From the beginning on April 21, 2004, the Las Vegas World Affairs Council has been in the news.

Located in America's most visited and exciting city, The Las Vegas World Affairs Council is a non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to enhancing international education and opportunities. The Council does this by:

• Hosting public events that provide deeper international context and allow citizens to debate and discuss the most important issues of the day;
• Conducting and sponsoring a wide range of educational programs, including the SAGE Academy, Academic WorldQuest, teacher education programs, and complimentary student and military tickets for international speaking events;
• Providing fresh event and international information on the Internet at three different websites:
-- www.lvwac.org, the Council's homepage;
-- www.wtwlv.org, World Trade Week - Las Vegas, a partnership between the Department of Commerce and LVWAC;

Throughout its short history of almost three years, LVWAC has hosted or will host events with many prominent businesspeople and diplomats:

• MAXjet First Flight Celebration
• Deputy Director-General of the European Central Bank, Mr. Werner Studener.
• Former Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith
• The Netherlands Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Boudewijn Johannes van Eenennaam
• Austrian Consul General Martin Weiss
• Washington Post Foreign Editor Pamela Constable
• His Excellency Klaus Sommer, Ambassador (ret.), Federal Republic of Germany
• Major General Charles Baldwin, Chief of Chaplains, USAF
• Former University of Nevada-Reno President John Lilley
• Former Nevada Director of Tourism Bruce Bommarito
• The Honorable Dr. Ikram Khan & Dr. Jeffrey Kesten On Global Health.
• The German Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Wolfgang Ischinger
• The Philippines Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Albert del Rosario
• The Afghan Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Said Jawad
• Chinese Minister His Excellency Zheng Zeguang
• The Rwandan Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Zac Nsenga
• The Philippines Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Albert del Rosario
• Israeli Consul General Ehud Danoch.

2004 - 2005 Press Articles

Las Vegas Sun, September, 2005

Dutch Ambassador discusses effects of global terrorism
Las Vegas Sun, June, 2005

Questioning our Feith
Las Vegas CityLife, April, 2005

Rumsfeld adviser describes successes of current wars
Las Vegas Sun, March, 2005

Editorial: 'Driving farmers off their land'
Las Vegas Review-Journal, December, 2004

Official: Technology will secure borders
Las Vegas Review-Journal, December, 2004

Illegal alien curbs to affect labor
Las Vegas Sun, December, 2004

Manga bridges U.S., Japan cultural gap
Las Vegas Sun, November, 2004

Berkley Only Incumbent to Attend UNLV Debate
Las Vegas Sun, October, 2004

World Affairs delving into Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun, June, 2004