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Reported July 6, 2001
Model United Nations Presents
Linda Fasulo
Tuesday, April 17th
7:00 p.m., University Auditorium
Linda Fasulo is a journalist who specializes in the United Nations and U.S. Foreign policy. She has been the Special Correspondent to the United Nations for NBC News and MSNBC for the past five years, and she writes a column for MSNBC on the internet.
Fasulo is also a special correspondent for U.S. News & World Report Magazine, and her news reports on global issues have been heard several times a week on National Public Radio (NPR) since 1990.
She is the author of Representing America: Experiences of the U.S. Diplomats at the UN, and is currently writing a handbook on the United Nations for Yale University Press.
A frequent speaker and moderator on international issues, she has spoken at universities including Yale, Columbia and the University of Chicago, and to public policy groups such as UNA-USA, the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia and the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. She is well prepared to speak on may UN-related issues such as U.S. policy, women's issues, and the latest international news.
Fasulo is a board member of the Overseas Press Club, a former officer of the UN Correspondents Association and a member of the Women's Media Group.
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Reported July 6, 2001
Linda told the audience about what it was like to be an NBC journalist working in the international spectrum. She described her days talking to representatives from countries where women were not even allowed to walk in front of a man or reveal any part of their bodies. She told us that, to her, it is amazing because they're confiding and trusting in her, a female journalist, to report fairly and honestly about their own international issues.
After describing her very untypical days of work, Linda then went into UN sactions against Iraq and, whereas she believes they have outlived their own time, sanctions are necessary because Iraq is a constant threat and problem. She also spoke about the Chinese and American relationship, which was very interesting because that was right around the time that the Chinese spy plane crashed into the American plane. After she spoke, we had a questioning period that lasted about 30 minutes and then after, people were free to speak with her one on one. Issues that arose related to Kofi Annan and other UN officials and policies.
-Kirsten