The New Nation - Internet Edition

DU Correspondent

Dhaka University has been invited to attend the third meeting of the Secretary-General`s Global Colloquium of University Presidents as it is one of the 25 leading research universities of the world.

United Nations Secretary-General and the five New York-area universities are organising the meeting on "Global Climate Change." The meeting will be held on November 28 at New York University in New York City.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will join several sessions of the conference. Five New York area universities are sponsoring the conference. On behalf of Dhaka University Vice-chancellor Prof SMA Faiz along with Dean of Law Faculty Prof Dr Burhan Uddin will attend the meeting.

On hearing the news, DU VC said, "We have to be carefull so that nobody could campaign against the university."

This year's colloquium will focus on a topic of crucial importance to the United Nations and the international community: global climate change.

Ten years after the negotiation of the Kyoto Protocol, climate policy remains a pressing issue, in which international ideas, effort and cooperation are essential.