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COMMENCEMENT OF THE SECOND
ANNUAL
GRADUATION CEREMONY
AT NINE IN THE MORNING ON 29TH
SEPTEMBER 2006
AT THE UC CONFERENCE CENTER,
PHNOM PENH, KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA
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UC
DISTINGUISHED
VISITING
PROFESSORS
·
Lord George
Carey, Former
Archbishop of
the Canterbury,
UC Distinguished
Visiting
Professor
·
Professor
Katherine
Marshall,
Professor at
Georgetown
University and
Former Vice
President of the
World Bank, UC
Distinguished
Professor.
Honorary
DOCTORAL Degree
Recipients IN
2006
His Excellency
SOK AN
H.E. Sok An was
born on 16 April
1950 in Kompong
village, Preah
Bat Chuan Chum
commune,
Kirivong
district, Takeo
province,
Cambodia. He
completed High
School in 1967,
and then went to
University in
Phnom Penh,
graduating with
a Bachelor's
degree in
Geography,
History and
Sociology in
1972; in the
same year, he
also received a
Senior Pedagogy
Diploma.
Thereafter, in
1974-5, he
attended the
National School
of
Administration,
where he majored
in Diplomacy.
In 1981, he was
appointed
Secretary
General of the
Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
Thereafter, in
1983, he took
the position of
Secretary
General of the
Cambodian
National Peace
Committee. In
1985, he was
nominated as
Ambassador
Extraordinary
and
Plenipotentiary
of Cambodia to
India.
Subsequently, he
was appointed
Vice Minister of
Foreign Affairs
in 1988. In
1991, he was
nominated
Director of
Cabinet of the
Central
Committee of the
Cambodian
People’s Party
and Vice
Minister of
Interior; and
also Secretary
General of the
Cambodian
People’s Party's
component of the
Supreme National
Council.
As a result of
the UNTAC
elections in
1993, he was
elected as
Member of
Parliament for
Takeo
constituency, a
post which he
has held until
the present day.
He was also
appointed as
Co-Minister in
charge of the
Office of the
Council of
Minister.
Thereafter, in
1998, he was
appointed as
Senior Minister,
and then, in
2004, as Deputy
Prime Minister.
In addition,
since 1998, he
has also served
as Minister in
charge of the
Office of the
Council of
Ministers, the
cabinet and
administrative
hub of the Royal
Government of
Cambodia.
As Chairman of
the Royal
Government of
Cambodia Task
Force for
Cooperation with
Foreign Legal
Experts and
Preparation of
the Proceedings
for the Trial of
Senior Khmer
Rouge Leaders
(established in
1999), he played
an important
role in getting
the support of
the United
Nations for
setting up the
Extraordinary
Chambers in the
Courts of
Cambodia for the
Prosecution of
Crimes Committed
during the
Period of
Democratic
Kampuchea
(established in
law by the
Cambodian
National
Assembly in 2001
for the
prosecution of
the
senior leaders
of the Khmer
Rouge regime and
those held most
responsible for
the serious
crimes committed
in the period
1975-9).
In his capacity
as
Minister in
charge of the
Office of the
Council of
Ministers,
he also heads
the
Accreditation
Committee of
Cambodia (ACC),
a body set up in
2003 with the
support of the
World Bank to
reform and
standardize
higher education
in Cambodia,
including the
introduction of
a Foundation
Year program for
all new
undergraduate
students.
H.E.
Sok An is
married with one
daughter and
four sons. In
recognition of
his public work,
he has been
conferred with
an Honorary
Doctorate in Law
from Wesleyan
College (Iowa,
USA; 1996), and
an Honorary
Doctorate in
Public
Administration
from Jeonju
University
(Korea; 2005);
as well as being
elected an
Academician in
Natural Science
in Russia
(2002).
CITATION:
H.E. Sok An
is being honored
here in
recognition of
his many
contributions to
the development
of Cambodia.
o
He has sought to
improve the lot
in life of his
constituents and
other
Cambodians.
o
He has sought to
establish and
strengthen
Cambodia's
relations with
other countries
in the region
and elsewhere.
o
He has sought to
obtain justice
for the victims
of the Khmer
Rouge era, both
for those who
died and the
survivors.
o
He has sought to
improve and
standardize the
Higher Education
System in
Cambodia,
through the work
of the ACC.
