UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES
Executive Office of the Secretary-General Cabinet du Secretaire general
Mr. Secretary-General,
Ben Rivlin told me today that you accepted (in person to him) to be Honorary Chair of the Ralph Bunche Centenary Commemoration Planning Committee along with former President George H.W. Bush. (My memo of 23 May 2001 regarding this request is attached).
Is this accurate? If so, I will send him a confirming note, as he requests. Please advise.
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Gillian Martin Sorensen 7 June 2001
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Ralph Bunche Centenary Commemoration - 7 August 2003
With reference to your memorandum of 23 May 2001, this is to confirm that the Secretary-General agrees to be the Honorary Chair of the Ralph Bunche Centenary Commemoration Planning Committee.
Thank you.
S J^bal Riza 31 July 2001
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GILLIAN MARTIN SORENSEN Assistant-Secretary-General for External Relations Executive Office of the Secretary-General
To: Mr. Benjamin Rivlin Date: 25 June 2001
Fax: 212-817-1565 Ref.#:
Organization: Ralph Bunche Centenary Page: lofl Commemoration Planning Committee
This will confirm that the Secretary-General accepts with pleasure to be named as an Honorary Chair of the Ralph Bunche Centenary Commemoration Planning Committee along with former President Bush who has already accepted.
Kindly keep us apprised of planning for the commemoration. ///^L-V/ft. AoAtf^l^C^
Sincerely, VJ
GiMian Martin Sorensen
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UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES
NEW YORK
GILLIAN MARTIN SORENSEN Assistant-Secretary-General for External Relations Executive Office of the Secretary-General
To: Mr. E enjamin Rivlin Date: 25 June 2001
Fax: 212-817-1565 Ref.#:
Organizatim: Ralph Bunche Centenary Page: lofl Commemoration Planning Committee
This will confirm that the Secretary-General accepts with pleasure to be named as an Honorary C lair of the Ralph Bunche Centenary Commemoration Planning Committee along with former Pres dent Bush who has already accepted.
Kinc ly keep us apprised of planning for the commemoration.
Sine ;reh
Giwi an Martin Sorensen UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES
INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: The Secretary-General DATE: 23 May 2001 A:
THROUGH: Mr. S. Iqbal Riza SIC DE: Chef de Cabinet
FROM: Gillian Martin Sorei DE:
SUBJECT.- Ralph Bunche Centenary Commemoration - August 2003
The 100th birthday of Ralph Bunche will be commemorated in August 2003. Brian Urquhart and Ben Rivlin ask if you would accept to be Honorary Chair of the Ralph Bunche Centenary Commemoration Planning Committee along with former President Bush who has already accepted. This would seem appropriate (an exception to our general rule) in honour of Ralph Bunche.
Please advise.
Recommendation: Accept. RALPH BCINCHE CENTENARY COMMEMORATION PLANNING COMMITTEE RALPH BGNCHE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES The Graduate Center of the City University of New York 365 Fifth Avenue Suite 5203 New York, New York 10016-4309 Tel: 212 817-2100 Fax: 212817-1565
May ,6, 2001 &» H.E.Kofi Annan /". Secretary-General Dear Secretary-General: We are writing to_yjou_as co-chairs qfjhe Ralph Bunche Centenary jCommemoration Planning Committee. The 100th anniversary of Bundle's birth will occur in August 2003 and a number of us who kfievTand worked ^InHfrffiTnlive come together to plan a fitting7oB|ervation for this centenary. Enclosed is a statement which presents the rationale'fbr this 'observance. The Planning Committee is in the process of establishing an international sponsoring committee for the Bunche Centenary. We are writing to invite you to lend your name as Honorary Chairman of the 1 t I - *•* Mi^^».t,m_^^t^J».^^-i--W"»*^''™- '*-^ ,*rAr>- 'V-r '-"-.- -.•> .-.-, , .