Presidents’ Message
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pring has come to Lund and the Association of Foreign Affairs is thriving! A few weeks ago, nearly 200 people came and listened to Ji-Min Kang answering questions on North Korea and telling his story of how he escaped the country. Last week, our radio show broadcasted a much-appreciated show on the recent events taking place in Ukraine. And right now you are holding yet another interesting and well-designed issue of our very own magazine.
There is still a lot more to come this spring. 2014 is the super election year in Sweden, starting with the European Parliament election in May and then the Swedish Riksdag election in September. We in the Association of Foreign affairs will do our best to highlight various subjects related to these two exciting events. This week we arrange a theme week with lectures and debates covering the elections to the European Parliament. This will be followed by a debate on the role of the European Union between Jonas Sjöstedt and Birgitta Olsson on the 31st of March. As if this would not be enough, this year’s Conference on International Affairs in mid-April will cover both the European elections as well as the Swedish ditto. We are very proud of what this organization has achieved so far during this year. We are also very glad to lead an organization that has so many hardworking and devoted members. This brings us to a very important point: soon it is time to elect next year’s board. If you are interested in shaping the association’s future we encourage you to apply! You will not regret it.
Board 2013-2014 President Rasmus Kjulin president@upflund.se Vice President Ylva Tallberg vice.president@upflund.se Treasurer Niklas Lövgren treasure@upflund.se Secretary Ali Acikgoz secretary@upflund.se Lecture Committee Hannes Petri Melinda Sjunnesson Andreas Nilsson lecture@upflund.se PR committee Niklas Hjelm Smith Sandra Jakobsson pr@upflund.se Activity Committee Kicki Salmijärvi Maari Alanko activity@upflund.se Utrikesperspektiv Gustav Wirtén Ivar Johansson magazine@upflund.se Utrikesperspektiv.se Jesper Åkesson Benny Wilbrink webzine@upflund.se Radio UPF Edgar Mannheimer Simon Classon radio@upflund.se
On behalf of the board, Rasmus Kjulin & Ylva Tallberg President and Vice president of the Association
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Career Committee Karolina Schlyter Anna Åberg career@upflund.se Travel Committee Anahita Nicoobayan Fredrik Karlsson travel@upflund.se