Contact: Marilyn O'Leary, 277-7809 Media Contact: Laurie Mellas Ramirez, 277-5915

Oct. 29, 2003 MEXICAN AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS BORDER WATER ISSUES Alberto Szekely, Mexican ambassador for border resources issues, will discuss, "U.S./Mexico Water Issues: What the Future Holds in Store," on Thursday, Nov. 6, at 12:15 p.m. at the University of New Mexico School of Law, Bratton Hall, rm. 2401. The ambassador's free talk is the third in four-part distinguished speaker series featuring water resources experts and policy makers discussing critical issues in water resources management in New Mexico. The School of Law's Utton Transboundary Resources Center and UNM Water Resources Program sponsor the series. Szekely, who attended Tufts and Harvard Universities and earned his Ph.D. from the University of London, College of Laws, will focus on water agreements between the U.S. and Mexico and the water supply along the border. A career ambassador, he has served with the Mexico Foreign Service since 1986. Szekely gives guest lectures on international law and conducts a private international legal consulting business from Mexico City specializing in international environmental law, the law of the sea and transboundary resources issues including environmental zoning and land use planning. For more information, call the Utton Transboundary Resources Center, 277-7809. ###

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