-,--• j - • .... Sponsoring Committee to be made up of renowned leaders. Wejiayejisked .former Piejidgnt_George H.W? Bush*, whoj)efn£nded Bunche ^Jienhejwa of the United States at the United 5Jations, to serve as thejojthe^AHon£rary_^-^aim of the committee. We have just received a letter of ac^ejjtonc^fron^him. We would be delighted and honored if you would accept our invitation to join him at the head of the Sponsoring Committee. At its last meeting, the Planning Committee unanimously expressed the hope that a major observance of Bunche 's centenary will take place at the United Nations. We would like to consult with your office in planning this observance and the form it should take. We very much hope that you will feel able to accept our invitation. Sincerely, Brian Uquhart Benjamin Rivlin May 17,2001 PLANNING A CENTENARY COMMEMORATION OF DR. RALPH J. BUNCHE A year-long 100th anniversary program, Ralph Bundle—the Legend and the Legacy, will celebrate, reevaluate, and build upon our inheritance from a great American and a great international civil servant. The Centenary program will run from August 2003 through August 2004. It is being planned by the Ralph Bunche Centenary Planning Committee* and coordinated by The Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies ofThe Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Dr. Ralph Johnson Bundle's life and achievements are surely an authentic American legend. From humble beginnings as a young black man in America, he achieved many firsts in a racially hostile social environment. He fashioned several path-breaking careers, in academia, as a civil rights leader and as a dedicated civil servant in both the United States government and the United Nations. He was to be the first African-American, or person of color of any origin, to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. He received this international honor hi 1950 for his success as United Nations Mediator in bringing about the 1949 Rhodes armistices between Israel and its Arab adversaries, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. For all of Bunche's pioneering roles in race relations, human rights, decolonization, and international mediation and peacekeeping, his name is hardly remembered today. His legacy, however, is too important to be ignored. Hence, this centenary commemoration. The centenary will not only pay respect to what Ralph Bunche accomplished. It will, perhaps even more importantly, underscore the relevance of his agenda fortoday and tomorrow. The Centenary Committee will advance special projects to reintroduce him to America and the world. It will endeavor to attract widespread participation in a broad range of activities toward the end of deepened understanding of his historic contributions to the United Nations and to humankind. It will hope to translate the legend, which is a gift from the past, into a legacy, which is an instrument for a better future for humanity. Ralph Bunche saw United States leadership and involvement in multilateral international organizations as essential to the goal of peace on earth. From 1946 until his death in 1971, he served the cause of peace as an international civil servant. He had helped create the United Nations at San Francisco in 1945 and had a central role in the adoption of three forward looking chapters of the UN Charter that dealt with post-war colonialism. For two decades, as Under-Secretary-General - the highest post held by an American in the UN - he played a leading role in the conception and conduct of the UN's peacekeeping function. He was, indeed, "Mr. Peacekeeping." Bunche was also a scholar and an early student of Africa and the problems of race. His prize-winning dissertation on colonialism in Africa earned him a PhD in government and international relations at Harvard University. His field research in Africa also contributed to his study, A World View of Race. He became a professor and first chair of the new political science department at Howard University. He was president of the American Political Science Association. Before World War II, he was a key member of the small research team assembled by the noted Swedish scholar, Gunnar Myrdal, which produced the historic study on race in America, An American Dilemma. He was a life-long activist on race and civil rights issues. In 1936, he was a founder of the National Negro Congress. Late in his life, he was with Martin Luther King and other Black leaders in the march on Washington, and was prominently visible in the front rank with Martin Luther King in the march from Selma to Montgomery. Part of Ralph Bunche's greatness was that he transcended