UN's peacekeeping distance learning program

<<November 13, 1999>>

Harvey J. Langholtz, Ph.D. <hjlang@facstaff.wm.edu>

Nassrine AZIMI <azimi@un.org>

Christopher Coleman <colemanc@un.org>

Lieutenant-Colonel Bjorn Skjaerli <skjaerli@un.org>

Ben I. Haraguchi <haragucb@aren+fox.com>

Roger Lee Boston <rboston@tenet.edu>

Colette Mazzucelli, Ph.D. <mazzucelli@beaver.edu>

W. R. (Bill) Klemm, D.V.M., Ph.D. <wklemm@cvm.tamu.edu>

Mr. Myron Nordquist <myron_nordquist@burns.senate.gov>

Lieutenant Colonel Jeff F. Addicott <jaddicott8@aol.com>

Frederick M. Burkle <skip@website.tamc.amedd.army.mil>

Ms. Robin Hayden <haydenr@website.tamc.amedd.army.mil>

Dear Harvey:
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(1) It was my great pleasure to have met with you yesterday and discussed
about the implementation of distance learning methodology for your human
right and peace keeping programs.

(2) Since you are already using web teaching to thousands students around
the world (in addition to hard copy materials), your desired
enhancements would not be so difficult;

(a) For inexpensive, affordable videoconferencing and audio/video
streaming, pls contact Roger Boston. I am sure that he would be
very happy to assist you as he has been assisting Colette on her
conflict resolution program on ethnic issues in Hungary and Kosovo
with the use of web and various videoconferencing via narrow band
Internet across oceans and national boundaries.

Dear Roger:
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Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I). Congratulations to the
successful conduct of your workshop at the All China Conference at
Huanggang, Hubei Province. I enjoyed viewing your web site. I am
also very glad to learn that you have made a good publicity of our
Global University System project which was initiated at our
Tampere event last August. Yes, pls continue your coordination
with them.

Dear Harvey:
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Pls visit his web -- and also our Tampere event web site at
<http://www.teched.org/Finland>. You can check how good you can
get Roger's video streaming which you wanted.

(b) For those students in remote areas where they cannot get high
speed Internet line for smooth videoconferencing, you may use

web-based computer-mediated conferencing system, FORUM, of Bill Klemm.

(3) BTW, I recall that you will attend the Conference on International Law,
Human Rights, and Refugee Health and Well Being at Kahala Mandarin
Oriental Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii next week.

This conference is being organized by Dr. Burkle at Tripler Army Medical
Center whom Ben Haraguchi and I visited last spring.

Jeff Addicott of the US Southern Command in Miami, FL is also attending
the conference.

He took me and Myron (your friend) to Bogota, Colombia last July
for preparing distance learning on human right program for
military personnel in Colombia. Jeff has been doing similar work
as yours, but using only hard copy materials. Pls talk with Jeff
at the conference since he may be interested to follow your suit.

Dear Robin:
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Pls help them to locate each other at your conference. Thanks.

(4) We are now start working on the establishment of Global University
System with global broadband Internet in the major regions of our globe;
i.e., Asia/Pacific, North, Central and South America, Eastern Europe and
Africa with prominent group members in those regions -- pls visit
followings at
<http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/index.html>;

1. Fundamental Projects of Dr. Takeshi Utsumi,

2. Proposed Global University System Structure,

3. World Regional Project Summaries,

4. Pacific/Asia Pilot Project Partners,

5. Pacific/Asia Brainstorming Summary,

6. Montana/Pacific Distance Learning Project,

7. Collaboration with Asian Open Universities,

8. Tokyo Workshop (Spring 2000)/Proposed Conference Activities,

9. Tampere Workshop (August, 1999): Emerging Global Electronic
Distance Learning (EGEDL) International Conference and
Workshop, University of Tampere, Finland

As you requested, as soon as when our GUS is developed, we would be very
happy to assist and cooperate with your course offering.

Dear Myron:
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(5) Harvey, Ben and I were so sorry you could not attend our mtgs with
prominent people at the U.N. yesterday.

I hope your wife's operation went smoothly.

Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I

Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 23:58:58 -0600
From: Roger Boston <rboston@tenet.edu>
To: utsumi@www.friends-partners.org, utsumi@columbia.edu, tapio.varis@uta.fi
Subject: Opening to China

Tak
you may be interested to visit the web construction I made for the All
China Conference just concluded at Huanggang, Hubei Province:

http://www.teched.org/ChinaLive

We were successful in meeting the goals of that conference, which
included my extended teachings of low cost and affordable delivery
systems, and which included the formation of an ALL CHINA organization
dedicated to computer assisted instruction of English using multimedia
and internet connected pc labs.

We had the support of the Hubei Province educational administration and
the Ministry of Education in Beijiing as well.

My host university at Huanggang managed to draw participants from 2/3 of
the provinces in China and we seem to have made a permanent differrence
there. Their president will travel to Texas after the Holidays to seek
stronger ties to the west and there are serious overtures from China
that they are wanting to become a part of the movement represented by
those who gathered in Tampere last August.

I have been made "Senior Advisor" to the new All-China MCALL
Organization,

With your permission I would like to make the introductions between you
and the principals of this newly formed organization -- we may have just
found the opening opportunity to help bring infrastructure and "content"
to more than a billion of the earth's citizens, in my opinion an
extraordinary opportunity, and a great addition to the energies still
flowing from Tampere.

