with
Katharina Zellweger
DPRK Country Director,
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM ♦ Registration and Reception
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM ♦ Luncheon and Presentation
The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor, New York City
(Building entrance on SW corner of Third Avenue and 57th Street)
$20 for members, $25 for nonmembers
For more information or to register for the program, contact Patrick Clair at (212) 759-7525, ext. 328, or email.
While diplomats engage in the protracted back and forth of the Six-Party Talks, Katharina Zellweger has successfully negotiated the terms of cooperative aid and development projects with the DPRK. First as a member of Caritas Hong Kong, and now as country director for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in Pyongyang, Zellweger has over 30 years of experience in humanitarian work and over 12 years of experience in the DPRK. In her talk, Zellweger will detail the strategies for successful negotiations with the DPRK that allow SDC to carry on their work in North Korea.
About the Speaker
Katharina Zellweger has led the Swiss
Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) program in Pyongyang since
October of 2006. In her capacity as country director, Zellweger heads
an office with a staff of twenty-four project officers—four expatriates
and twenty DPRK nationals—who are focused on supporting economic
reforms, facilitating economic development and enhancing the DPRK’s
access to international organizations. Before joining SDC, Zellweger
worked at Caritas Hong Kong for 30 years, including 12 years focused on
providing assistance to the DPRK. She holds an MA from the School of
International Training. In recognition of her humanitarian work,
Zellweger received the Bishop Tji Hak-soon Justice and Peace Award in
2005, and was made a Dame of St. Gregory the Great by the Vatican
in 2006.
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