racial identity. He was, simply, a great American who happened to be black. The Ralph Bunche Centenary program will be a prism enabling all who join in the enterprise to translate his record into insights and impetus toward a better future for humankind. *Its members include Sir Brian Urquhart, Professors Benjamin Rivlin and Lawrence S. Finkelstein (former colleagues of Dr. Bunche), Joan Bunche (daughter of Dr. Bunche), William Greaves, (producer of the documentary, Ralph Bunche, An American Odyssey), Professor Thomas Weiss (Director of the CUNY Ralph Bunche Institute), James T.L. Dandridge II (Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training), Dean Scott Waugh (UCLA, Social Sciences), Professor Charles Henry (Professor of Afro-American Studies, UC Berkeley), Professor Herschel le Challenor (Clark-Atlanta University), Ambassador Terence A. Todmari, Ambassador Horace Dawson (Director of the Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center, Howard University), Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah (Afro-American Studies, Harvard University) and Professor Ron Walters (Director, Afro-American Studies, University of Maryland). Sir Brian Urquhart and Professor Benjamin Rivlin co-chair the committee. JUN-12-2001 14=24 P.01 THE RALPH BUNCHE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5203, New York, New York 10016-4309 Tel: 212/817-2100 Fax: 212/817-1565 E-mail: [email protected] FAX DATE: June 12, 2001 TO: Mrs. Gillian Sorensen FAX: (212)9631185 FROM: Ben Rivlin a.The Millennium Religious Forum b. The Bunche Centenary Dear Gillian, First, let me thank you for talking with me last week about the religious millennium. Your insights were most helpful to me. Tf possible, I would like to get a copy of the S-G's statement that you referred to. Second, I would be much obliged if 1 can get a written confirmation from the S-G or yourself on his being an honorary-co-chair of the sponsoring committee we are organizing for the Bunche Centenary. Could you also inform the S-G that I received an acceptance from President Jimmy Carter's office of our invitation to be one of the three co- chairs of the Centenary Sponsoring Committee together with President George Herbert Walker Bush and the S-G? Many Thanks. ifc TOTRL P.01 THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESS TO THE MILLENNIUM WORLD PEACE SUMMIT OF RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL LEADERS New York. 29 August 2000 Ladies and Gentlemen, This summit of religious and spiritual leaders is without doubt one of the most inspiring gatherings ever held here. Its timing, on the eve of next week's Millennium Summit of Heads of State and Government, could not be more auspicious. Thank you for coming to the United Nations. Dear friends, Religion can be a realm of extraordinary power. It can offer solace in troubled times. It can make sense of the seemingly senseless. It can give us strength to meet the physical and spiritual challenges of life. Religion helps us find our place in the cosmos; it knits families and communities together; it endows individuals with compassion and morality. Whether one believes without question or wrestles with doubt; whether one is part of a religious community or worships in the privacy of the soul, religious practices and beliefs are among the phenomena that define us as human. For many of us, the axiom could well be: "We pray, therefore we are". Of course, the practice of religion differs widely. But at heart we are dealing in universal values. To be merciful; to be tolerant; to love thy neighbour; no religion can claim a monopoly on such teachings. There is no mystery here. Such values are deeply ingrained in the human spirit itself. It is little wonder that the same values animate the Charter of the United Nations, and lie at the root of our search for world peace. So let us today, from this great centre of global community, reaffirm every man and woman's fundamental human right to freedom of religion: to worship; to establish and maintain places for worship; to write, publish and teach; to celebrate holidays, to choose their own religious leaders, and to communicate with others at home and broad. The Member States of the United Nations have enshrined these freedoms in several landmark documents, most