GLOBALIZATION AND THE STATE

List of Participants

Mr. Nitin DESAI, Under-Secretary-General, DESA - Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2, United Nations Plaza, Room DC2- 1723, New York, NY 10017, USA, Tel.1/212-963-5958, Fax. 1/212/963-1010, E- mail: desai@un.org

Mr. Guido BERTUCCI, Director, DESA - Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 1, United Nations Plaza, Room DC1-1714, New York, NY 10017, USA, Tel:1/212-963-5859, Fax:1/212-963-9681, E- mail: bertucci@un.org

Prof. Apolo NSIBAMBI, The Right Honourable Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda, P.O. Box 341, Kampala, UGANDA,Tel: 256/41 259518, Fax: 256/41 341139, E-mail: ansibambi@parliament.go.ug

H.E. Don Jesús POSADA MORENO, Minister of Public Administration of Spain, Castellana, 3, 28071, Madrid, SPAIN, Tel : 34/91 5861230, Fax : 34/91 5861018.

H.E. Mr. Carlos GENATIOS, Minister for Science and Technology of Venezuela, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, Caracas, VENEZUELA, Tel : 58/212 2396475, Fax : 58/212 2396056

Amb. Ahamad KAMAL, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), 1 United Nations Plaza, Room DC1-603B, New York, NY 10017, USA, Tel: 1/212 963 3776, Fax: 1/212 9639686, E-mail: kamal@un.int

Prof. Anthony GIDDENS, Director, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UNITED KINGDOM, Tel : 44/20 7955 7007, Fax : 44/20 7852 3630.

 

The Participants

Prime Minister Hon. Apolo Nsibambi was appointed to the portfolio of Prime Minister of Uganda and Leader of Business in April 1999. Before then, he was the Minister of Education from May 1998 to April 1999 and Minister of Public Service from July 1998. He has also an extent experience in the academic sector as he was Dean of the Faculty of Social Science, Head of the Department of Political Science, Director of the Makerere Institute of Social Research and Professor of Political Science and Public Administration.

H.E. Don Jesús Posada Moreno, Minister for Public Administration of Spain was appointed in April 2000. Before then, he was Minister of Agriculture from April 1999 to April 2000. He has been elected to Parliament in several opportunities, representing Soria and has been Chairman of the Committee on Infrastructure. From 1991 to 1993 he was Senator for Castilla y Leon and Chairman of the Committee on Budget.
H.E. Mr. Carlos Genatios, Minister for Science and Technology of Venezuela, was Vice-Minister of Urban Development and is member of the Board of Directors of Corpovargas, Urban Development Fund and Metro de Caracas Co. He is professor at the Universidad Central de Venezuela since 1981. He holds a doctorate from the National Institute of Applied Sciences of France, and post-doctorates from the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Toulouse, and from the Laboratory of Mechanics and Technology of the University of Paris VI. He is author of more than 100 specialized articles in national and international publications. He has been visiting professor at the University of California, University of Rio de Janeiro, National University of Nicaragua, University of Liverpool, University of Rome, University of Marne La Vallee, and University of Madrid.
Prof. Anthony Giddens, Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science, was appointed in 1997. He was previously a Fellow and Professor of Sociology at King's College, Cambridge. He is the author of 34 books, published in 29 languages. He has seven honorary degrees. Professor Giddens has taught in the University of Leicester, Simon Fraser University in Canada, University of California, University of Cambridge in which he still teaches Sociology. He also holds academic appointments from Boston University, Harvard University, New York University, La Trobe University in Australia, Indiana University, University of British Columbia, University of Rome, University of Paris and Stanford University among many others.