FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF IRELAND TO DELIVER LECTURE AT KHAZANAH GLOBAL LECTURES

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 (Bernama) -- The first woman president of Ireland, Mary
Robinson, will be the guest speaker at the ninth installation of the Khazanah
Global Lectures (KGL), to be held here on Feb 10.

Robinson, who is also former United Nations high commissioner for human
rights, will deliver a speech titled "Sharing the Unequal Burdens of Global
Warming - Climate Justice and Our Global Responsibility."

"We are indeed privileged to host Robinson, a former head of state who has
been credited for many social reforms in Ireland and spent most of her life as a
human rights advocate," Khazanah Research and Investment Strategy executive
director Dr Nungsari Ahmad Radhi said.

Robinson is to join several past and present heads of state and influential
global leaders who have shared their thoughts, beliefs and ideas at the annual
lecture series.

India's Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh spoke at the KGL in 2010, while
other past speakers include Sir John Bond, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Dr A.P.J.
Abdul Kalam, Carlos Ghosn, Prof Joseph E. Stiglitz, Kofi Annan and Prof Muhammad
Yunus.

During her two-day visit to Malaysia, Robinson will also take part in a
Chief Executive Officer Roundtable forum and meet with representatives from
various non-governmental and civil organisations including the Malaysian Bar
Council.

Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and wife, Rosmah
Mansor, are scheduled to attend the event which will be broadcast live via video
conferencing to seven institutions of higher learning.

The institutions are Universiti Malaya, Universiti Sains Malaysia,
Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Universiti Tenaga
Nasional, Universiti Malaysia Sabah and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.

-- BERNAMA