notably the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Where Governments and authorities fail to protect these freedoms, it is at once an affront and a menace. Where religions and their adherents are persecuted, defamed, assaulted or denied due process, we are all diminished, our societies undermined. There must be no room in the 21st century for religious bigotry and intolerance. Religion is frequently equated with light. But we all know that the practice of religion can have its dark side, too. Religious extremism has too often oppressed or discriminated against women and minorities. Religion has often been yoked to nationalism, stoking the flames of violent conflict and setting group against group. Religious leaders have not always spoken out when their voices could have helped combat hatred and persecution, or could have roused people from indifference. Religion is not itself to blame: as I have often said, the problem is usually not with the faith, but with the faithful. So I humbly suggest that today's meeting is also an opportunity for religious, spiritual and political leaders, as well as their followers, to look within, and to consider what they can do to promote justice, equality, reconciliation and peace. Men and women of faith are a strong influence on group and individual conduct. As teachers and guides, you can be powerful agents of change. You can inspire people to new levels of commitment and public service. You can help bridge the chasms of ignorance, fear and misunderstanding. You can set an example of interfaith dialogue and cooperation. Dear friends, Dag Hammarskjold once said, "The United Nations stands outside - necessarily outside -- all confessions. But it is, nevertheless, an instrument of faith. As such it is inspired by what unites and not by what divides the great religions of the world." As the world's religious and spiritual leaders, you embody humanity's deepest yearnings. You have travelled many paths to this time and place. Some of you have been imprisoned for your beliefs. Some of you have survived the Holocaust, or seen your people targetted for genocide. Still others have lived through other tribulations and indignities. Whatever your past, whatever your calling, and whatever the differences among you your presence here at the United Nations signifies your commitment to our global mission'of tolerance, development and peace. For that, we must all be profoundly grateful. It is my sincere hope that you will maintain your engagement with these issues. With your help -- through prayer and good works - that mission can succeed. Thank you very much. Post-it* Fax Note 7671 Date(a)_. j_.UT2t 70 ?. |2ww/0 Co./Dept. Co. Phone # -2- Fax# Fax* influence on group and individual conduct. As teachers and guides, you can be powerful agents of change. You can inspire people to new levels of commitment and public servi ;e. You can help bridge the chasms of ignorance, fear and misunderstanding. You can set ;.n example of interfaith dialogue and cooperation. Dear friends, Dag Hammarskjold once said, "The United Nations stands outside - necessarily outside - all confessions. But it is, nevertheless, an instrument of faith. As such it is inspired by what unites and not by what divides the great religions of the world." As the world's religious and spiritual leaders, you embody humanity's deepest yearnings. You have travelled many paths to this time and place. Some of you have to en imprisoned for your beliefs. Some of you have survived the Holocaust, or seen your p< ople targetted for genocide. Still others have lived through other tribulations and indignities Whatever your past, whatever your calling, and whatever the differences among you, y >ur presence here at the United Nations signifies your commitment to our global mission ol tolerance, development and peace. For that, we must all be profoundly grateful. It is my sincere hope that you will maintain your engagement with these issues. With your help - through prayer and good works - that mission can succeed. Thank you vt ry much. Post-it" Fax Note 7671 pages To FrOIT1 G, -H- Co./Dept. Co. Phone* Phone # .. it t/0 -2- Fax* HO nnsaa Z IN3S 'SDd 8E.IO x aovsn ZT/90 awn 'is dl NOIID3NNOO S9SUT86 131 NOIlOaNNOO ON XH/XX HO MOISSIRSNVHX *** xx *** T000 13H XX3/N3D-03S 03X3 S8TT E96 ZIZ XVd 6g:ST 3IUTO/2I/9o' UNITED NATIONS llM NATIONS UNIES NEW YORK GILLIAN MARTIN SORENSEN Assistant-Secretary-General for External Relations Executive Office of the Secretary-General To: Professor Benjamin Rivlin Date: 18 Jan. 2002 Fax: 212-817-1565 Ref.