"Reimaging the Future of World Affairs" with Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces

The International Affairs program is pleased to welcome Maria Fernanda Espinosa as the Pastor Lecture Speaker in International Affairs for 2023. On June 5, 2018, the United Nations General Assembly elected Ecuadorean Foreign Minister María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, as President of its 73rd session; only the fourth woman to hold that position in the history of the world body, and the first since 2006. Her Excellency Ms. Espinosa Garcés will be giving a lecture titled "Reimagining the Future of World Affairs." She has written over 30 academic articles about the Amazon region, culture, heritage, sustainable development, climate change, intellectual property, foreign policy, regional integration, defence and security, and was recently quoted in the New York Times on the issue of environmental destruction in Ecuador: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/14/climate/ecuador-drilling-oil-amazon.html

Please join Internation Affairs for this exciting segment of the Pastor Lecture series!