*	read speech

May 22, 2003 His Excellency Abdulla Bishara Former Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Former Ambassador of Kuwait to the United Nations		read speech

May 5, 2003 Kevin Starr California State Librarian	*Los Angeles,* *Transformed by the World*	read speech

May 1, 2003 His Excellency Jan Kavan President of the 57th General Assembly of the United Nations		read speech

April 28, 2003 Jim Walsh Executive Director, Managing the Atom Project, John F. Kennedy School, Harvard	*Weapons of Mass Destruction, Terrorism and War in the Middle East*	read speech

April 3, 2003 His Excellency Yuval Rotem Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles		read speech

March 26, 2003 The Honorable Gaddi Vasquez Director, Peace Corps	*The Role of the Peace Corps* *in the Global Community*	read speech

March 6, 2003 Panel Discussion	*Crisis in Korea*	read speech

March 4, 2003 His Excellency Ashraf Jehangir Qazi Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States	*Peace and Security in* *South Asia*	read speech

February 19, 2003 Amanda Pike Reporter/Producer PBS	*Pol Pot's Shadow* *A Documentary on Modern Cambodia*	read speech

February 6, 2003 His Excellency Leszek Miller Prime Minister of Poland	*Poland: Revisiting the* *Transatlantic Partnership*	read speech

January 29, 2003 Richard Baum Director, UCLA Center for Chinese Studies	*China in Transition:* *Implications of Recent Changes*	read speech

January 23, 2003 LA Times Senior Editors Panel	*Global Security Since 9/11*	read speech

January 22, 2003 The Honorable Dianne Feinstein United States Senator from California	*Iraq, Korea and American* *Foreign Policy*	read speech

January 17, 2003 Stephen L. Baum Chairman, President, CEO, Sempra Energy	*Energy and International Security: A Vital Partnership*	read speech

The following list is of all speeches presented in 2003 available online.

In reverse chronological order.