Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University invited the President of the United Nations Association of Singapore (UNAS) to be a Guest Speaker to a cohort of international students from around the world on the topic of leadership in the 21^st century on Thurs, 25 July 2019 on NTU campus. 

According to Senior Professor James Lim Yong Hwee from the Faculty of Organizational Behaviour Division of Leadership Management and Organisation Nanyang Business School NTU, UNAS has always been well-known in promoting peace, cooperation, social progress and better standards of life among young people in this country.

Through the talk, he felt that this cohort of international students will get an opportunity to learn 1) about the work that UNAS does, 2) how UNAS helps to promote cooperation, social progress and better standards of life and 3) how exercising effective leadership in the 21^st century could translate to achieving cooperation, social progress and better standards of life in the world.   

Ensuring the talk would be more interesting and interactive for the international students President Alexander Charles Louis was accompanied by other officials from UNAS namely, Secretary General Teo Wee Leong, Hon Treasurer Anastasia Setyadi, Assistant Secretary General Irene Arieputri and Director Valencia Yeo Hui Ying.  

Senior Professor James Lim Yong Hwee’s evaluation of the talk is best summed up in his message conveyed via email to the President of UNAS in which he writes and I quote:

“Dear Alex,

Thank you for taking the time out in speaking at NTU last week.  Everyone in the program wants me to express appreciation to you and your team at UNAS for the engaging presentation.

Your years of experience in leading the many difficult humanitarian projects and your ability to present the subject (with the involvement of your team at UNAS) in such an engaging way produced one of the most memorable lectures in our module.

I personally appreciated not only the talk but also the effort and time from everyone at UNAS.   I know every student in our module had benefited greatly from the presentation.

Thank you so much once again for everything.  Please help me to relay my appreciation to all at UNAS.

Sincerely,

James”

In his reply, President of UNAS acknowledged and thanked Professor James for the very kind words.  “On behalf of my fellow directors,” he added, “we are very pleased to note of the positive response and overwhelming sentiments echoed by everyone in the program. 

My fellow directors in UNAS who accompanied me, Wee Leong, Anastasia, Irene and Valencia each played an instrumental role to ensure the success of this engaging lecture. Their commitment to volunteerism and their exemplary team spirit inspires me and others alike in UNAS. 

I owe it to them for the tremendous impact the lecture had on the students. I will certainly relay your appreciation to all in UNAS. On behalf of UNAS I would like to thank you for inviting us to participate and be a part of your program. We look forward to future collaborations.”.

Reported by: Ms Valencia Yeo Hui Ying

Director United Nations Association of Singapore