HDI Brings Delegation of U.N. Ambassadors to Minneapolis, Minnesota

Monday, April 9

2:28 pm Depart Washington Reagan (DCA) on Northwest Flight # 673 4:10 pm Arrive Minneapolis - St. Paul International Airport 4:45 pm Check in at Hotel Hilton Minneapolis, 1001 Marquette Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55403 7:00 pm Dinner at Augsburg College Location: East Commons Room (Second Floor of the Christensen Center) 2211 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55454 Participants: 50 +

Tuesday, April 10

10:00 am Panel at the Hubert Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota Location: 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455

• Introduction of Moderator and Panelists by Rep. Betty McCollum
• Moderator: Fred De Sam Lazaro
• Panelists (Each will talk for about 10 - 15 minutes)
• Ralph Cwerman, President of HDI
• Edward Bestic, Office of Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam - Affairs at the U.S. Department of State
• Daniel Hutchens, Program Officer for Laos and Cambodia, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement
• Ross G. Kreamer, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Ambassador Phiane Philokane, Ambassador the Laos to the U.S.A.
• Jamie Franklin, MAG to give a brief PowerPoint Presentation

Participants: 200 + 12:00 pm Luncheon at the Hubert Humphrey Institute (H.E. Mr. Le Luong Minh, Ambassador of Vietnam to the U.N., H.E. Mr. Prasad Kariyawasam, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the U.N., and Mr. Phomma Khammanichanh, Chargé d'Affaires of the Lao People's Democratic Republic to the U.N. will say a few words at the luncheon) 2:00 pm Transportation to Airport 3:25 pm Depart MSP International Airport on Northwest Flight # 1708 6:41 pm Arrive Washington Reagan (DCA) Airport