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Article: Religious orders speak for the voiceless at the U.N.: growing number of congregations share international expertise with world policymakers.(Religious Life)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- February 27, 2004
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For 20 years Franciscan Sr. Florence Deacon ran the Model United Nations program at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, where she is a professor of history Often she would ask herself." "If I could have the ear of a diplomat, what would I tell him?"
Since coming to the United Nations to represent her order in 2001, Deacon has had many opportunities to speak one on one with diplomats and some of the world's top policymakers. A unique opportunity arose last summer in Geneva when she was invited to a breakfast meeting hosted by the U.N. Economic and Social Council. Deacon was seated with the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Negroponte, and ministers ...