Bulgarian Ambassador Philip Dimitrov and SIPA students commemorate International Education Week.

Philip Dimitrov, Bulgarian ambassador to the United States, and H.E. Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti, ambassador of Indonesia to the United States, talked with students and professors around campus last week as part of the United States Department of Education's International Education Week.

At a Nov. 17th breakfast sponsored by the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business, Bulgarian Ambassador Dimitrov talked with students about Eastern Europe's transition to democracy. Friday afternoon, Indonesian Ambassador Kuntjoro-Jakti spoke at the East Asian Institute at SIPA about Indonesia's expanding role in the world economy and the country's expectations for its first democratically-elected government.

Lisa Anderson, dean of SIPA, and Philip Dimitrov, Bulgarian ambassador to the United States.

"The younger and older generations need to work together to find what is going to be the new formula of Indonesia," Kuntjoro-Jakti said. "To be sure no one wants to go back to centralization and authoritarianism."

Launched last April by President Clinton, International Education Week is designed to stress the importance of studying abroad, learning a foreign language and understanding the rapidly changing face of globalization. In a proclamation declaring November 13 through November 17 as International Education week, Clinton said, "Today we live in a global community, where all countries must work as partners to promote peace and prosperity and to resolve international problems. One of the surest ways to develop and strengthen such partnerships is through international education programs."