24 Incoming Students From 8 Different Countries |
Tuesday, 14 September 2010 |
The registration was held on September 9 in the presence of H.E.Samira Hanna-El Daher, Representative of Lebanon to the Executive Board of UNESCO. Ambassador El Daher is a career diplomat who was the first woman in Lebanon to be named Ambassador, and the first woman worldwide to be an Ambassador in Japan. She also served as Head of Mission in China, Australia, and Great Britain, Ambassador to the Philippines, Switzerland, and Cyprus, as well as Consul General in New York and Legal Advisor of the Lebanese Permanent Mission to the United Nations. She is now part of the American Graduate School in Paris faculty and is teaching the course on Foreign Policy Formulation and Diplomacy. (see course catalog) Ambassador El-Daher says: “Teaching to young minds and exchanging with them is a tremendously enriching experience. Working with the very engaging, supportive, knowledgeable yet relaxed AGS faculty has made this experience irreplaceable – one that I would not want to have missed out on.” |