Who is the most senior person in the United Nations who regularly
gives speeches at conferences and events.  An advantage is someone who
visits Australia occasionally or has links to Australia.  The purpose
is because the Society I'm in (www.amuncjcu04.net) is bidding to host
the Asia-Pacific Model United Nations Conference (www.amunc.net) and
we need an impressive speakers list, we were going after Kofi Anan
himself for a video link up speech, however we have been unsuccessful
in getting through to anybody in his office that is the right person
to talk to ...  This is all background info which doesn't really
affect the parameters of the search. I'm asking for:

Name of person(s), their position and the facts you have to support them
been speakers at a lot of events.

E-mail and phone number for their secretary or office.

There are no limits on where they are based.

Thank you.

Hello.

My research indicates that an excellent candidate for your event would
be Shashi Tharoor, U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Communications and
Public Information.
http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/stories/tharoor_bio.htm

Mr Tharoor has a web site at:
http://www.shashitharoor.com/
Contact information:
http://www.shashitharoor.com/contact.html

Contact information at the U.N.
http://www.un.org/ga/gacttee.htm

Contact information U.N.'s Sydney information office:
http://www.un.org/aroundworld/unics/sydney.htm

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I have located numerous examples of Mr Tharoor doing guest lectures
and making appearances on behalf of the United Nations.

Here are a few:

U.N. Association of Australia - Guest Speaker, January 2003 
http://www.unaavictoria.com.au/events/index.php

South Asian Journalists Association - Guest Speaker, 1997
http://www.saja.org/shashi.html

"Conversation with History" at U.C. Berkeley 1999
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people/Tharoor/tharoor-con0.html

York University Ralph Bunche Symposium, Guest Speaker, Oct 2003
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/rbins/calendar03_04.htm

National Committee on American Foreign Policy, Guest Speaker, Nov 2002
http://www.ncafp.org/events/

Swarthmore College, Guest Speaker, Nov. 2000
http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/phoenix/2000/2000-11-16/news/10390.html

Events such as the U.S. Open Tennis Championship Draw Ceremony:
http://www0.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp?nid=461

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Additionally, Mr Tharoor has also spoken at past Model U.N.
conferences.


Here's what he said at a 2002 event in New York City:

"It's a unique and interesting time to be involved with Model United
Nations," said Shashi Tharoor, the Undersecretary for Public
Information for the United Nations who was one of the event's guest
speaker. He spoke of the benefits of the conference in bringing
together students from all over the world who are interested in the
future of world affairs.
http://www.ulaverne.edu/campustimes/040502/MUN.htm

He also spoke at an August 2000 Model U.N. event in New York City:
"Mr. Shashi Tharoor (Office of the Secretary-General) talked about the
problematic areas of peace keeping and the ways in which they can be
improved. "
http://www.unimun.org/unimun_final_report.html

Even if Mr Tharoor can't attend, he might be able to send a
representative on his behalf.  At a Model U.N. conference in Lebanon
last April, Ms. Pascale El-Kassis, of the UN Information Centre
(UNIC), made a speech on behalf of Mr Tharoor.
http://www.escwa.org.lb/information/press/un/2003/apr/29_3.html

search strategy:
"united nations", "guest speaker"

I hope this helps.

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Request for Answer Clarification by pinkyandthebrain-ga on 03 Sep 2003 00:29 PDT

Thank you for that, 
While researching this question did you see any alternatives which may
have been of interest?
do not need the same details just names that you came across.

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 03 Sep 2003 01:22 PDT

Well, Mr Tharoor is the most obvious choice since he's a high-ranking
person at the UN, and he seems to do the "guest speaker" thing more
than anyone else.

If you're looking for other options, though, I did see a few
references to Ralph Zacklin, Asst. Secretary for Legal Affairs, doing
occasional guest speaker appearances, including one at a conference in
Melbourne last year:
http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:Pw3lK6qrfOwJ:law.anu.edu.au/anzsil/newsletters/03JanNewsletter.pdf+%22Ralph+Zacklin%22+speaker&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
Contact information for UN Office of Legal Affairs at the bottom of
this page:
http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:BGzCxiDtZGAJ:untreaty.un.org/English/NV/NV_20_06.pdf++212+zacklin+site:un.org&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

To tell you the truth, though, if I were you, I'd start with the UN's
branch in Sydney:
http://www.un.org.au/contact.htm
They can probably help you get the ball rolling or put you in touch
with someone who can help you arrange a speaker.

Good luck!

great, and clarification was of great help