“The United Nations Today and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (the Global Goals)”
Mel Boynton
Speaker – Mel Boynton, Past President of the Pomona Valley United Nations Association –
For over 70 years the United Nations has been successful in its primary goal, to prevent another world war. In the same time, many other responsibilities have been added: human rights, feeding the hungry, addressing climate change, assisting refugees, women’s rights, and more. Since 2000, the 193 member countries have looked forward with the millennium goals and now the 2015 global goals to address poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, and peace and justice for all.
Mel Boynton is the immediate past president of the University Club and has a master’s degree in economics from Cornell University. He has been active in the local, regional and national United Nations Association of the United States of America since 2014. Mel was a state regulator and technology executive in Minnesota before retiring to California in 2003. He is a USMC veteran and has traveled to over 35 countries.
Introduction: Art Sutton
Fellowship: Bob Knell
Greeter: Anne Sonner