Hon. Ahmad Kamal (#5) - Air date: 12-18-00
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Hon. Ahmad Kamal (#5) - Air date: 12-18-00
Ambassador Ahmad Kamal is founder and president of The Ambassador's Club at the United Nations. He served as a professional diplomat in Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs for nearly forty years, retired in July 1999 and now serves as an Honorary Visiting Professor at several universities and conducts videoconference discussions with university students and faculty. In addition to serving as Pakistan's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva and New York, Ambassador Kamal held diplomatic postings in Belgium, France, the Soviet Union, Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Korea. He established Pakistan's trade with the Republic of South Korea and was Pakistan's chief negotiator in the Uruguay Round negotiations which led to the establishment of the World Trade Organization. In recent years Ambassador Kamal has served as the Chairman of the Working Group on Informatics at UN Headquarters and maintains a strong interest in technology. PUBLICATIONS Numerous articles and public speeches on a wide range of subjects covering disarmament, human rights, and trade issues. Recent publications include and conference presentations: • "Information Insecurity - A Survival Guide to the Uncharted Territories of Cyber-Space", (United Nations, September 2002). • "New Forms of Confrontation - Cyber-Terrorism and Cyber-Crime", (World Federation of Scientists, Erice, July 2002). • "The Psychology of Terrorism", (World Federation of Scientists, Erice, July 2002). • "Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament - A Policy Framework for South Asia" Framework for South Asia (Defense Threat Reduction Agency Conference, Norfolk, June 1999). • "A Restraint Regime for South Asia" (Tenth Arms Control Conference, Albuquerque, April 1999). • "A Global Action Plan for the Century Transition" (Year 2000 Conference, Boston, November 1998). • "Regional Disarmament - A South Asian Perspective" (Tenth Regional Disarmament Meeting in the Asia Pacific Region, Khatmandu, 1998). • "The Chemical Weapons Convention Today" (Bulletin of the American Federation of Scientists, 1998). • "Sustainable Development - The United Nations in the 21st Century" (Wilton House Seminar Papers, November 1997). • The Year 2000 Challenge - the United Nations Strategy" (Hearings of the Sub-Committee on Technology of the U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., November 1997). • "The Informatics Revolution and its Impact on the United Nations" (AIT/BCUN Symposium, New York, 1997). • "The Missile Technology Control Regime - Destabilizing Impact on South Asia" (UN Disarmament Conference Papers, Sapporo, 1997). • "The Right to Self Determination - the Jammu and Kashmir Dispute" (Princeton University Round-Table on Self-Determination, Princeton, 1997). • "Habitat and Cyberspace", (UNDP Habitat Symposium Papers, Marmaris, 1996). • "21st Century World Government for the Guarantee of Everybody's Rights" (ManiTese Symposium Papers, Florence, 1995). • "The Regional Dimension in Conflict Resolution", (Southern Methodist University, Arms Control Conference Papers, Dallas, 1995). • "The United Nations and the Crisis of Development", (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Symposium Paper, Bonn, 1995). • "Disarmament and Development: From Military Spending to Social Development", (ECAAR Symposium Papers, San Francisco, 1995). • "Nuclear Non-Proliferation Issues in South Asia", (New Horizons and Challenges in Arms Control and Verification, published in 1994 by the University Press, Amsterdam). • "The Non-Proliferation Treaty: Alternatives and Parallel Measures", (Oxford Research Group Symposium Papers, published in August 1994 by the United Nations Institute of Disarmament and Research). • "Transparency in Armaments - A Regional Perspective", (Disarmament - Topical Paper No: 16, published in 1993 by the United Nations). • "The Chemical Weapons Convention - Some Particular Concerns of Developing Countries", (The Chemical Weapons Convention Bulletin, published in May 1989 by the Federation of American Scientists). PUBLIC SPEECHES Frequent guest speaker at several universities and schools (New York University, Southern Methodist University, Stanford University, Harvard Business School, Wharton Business School, Kellog Business School, etc.) and over the electronic media (CNN, PBS, etc.)
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