# Organization: Ralph Bunche Centenary Commemoration Committee Page 1 of 1 Thank you for your fax of 15 January 2002 wherein you ask permission to list my name on the Ralph Bunche Centenary Commemoration Committee stationery. It is an honour for me to be included in the Committee list. With best regards. S-3840A, United Nations, NY USA 10017 Telephone: (212) 963-5495 Fax: (212) 963-1185 Ki^ci^rtf kfi^vi u-***iy-wc.*i.e.f Lttjist J-^JllC-f ILLtl Executive Office of the Secretary-General To: Professor Benjamin Rivlin Date: 18 Jan. :,002 Fax: 212-817-1565 RefJ Organization: Ralph Bunehe Centenary Commemoration Committee Page 1 of 1 Thank you for your fax of 15 January 2002 wherein you ask permission to list n y name on the Ralph Bunehe Centenary Commemoration Committee stationery. It is in honour for me to be included in the Committee list. With best regards. S-3840A, United Nations, NY USA 10027 Telephone: (212) 963-5495 Fax: (212) 963-1185 so nnsaa T 1N3S ' SDd 62,00 i asvsn 8T/TO 3KII 'iS ai 99STiT86 NOIXD3NNOO S9ZO OM xa/xi HO NOISSIMSNVai «*************:>:******* xaoaaa xi **** ********************* TOOlg] laa ixa/Naa-oas JMO oaxa S8TT E96 ZIZ XVd 20/81/TO Jarj 16 02 1 1 : lOa P-2 RALPH BUNCHE CENTENARY COMMEMORATION COMMITTEE RALPH BUNCHE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES The Graduate Center of the City University of New York 365 Fifth Avenue Suite 5203 New York, Mew York 10016-4309 Tel: 212 817-2100 Fax:212817-1565 January 15, 2002 Ms. Gillian M. Sorensen Assistant Secretary-General United Nations New York, N.Y. 10017 Fax: (212) 963 1185 Dear Gillian, I am sure that you are aware that we are planning to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Peace Laureate Dr. Ralph J. Bunche which will occur in August 2003. We are delighted that the Secretary- General consented to be an honorary cokhair of the commemoration, along with former presidents Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush. / It is our hope that this observance will/take place nationally and internationally in due recognition of the outstanding leadership achievements of Dr. Bunche in his career as scholar, civil rights activist, international civil servant, champion of decolonization and, above all, the practitioner of UN mediation and an architect of UN Peacekeeping1 operations. The organizing committee's goal is to serve as a catalyst in developing a comprehensive treatment of Dr. Bunche's legacy nationally and internationally among widespread and diverse constituencies is a formidable undertaking. We will be getting back to you before long to talk about an appropriate commemoration in New York City and at the UN. I am attaching a statement that describes the planning that has taken place to date. I am writing at thir~~~~~s time to ~reques t permissio! n to "lis t your name" , \m your personal capacity, on the committee stationary, a sample of which is attached. We would a/so be honored to have Ted's name, if he wishes it. V«^- / I hope very much that we will be able to add your name to this growing list. Since we are going to press with a brochure imminently, a very quick response would be greatly appreciated. Yours, /Q*~ /Benjamin Rivlin / Co-chair , Jar* IB O2 11:11. RALPH BUNCHE - THE LEGEND AND THE LEGACY COMMEMORATING DR, RALPH J. BUNCHED CENTENARY 2003-2004 Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche's life and achievements are surely an authentic American legend. From humble beginnings as a young black man in America, he achieved many firsts in a racially hostile social environment. He fashioned several path-breaking careers, in academic, as a civil rights leader and as a dedicated civil servant in both the United States government and the United Nations. He was to be the first African-American, or person of color of any origin, to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. He received this international honor in 1950 for his success as United Nations Mediator in bringing about the 1949 Rhodes armistices between Israel and its Arab adversaries. Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. For all of Bunche's pioneering roles in race relations, human rights, decolonization, and international mediation and peacekeeping, his name is hardly remembered today. His legacy, however, is too important to be ignored. Hence, this centenary commemoration. The centenary will not only pay respect to what Ralph Bunche accomplished. It will, perhaps even more importantly, underscore the relevance of his agenda for today and tomorrow. The Centenary Committee will advance special projects to reintroduce him to America and the world. It will endeavor to attract widespread participation in a broad range of activities toward the end of deepened understanding of his historic contributions to the United Nations and to humankind, It will hope to translate the legend, which is a gift from the past, into a legacy, which is an instrument far a better future for humanity. Ralph Bunche saw United States leadership and involvement in multilateral international organizations as essential to the goal of peace on earth. From 1946 until his death in 1971, he served the cause of peace as an international civil servant. He had helped create the United Nations at San Francisco in 1945 and had a central role in the adoption of three forward looking chapters of the UN Charter that dealt with post-war colonialism. For two decades, as Under-Secretary-General - the highest post held by an American in the UN - he played a leading role in the conception and conduct of the UN's peacekeeping function. He was, indeed. "Mr. Peacekeeping." Bunche was also a scholar and an early student of Africa and the problems of race, His prize-winning dissertation on colonialism in Africa earned him a PhD in government and international relations at Harvard University. His field research in Africa also contributed to his study. A World View of Race. He became a professor and first chair of the new political science department at Howard University. He was president of the American Political Science Association. Before World War II, he was a key member of the small research team assembled by the noted Swedish scholar, Gunnar Myrdal, which produced the historic study on race in America, An American Dilemma. He was a life-long activist on race and civil rights issues. In 1936, he was a founder of the National Negro Congress. Late in his life, he was with Martin Luther King and other black leaders in the march on Washington, and was prominently visible in the front rank with Martin Luther King in the march from Selma to Montgomery. Ralph Bunche was proud of his race, and he fought to advance the cause of minorities and the oppressed. His career, however, transcended racial identity. We honor him now, simply, as a great American and internationalist. The Ralph Bunche Centenary program will be a prism enabling all who join in the enterprise to translate his record into insights and impetus toward a better future for humankind. Jan- 16 02 11: lla p.4 RALPH BUNCHE CENTENARY COMMEMORATION COMMITTEE Honorary Co-Chairs Hon. Jimmy Carter H.E. Kofi Annan Hon. Seorge H.W. Bush Co-Chairs Sir Brian Urquhart Ambassador Terence A. Todman Prof. Benjamin Riviin UN Under-Secretary-General (ret.) U.S. Foreign Service (ret) Director Emeritus, Ralph Bunche Institute Organizing Committee Prof. Kwame Anthony Appiah Prof .Lawrence S. Finkelstein Harvard University, Afro-American Studies Northern Illinois University, (ret.) Joan Bunche William Greaves UN bevelapment Program (ret.) Producer, Ralph Bunche Documentary Prof. Herschelle Challenor Prof. Charles Henry dark-Atlanta University University of California, Berkeley James T.L. Dandridge, II Dr. Wally N'Dow Association for diplomatic Studies Ambassador Horace bawson Dean Scott Waugh Howard University, Bunche Intern'/ Affairs Center University of California, Los Angeles Dr.Bad! Foster Prof. Ron Walters President, Phelps Stokes Fund University of Maryland, Afro-American Studies Prof. Thomas 6. Weiss CUNY Graduate Center, Ralph Bunche Institute RALPH BUNCHE CENTENARY COMMEMORATION COMMITTEE Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, New York. N.Y. 10016 Tel: (212) 817-2100 Fax: (21Z) 817 1565 Jart IB 02 11 : 1 la p.5 Affiliation Hftfi the Ralph Bunche Centenary Commemoration: I/IS/02 "Participating