Ambassador Paul Meyer, a career diplomat with Canada's Foreign Service, will discuss the United Nations as the last presentation in the "Great Discussions in Foreign Policy" sponsored by Coastal Carolina University on Saturday, Feb. 27, at 10 a.m. at the Myrtle Beach Education Center. A coffee social will precede the presentation. The event is free and open to the public.

Meyer, former permanent representative to the United Nations and the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva and the current Canadian director-general of the Security and National Intelligence Bureau, will speak on the role of the United Nations today, 70 years after its founding, and its future, given the challenges the institution faces. Topics will include peacekeeping, counterterrorism, nonproliferation and humanitarian intervention.

"Great Decisions in Foreign Policy," a monthlong series, is sponsored by CCU's Dyer Institute for Leadership and Public Policy, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) and CCU's Department of Politics. The Dyer Institute engages students in active learning opportunities where they may gain knowledge in various areas of policy research. The OLLI program offers a wide range of opportunities for older adults and noncredit students to achieve intellectual, cultural and social growth.

The Myrtle Beach Education Center is located at 900 79th Ave. N. For more information about the event, contact Jacqueline Kurlowski, coordinator of the Dyer Institute, at jamkurlow@coastal.edu or call 843-349-6952.