PANEL OF INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN EXPERTS WILL SPEAK ON THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE, ITS DEFINITION, CAUSES, TOOLS OF IMPLEMENTATION AND POSSIBLE PREVENTION AT WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL DINNER
Marketwire
April 14, 2010 Wednesday 9:10 AM GMT
The event, hosted by the non-profit organization, the World Affairs
Council of Orange County, is scheduled for Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at
the Fairmont Newport Beach, 4500 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach Ca.
92660. The reception will begin at 6 p.m. followed by a dinner
presentation at 7 p.m. and a Q&A after the speech. The public is
invited to attend.
The World Affairs Council of Orange County is proud that for the first
time in its history it has assembled a panel of internationally known
experts on the Crime of Genocide, its definition, causes, tools of
implementation and the ultimate "goals" sought in committing mass
murder, as well as the aftermath of genocide — the human cost in
suffering and misery and the instability brought to the World. The
"Plague of Evil" has regretfully marked humankind this past century,
from the Armenian, Jewish, Cambodian and most recently Darfur
genocides, what has been learned as to the genesis of the unspeakable
horrors visited upon innocent victims of the policy of genocide.
Our panelists include: Professor Michael J. Bazyler, Professor of Law
and "1939" Club Law Scholar in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies at
Chapman University; Andrew Goldberg, Emmy award winning director and
producer of the PBS special The Armenian Genocide; Professor Richard
G. Hovannisian, Professor of Armenian and Near Eastern History and
Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History
at the University of California, Los Angeles and Lane Montgomery,
author of the book, "Never Again, Again, Again… Genocide: Armenia,
the Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Darfur."
For information and reservations, call (949)253-5751 or visit
World Affairs Council of Orange County is a member-driven
non-profit organization that hosts forums on international issues and
presentations by some of the world’s foremost leaders. Past speakers
have included: Muhammad Mian Soomro, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan;
John Bruton, European Union Ambassador and Former Prime Minister of
Ireland; John Bolton, Former Ambassador to the U.S.; Dr.
Hans Blix, Chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission;
His Royal Highness Prince Andrew; Vicente Fox, Former President
of Mexico, Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General
Richard B. Myers and many other well known people with expertise in
various world affairs with respect to political, social and economic
issues. The World Affairs Council of Orange County was founded in
1967 and today has more than 500 members.