PEACE ORATION      2025

A FREE Invitation to the 2025 Peace Oration

Each year, the Rotary Club of West Wollongong organises a Peace Oration, a FREE event for Rotarians and the General Public.

This year's oration will be presented by Dr Glenn Kolomeitz on the topic:

Taming the Bear: Peace in Ukraine at What Price?

The presentation will the held at:

The Builders Club
The Loft Function Room
61 Church Street, Wollongong, NSW, 2500
Wed 26 March 2025
6:00PM until 07:30PM
 

As a humanitarian organisation, peace is a cornerstone of Rotary's mission. We believe when people work to create peace in their communities, that change can have a global effect.

Rotary helps create environments where peace can happen.

To Register, please see the Registration Information at the bottom of this flyer.

Special Guest Presentation
Guest Speaker
Dr Glenn Kolomeitz
 
Topic
Taming the Bear:
Peace in Ukraine at What Price?
Synopsis
On 24th February 2022, in a flagrant violation of the obligations imposed on States by the United Nations Charter and the norms of European security, Russian armour and ground forces rolled into Ukraine from Belarus whilst Russian missiles struck targets across Ukraine. This was not the first time this decade that Russia has violated Ukraine’s territorial sovereignty. In February 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “little green men” – Russian special forces without identifying insignia – began Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. In the following months, that incursion would spill over into the Donbas region of Ukraine, fomenting a war in the guise of a separatist uprising. That marked the start of what Ukrainians call “the great war”.......
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Registration Information
 
Scan the QR Code or Click the Register Link Below
 
If you are Rotary Member, use the 'Members' registration link otherwise, use the 'Guests' registration link.
You will receive a registration confirmation email upon successful registration.
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