PROFESSOR
KATHERINE
MARSHALL
After completing
her
undergraduate
degree in
History at
Wellesley
College in 1967,
Katherine
Marshall did her
Master's in
Public
Administration
at the Woodrow
Wilson School of
Princeton
University,
graduating in
1969. The
following year,
she received an
MA in History
from the same
university.
She worked with
the World Bank
over the period
1971 to 2006,
where she was
actively
involved as a
'front-line
operator' to
help put
remotely-conceived
development
plans into
action. Thus,
after
assignments
working on
Eastern Africa
(1979-86) and
Latin America
(1986-90), she
served as the
Bank's Country
Director in
various African
nations,
implementing
programs in the
Sahel region
(1990-4) and
Southern Africa
(1994-6).
Subsequently, as
Director for
Social Policy
and Governance
in the East Asia
and Pacific
Region
(1997-2000), she
helped to mould
and implement
the World Bank's
initiatives to
minimize the
impact of the
East Asian
financial
crisis.
Much of her work
in these various
postings
centered on
social policy
and governance.
Thus, she dealt
with issues
related to civil
society,
including those
arising out of
preconceptions
about gender.
The consistent
thrust of her
work was the
fight against
poverty,
together with
the absolute
need to combat
the hemorrhaging
effects of
corruption on
the evolutionary
development of
afflicted
societies. As a
result, she has
been playing an
active role in
the World Bank's
efforts towards
trying to
achieve the
United Nations'
Millennium
Development
Goals (MDGs).
Reflecting her
interests and
experience, she
was appointed in
2000 by the then
president of the
World Bank,
James D.
Wolfensohn, as
Director for
Development
Dialogue on
Values and
Ethics. She thus
served as
counselor to the
president on
issues involving
ethics, values,
rights, and
faith in
development
work: this
reflects the
recent growing
realization that
development
institutions
like the World
Bank share
common goals
with religious
traditions in
the alleviation
of poverty and
its attendant
problems; and
that there is
the need for a
symbiotic
dialogue between
these two in
order to
maximize the
benefits from
their working
together
synergistically.
As part of her
remit, she was
charged with the
setting up of
the World Faiths
Development
Dialogue: a body
which seeks to
promote
networking and a
constructive
dialogue –
whilst
overcoming the
many prejudicial
barriers –
between
(secular)
development
institutions and
religious
institutions, so
that their
common goals of
reducing poverty
and human
suffering can be
best realized.
In 2006, she was
appointed a
senior advisor
at the World
Bank, and joined
the faculty of
Georgetown
University, as
both a senior
fellow at the
newly-established
Berkley Center
for Religion,
Peace and World
Affairs,
and a
Visiting
Professor in the
Department of
Government.
She has spoken
and published
extensively on
international
development,
including
Mind, Heart and
Soul in the
Fight Against
Poverty
(World Bank,
2004); and
she was a
visiting scholar
at the Harvard
Institute for
International
Development in
1997. In
addition, she
was appointed a
trustee of
Princeton
University in
2005, where she
has served on
the Advisory
Council for the
Woodrow Wilson
School. She is
also a
co-moderator of
the Fes Forum
(part of the Fes
Festival of
World Sacred
Music);
a member of the
Council of 100
(a World
Economic Forum
initiative to
promote
understanding
between the
Islamic World
and the West;
a member of the
Board of
Advisors of the
Intercultural
Dialogue and
Diplomacy
Institute of Al
Akhawayn
University,
Morocco; and a
Board member of
Pathfinder
International,
the Global Fund
for Women, the
International
Development
Ethics
Association and
various other
non-governmental
organizations.
CITATION:
Professor
Marshall
is being honored
here in
recognition of
her many
contributions to
global
development and
the promotion of
human
understanding.
Thus the
citation for an
Honorary
Doctorate in
Humanities
reads:
o
She has shown
empathy and
foresight in
trying to help
improve the
lives of the
poor in
developing
countries,
through helping
them to help
themselves.
o
She has sought
to foster links
between
developmental
institutions and
traditional
religions, and
to remove
suspicion and
misunderstanding,
so that all can
work towards
common goals.
o
She has sought
to educate and
enlighten those
in the developed
world about the
need for
concerted action
to improve
living standards
in the rest of
the world.
MR PAUL W.
HENG
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