University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present University Relations 5-15-1985 UN ambassador from Arab League will speak at University University of Montana--Missoula. Office of University Relations Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/newsreleases Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation University of Montana--Missoula. Office of University Relations, "UN ambassador from Arab League will speak at University" (1985). University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present. 9387. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/newsreleases/9387 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Relations at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. IV)'' of Montana Office of l niversity Relations Missoula. Montana 59812 • (406) 243-2522 MEDIA RELEASE dwyer/vsl 5/15/85 local UN AMBASSADOR FROM THE ARAB LEAGUE WILL SPEAK AT UNIVERSITY Clovis Maksoud, the Arab League's ambassador to the United Nations, will give a free public lecture in the University of Montana Underground Lecture Hall Tuesday, May 21, at 8:30 p.m. His topic is "The Arab World Today." The ambassador has been the permanent observer of the League of Arab States at the United Nations and chief representative of the league in the United States since Sept. 1, 1979. The lawyer, journalist and diplomat served as the league's ambassador to India and Southeast Asia from 1961 to 1966. He was the league's special envoy to the United States in 1974 and 1975. He was senior editor of the daily Al-Ahram in Cairo, Egypt, from 1967 to 1971. In 1972, he was named editor-in-chief of Al-Nahar, an Arabic language weekly published in Beirut and Paris. He held that post until his appointment to the United Nations in 1979. Maksoud is the author of several books on the Middle East and the Third World. He received an undergraduate degree from the American University in Beirut and went on to graduate work at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and Oxford University in England. He is a Lebanese national and is married to Hala Salam. His talk in Missoula is sponsored by the International Students Association at UM and ASUM Programming..