Tuesday, May 10, 2005

IPJ Speaker Series

"The Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement:
A Framework for Eventual Peace and Reconciliation for All Sudanese"

Charles R. Snyder

Senior Representative on Sudan
U.S. Department of State

IPJ Theatre
7pm

Ambassador Snyder will be speaking on the Sudan Peace Accord signed in January 2005 following a three-decades long civil war.

Mr. Snyder is the U.S. Senior Representative on Sudan. Previously, he served as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from November 2003 until June 2004. He served as Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary (2001-2003), acting as policy point person for the Sudan Peace Initiative, framing policy toward Central Africa, and managed policy planning and budget programming for the Bureau. Previously (1995-2001) as Director of the Office of Regional Affairs, he supported the Assistant Secretary on crosscutting policy and program issues such as democracy, conflict resolution, human rights, labor, multilateral organizations, public affairs, congressional affairs, and crisis management.

Mr. Snyder served in the Senior Intelligence Service at the CIA as National Intelligence Officer for Africa from 1992 until April 1995. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1991 after 22 years of service. During the closing years of that career, he served as Senior Political-Military Advisor to State's African Bureau. He served as military advisor on the team which mediated the Tripartite Agreement between Cuba, Angola, and South Africa; led the team that established the Joint Military Monitoring Commission which implemented the ceasefire along the Angola-Namibia border; chaired the military discussion supporting the Portuguese mediation of the Angolan Civil War; and led the U.S. technical team supporting the successful Italian effort to negotiate an end to the Mozambican Civil War.

Mr. Snyder received a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Fordham University, a Master of Business Administration in International Finance from American University, and conducted additional post-graduate work in the International Relations at Catholic and Howard Universities. He is a Fellow of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Societies, a Distinguished Visiting Lecturer of the Foreign Service Institute, and a life member of the African Studies Association.

Reception to follow.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP by May 5th at ipj@sandiego.edu