Organizations' and "Sponsors" 1. "Participating Organizations": Professional Societies. Educational Institutions and Public Policy Bodies A "participating organization" is committed to organize and carry out or sponsor activities under its auspices during the centenary year. Becoming a "participating organization" does not entail a financial commitment to the central organizing committee. The participating organization will be expected to implement its activities using its own resources. However, it may request that the central committee's members participate in the events or join with it in seeking funding for a particular activity, such as a conference, a symposium, an essay contest, etc. To date, the following organizations have agreed to participate in the centenary commemoration: a. Professional Societies: Academic Council on the UN System American Political Science Association American Society of International Law Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Association of Black American Ambassadors International Studies Association b. Educational Institutions American Academy of Diplomacy Atlanta University Center Colgate University, Peace Studies Columbia University, School of International & Public Affairs Howard University. Ralph Bunche International Affairs Center Institute of Social Studies {The Hague) International House (New York) New School University, World Policy Institute New York Public Library Pearson Peacekeeping Center (Canada) Syracuse University, Global Affairs Institute United Nations University (Tokyo) Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles University of Maryland, Afro-American Studies University of Virginia. Miller Center of Public Affairs Wayne State University Witwatersrand University (Johannesburg,South Afrca) c. Public Policy Organizations Dag Hammarskj6ld Foundation Council on Foreign Relations Foreign Policy Association International Peace Academy National Association for the Advancement of Colored People United Nations Association - Greater Boston Area United Nations Association - United Kingdom United Nations Association - USA 2. Foundation Support Carnegie Corporation Facing History and Ourselves-National Foundation Phelps Stokes Fund 3. Supporting Committee fin formation] •Jar? 16 02 1 1 : l la P-6 [STATIONERY SAMPLE - COMMITTEE LIST IN FORMATION ] RALPH BUNCHE CENTENARY COMMEMORATION COMMITTEE RALPH BUNCHE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES The Graduate Center of the City University of New York 365 Fifth Avenue Suite 5203 New York, new York 10016-4309 Tel: Z1Z 617-2100 Fax: 212817-1565 Honorary Chairs HON. JIMMY CARTER HON. GEORGE H.W. BUSH H.E. KOFI ANNAN Co-Chairs BRIAN URQUHART TERENCE TODMAN BENJAMIN RIVLIN K. ANTHONY APPIAH KENNETH L. BROWN JOAN BUNCHE HERSCHELLE CHALLENOR JAMES T.L. DANDRIDGE, II HORACE DAWSON FRANCIS DENG . LAWRENCE S. FINKELSTEIN BADI POSTER WAYNE FREDERICKS RICHARD GOLDSTONE WILLIAM GREAVES CHARLES HENRY JONATHAN HOLLOWAY RICHARD JOLLY BEN KEPPEL NOEL LATEEF W. OFUATEY-KOOJOE HERBERT OKUN ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER, JR. ENID C.B. SCHOETTLE NlCO SCHRIJVER JOSEPH Sisco JAMES SUTTERLIN HANS VAN GINKEL SCOTT WAUGH RON WALTERS THOMAS G. WEISS NIGEL YOUNG p. 1 4 -Jan -IB O2 1 1 : Ida RALPH BUNCHE CENTENARY COMMEMORATION PLANNING COMMITTEE RALPH BUNCHE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES The Graduate Center of the City University of New York 365 Fifth Avenue Suite 5203 New York, New York 10016-4309 Tel: 212 817-2100 Fax:212817-1565 FAX DATE: January 16, 2002 TO: Gillian M. Sorensen FAX: (212)9631185 FROM: Benjamin Rivlin, Co-Chair RE: Ralph Bunche Centenary This fax contains _6 pages, including this cover sheet. Should the document be incomplete, please call 212 817-2100. ROUTING SLIP FICHE DE TRANSMISSION TO: A: FROM: DE: Room No. — No de bureau Extension — Paste Date FOR ACTION POUR SUITE A DONNER FOR APPROVAL POUR APPROBATION FOR SIGNATURE POU SIGNATURE FOR COMMENTS POU Q^ERVATIONS MAY WE DISCUSS? JR/ENS-NOUS EN PARLER ? ^P9V YOUR ATTENTION 4wT E^KTTENTION AS DISCUSSED t/J * ^COM E CONVENU ASi(£>eiQU E^TJ^(/6-X^ SUIT E A VOTRE DEMANDS NOTE^fsf RETURN NOT^R ET RETOURNER FOR'^NFO^MATION POUR INFORMATION COM.6 (2-78) George Saddler To: Gillian Sorensen/NY/UNO@UNHQ oQ/n/i /onnQ nc; KQ DM cc: Gordon