June 2-14, 2004

NBA 2004 International Meeting in
Southern Africa
Including travel to Johannesburg, South Africa, Gaborone and Chobe National Park, Botswana, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (Depart the US on June 2, from JFK International Airport (New York City) OR Atlanta International Airport, arrive back in US on June 14)

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 US domestic airfare to either point of departure, a visa for Zimbabwe, lunches, or expenses of a personal nature.

• TO REGISTER:
  Registration >
  For information on Registration for the Meeting contact
  Sarah Dotlich at Global Exchange
  1-800-497-1994 ext 221
  415-575-5523 –Direct Line
  Email: sarah@globalexchange.org

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 for game drives
• Travel to Victoria Falls either through Zambia or Zimbabwe

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. For more information about our organization and what other projects we focus on, check our web site: http://www.globalexchange.org

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! http://www.royalbafokeng.co.za/website.html.

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! http://www.gov.bw/tourism/attractions/chobe_n.html

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

A 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 trap. 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. For something really special, time your visit to coincide with the rising of the full moon when the park stays open later to allow you to witness the magical lunar rainbow over the falls.