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OCTOBER 2004

Nobelist Shimon Peres At Seton Hall University

Recently, Shimon Peres, former Prime Minister of Israel and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, received an honorary degree conferral and addressed the Seton Hall community as part of the Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations World Leaders Forum.

Shimon Peres was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 for his efforts to create peace in the Middle East, having initiated the Oslo Peace Accords. More recently, Peres founded the Peres Center for Peace, with the aim of realizing his vision of a “New Middle East” in which Israelis and Palestinians work together to build peace through socio-economic cooperation and people-to-people relations.

Seton Hall University’s Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations has been preparing an international student body to become the next generation of global leaders.  The School provides students with the knowledge and critical skills essential for today’s international careers in public service, business, law and the nonprofit sector.  Students participate in an innovative curriculum led by a distinguished faculty of scholars and diplomats that bring theory and practice to the classroom. Through a unique link with the United Nations students are exposed to today’s leaders and policymakers while experiencing diplomacy at work.

In 2001, the Whitehead School of Diplomacy served as the Coordinating Secretariat for the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations. Faculty and students prepared research for an international group of eminent persons, who produced a report, Crossing the Divide: Dialogue among Civilizations, which was presented to the UN General Assembly. The report discusses how the perception of diversity as a threat can be overcome through a new paradigm of international relations focused on participation, discourse, reconciliation and individual responsibility.

The Whitehead School continues to promote dialogue on today’s critical global issues through its World Leaders Forum.  The School has brought distinguished visitors to campus including U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, European Union Court of Justice President Gil Carlos Rodriguez Iglesias, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammed Khatami, President Glafcos Clerides of Cyprus, His Eminence Angelo Cardinal Sodano and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate John Hume of Northern Ireland. Through the Forum, students have the opportunity to connect with today’s leaders and experience diplomacy hands-on.#

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