Tapper/NY/UNO@UNHQ, Robert Stein/NY/UNO@UNHQ, ^y/U4/^UUd Ub:by KM [email protected], [email protected], Imre Karbuczky/NY/UNO@UNHQ Subject: Request for a UN Conference Room on 7 August 2003 in connection with the Dr. Ralph J. Bunche UN postal stamp "1st Day Issuance" Gilliam, I would like to follow up on our telephone conversation today, 29 April 2003. As you know the UN Postal Administration will issue new Dr. Ralph J, Bunche postage stamns honoring Dr. Bunche in New York, Geneva and in Vienna. The 1st day of issue for t^- postal stamp in New York will take place on Thursday, 7 August 2003 •••'-' 00 birthday. Mayor Michael Bloomberg ha= che in New York City an^ " of 7 August 2003 as i In connection with t Committee charged one hour program st important connection would be followed by The one hour program not hopefully by his Re[ Benjamin Rivlin. Among Governor George Patakii Ambassador John D. Ne .„ IL-IS. The other UN Ambassadors ii -~o will also be invited It is envisaged that 400 p I am soliciting your suppoi ^^a offices" in obtaining approval from the Secretary General for the reservation of the Trusteeship Council Chamber from 11:30 A. M. until 1:00 P.M, if it is available. I will of course prepare and submit to Mr. Inre Karbucky in the UN Meeting Control Section the normal and necessary request for the use of the Trusteeship Council Chamber but I have been told that the specific approval of the Secretary General's office would be required first. Please let me know if you have been able to obtain the approval of the Secretary General for the use of the Trusteeship Council Chamber, if it is available, on 7 August 2003 before I submit the official conference room request Thanks, George F. Saddler George Saddler To: Gillian Sorensen/NY/UNO@UNHQ ocwru /onno nc KQ DM cc: Gordon Tapper/NY/UNO@UNHQ, Robert Stein/NY/UNO@UNHQ, ^y/U4/ Gilliam, I would like to follow up on our telephone conversation today, 29 April 2003. As you know the UN Postal Administration will issue new Dr. Ralph J, Bunche postage stamps honoring Dr. Bunche in New York, Geneva and in Vienna. The 1st day of issue for the new UN postal stamp in New York will take place on Thursday, 7 August 2003 which is Dr. Bunche's 100 birthday. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been requested to proclaim 7 August 2003 as Dr. Ralph J. Bunche in New York City and the 5 Borough Presidents have also been requested to designate the week of 7 August 2003 as a Dr. Ralph J, Bunche week in each Borough. In connection with the "1st Day Issuance" of the Dr. Ralph J. Bunche UN stamp. The New York City Committee charged with commemorating the Ralph J. Bunche Centenary would like to organize a one hour program starting at 12;00 noon in the UN Trusteeship Council Chamber because of the important connection between Dr. Bunche and the UN Trusteeship Council. The one hour program would be followed by a reception in The Delegates Dining Room from 1:00 to 2:00 P.M. The one hour program will consist of speeches by the Secretary General (if he is in New York or if not hopefully by his Representative), Sir Brian Urquhart, /^^^^ySJefe^te^Q^yiif^ and Benjamin Rivlin. Among the other V.l.Ps to be invited to the 7 August 2003 program are Governor George Pataki, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the five Borough Presidents, U. S. Ambassador John D. Negroponte, Congressman Charles Rangel and Reverend Calvin Butts. The other UN Ambassadors in the Blue Book and Senior UN officials and retirees will also be invited It is envisaged that 400 people will be invited. I am soliciting your support and "Good Offices" in obtaining approval from the Secretary General for the reservation of the Trusteeship Council Chamber from 11:30 A. M. until 1:00 P.M, if it is available. I will of course prepare and submit to Mr. Inre Karbucky in the UN Meeting Control Section the normal and necessary request for the use of the Trusteeship Council Chamber but I have been told that the specific approval of the Secretary General's office would be required first. Please let me know if you have been able to obtain the approval of the Secretary General for the use of the Trusteeship Council Chamber, if it is available, on 7 August 2003 before I submit the official conference room request Thanks, George F. Saddler