The 2004 International Meeting in Southern Africa Including travel to Johannesburg, South Africa, Gaborone and Chobe National Park, Botswana, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

June 2-14, 2004

(Depart the US from either JFK International Airport in New York OR Atlanta International Airport on June 2, arrive back in US on June 14)

Download Registration Form Here

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If you do not have Acrobat Reader 5.0, contact Global Exchange and we will fax you copies of all the forms.

DEADLINE EXTENDEND: APRIL 16 FINAL DAY TO REGISTER!!

Price: $3890 -- includes international airfare, all transportation in Southern Africa (3 continental flights, all accommodations in 4 and 5 star hotels, 2 meals a day, safari excursions in Chobe National Park and Victoria Falls, NBA Registration, professional guides and tour leaders to accompany you throughout)

Price does NOT include: Your US domestic ticket to either of our points of departure, visa to enter Zimbabwe ($30) tips to hotel and wait staff, lunches, personal expenses, and any airport departure taxes.

Proposed Highlights Include:

• Meeting with high governmental officials in South Africa and Botswana
• Briefing with the US Ambassador to South Africa and Botswana
• Visit to the South African Constitutional Court and meet with Justices
• Visit to the Kingdom of Bafokeng, outside of Johannesburg
• Tour of the University of Botswana and meet with head of Law Department Meeting with women lawyers, and local Botswana NGO's
• CLE's on issues including: South African AIDS Initiatives and the Law; Intellectual Property and Trade Issues; Emerging Protection of Human Rights of Women in Botswana: AIDS, Citizenship and Property Rights; and shorter panels on issues of conservation issues in Southern Africa
• Visit Botswana Craft Market and talk with local artists
• Travel to Chobe National Park, Botswana
• Travel to Victoria Falls either through Zambia or Zimbabwe

For more information on Registration for the Meeting contact: Sarah Dotlich at Global Exchange 1-800-497-1994 ext 221or call her direct line: 415-575-5523 or Email Sarah

To book your domestic ticket to either of our points of departure (JFK International Airport or Atlanta International Airport) Please contact our partnering travel agent Travel Beyond and Email Sue Rovegno or call 800-823-6063

Global Exchange is a human rights non-profit organization based in San Francisco that educates people on international issues through travel. Global Exchange began its program work in South Africa in 1990. During the last 13 years we have organized more than 25 delegations to Southern Africa and hundreds of delegations all over the world. Click here for more information about our organization.

More details about each destination: South Africa:

This April, South Africa celebrates 10 years of freedom. It was in 1994 that apartheid officially ended and the nation's hero; Nelson Mandela became the first democratically elected leader of South Africa. It's been an exciting and challenging ten years for this country that has reinvented itself. Many strides have been made and yet many challenges remain. Economic apartheid is still very much a reality in South Africa and housing and unemployment are the number one concerns. Now, AIDS hovers above all else as major crisis that the country wrestles with everyday. Finally in November 2003 President Thabo Mbeki announced the plans for a countrywide treatment program that was rolled out at the beginning of the year. This was after much criticism that he was not taking the AIDS crisis seriously and in fact was moving backwards in the struggle against the virus and its stigma. On this delegation you will discuss the AIDS pandemic from a legal standpoint. You will also visit the unique Constitutional Court and meet with some of South Africa's most renowned judges. As part of the South African portion of the tour you will also visit the Kingdom of Bafokeng, just outside of Johannesburg.

Kingdom of Bafokeng -- Click on this link for more information!

Botswana

Botswana is one of the wealthiest countries in Africa, mainly because of its large diamond mines and its small population. But despite its wealth Botswana still faces many concerns around poverty, and AIDS is the number one concern in Botswana as it has one of the largest per capita rate of infection in the world. As far as the country's legal realm, Botswana has gone through many recent changes in regards to rights of women in Botswana, especially the right of citizenship and land rights. Intellectual property rights are also a hot topic in Botswana at the moment. Both of the CLE's in Botswana will focus on these two issues -- women's rights and the law in Botswana today and intellectual property rights. You will also get a chance to meet with the US Ambassador and learn about the current issues Botswana faces today.

Botswana is also home to some of the most beautiful landscapes and rich wildlife and we will get a chance to witness it:

Chobe National Park, Botswana - Click on this link for more information!

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe:

World-famous Victoria Falls is Zimbabwe's contribution to the world's great attractions. The falls measure a whopping 1.7km (1mi) wide and drop between 90m and 107m (300-350ft) into the Zambezi Gorge. An average of 550,000 cubic metres of water plummet over the edge every minute, but during the flood stage from March to May, up to 5 million cubic metres per minute pass over the falls.

Victoria Falls town was built on tourism and has now developed into an archetypal tourist town. Fortunately, the star attraction is safely cordoned off by a real jungle of its own creation. To walk along the paths through the spray-generated rainforests that flank the gorge, you'd never suspect the existence of anything other than the monumental waterfall that's giving you such a good soaking.