Roger Boston
Rockwell Chair/ Instructor
Houston Community College System
http://www.rboston.com
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List of Distribution

Harvey J. Langholtz, Ph.D.
Director, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Programme of Correspondence Instruction in Peacekeeping Operations
UNITAR POCI
Box 20475
Dag Hammarskjold Centre
New York, NY 10017-20475
Voice: (757) 221-3880
Facsimile: (757) 253-7704
e-mail: hjlang@facstaff.wm.edu
http://www.wm.edu/unpeacek/index.html

Nassrine AZIMI
Chief
New York Office
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
One, United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017, USA
Tel: (212) 963 9683
Fax: (212) 963 9686
E-mail: azimi@un.org
Internet: www.unitar.org

Christopher Coleman
Chief
Policy and Analysis Unit, OUSG
Department of Peacekeeping Operations
United Nations
Room S-3727 G
New York, NY 10017, USA
Tel: (212) 963-8222
Fax: (212) 963-9222
E-mail: colemanc@un.org

Lieutenant-Colonel Bjorn Skjaerli
Training Adviser
Training Unit, OPS/PD
Department of Peacekeeping Operations
United Nations, Room U-207
New York, NY 10017
U.S.A.
Phone (212) 963-5748
Fax (212) 963-9061
e-mail: skjaerli@un.org

Ben I. Haraguchi
President
Foundation for the Support of the United Nations (FSUN)
809 United Nations Plaza, Suite 1200
New York, NY 10017
USA
Tel: +1-212-986 8114
Fax: +1-212-986 8131
bharaguchi@fsun.org
haragucb@aren+fox.com
http://www.fsun.org

Roger Lee Boston
Rockwell Chair Instructor
Distance Education/Technology Center
Houston Community College System
4310 Dunlavy
P.O.Box 7849
Houston, Texas 77270-7849
USA
Tel: +1-713-718 5224
Fax: +1-713-718 5301
rboston@tenet.edu
http://www.rboston.com
http://www.teched.org/
http://www.hccs.cc.tx.us
http://www.teched.org/Finland
http://www.teched.org/ChinaLive

Colette Mazzucelli, Ph.D.
Director and Assistant Professor
International Peace and Conflict Resolution MA Program
Beaver College
2000 America's Best Colleges
US News & World Report
20th in the North
(Maine-District of Columbia)
450 S. Easton Road
Glenside, PA 19038
215 572 4074
215 572 2126 (fax)
mazzucelli@beaver.edu

W. R. (Bill) Klemm, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience
Dept. VAPH, Mail Stop 4458
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4458
409-845-4201
or
President
Forum Enterprises, Inc.
9001 Grassburr Road
P.O. Box 5755
Bryan, TX 77805-5755
409-589-2665 (home)
FAX: 409-847-8981
wklemm@cvm.tamu.edu<<June 22, 1999>>Use this.
wklemm@vetmed.tamu.edu
wrk2101@tam2000.tamu.edu
72133.2476@compuserve.com
http://www.ForumInc.com
http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/wklemm -- resume and slide show of 8/19/98.
Demos & literature available at our WWW site:
http://cvm.tamu.edu/~vaph/klemm/whoami.html
http://cvm.tamu.edu/~vaph/klemm/resume.html -- photo of Dr. Klemm
http://cwis.usq.edu.au/electpub/e-jist/vol2no1/klemm/caadehom.htm
www.cvm.tamu.edu/wklemm/contents.htm -- white-paper
http://www.foruminc.com/forum98.show/ss_ind.html -- slide show

Mr. Myron Nordquist
Legislative Counsel
U.S. Senator Conrad Burns' Office
187 Dirksen Senate Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-2603
202-224-6808
Fax: 202-224-8594
Cell: 301-646-8153
myron_nordquist@burns.senate.gov
http://www.senate.gov/~burns/
804-924-7573 -- at the U. of VA.
Fax: 804-982-2622 -- at the U. of VA.

Lieutenant Colonel Jeff F. Addicott
Attoney at Law
Deputy Staff Judge Advocate
United States Army Southern Command
HQ USSOUTHCOM, SCSJA
3511 NW 91st Avenue
Miami, FL 33172-1217
305-437-1304
Fax: 305-437-1320
jaddicott8@aol.com

Frederick M. Burkle, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, FACEP
Director
Center of Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance
A WHO Collaborating Center
1 Jarrett White Road (MCPA-DM)
Tripler Army Medical Center (AMC), HI 96859-5000
808-433-7035 (main #)
Fax: 808-433-1757
skip@website.tamc.amedd.army.mil
http://coe.tamc.amedd.army.mil
Or,
Professor of Pediatrics, Surgery & Public Health
Chair, Division of Emergency Medicine
John A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawaii

Ms. Robin Hayden
Public Affair Officer
Center of Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance
1 Jarrett White Road (MCPA-DM)
Tripler Army Medical Center (AMC), HI 96859-5000
808-433-1433
Fax: 808-433-1757
haydenr@website.tamc.amedd.army.mil
http://coe.tamc.amedd.army.mil

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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA *
* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.) *
* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education *
* Founder of CAADE *
* (Consortium for Affordable and Accessible Distance Education) *
* President Emeritus and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of *
* Global University System (GUS) *
* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A. *
* Tel: 718-939-0928; Fax: 718-939-0656 (day time only--prefer email) *
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