<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Univers 45 Light'; color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">Antarctica 2009: A Continent in a State of Alert</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; "> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Univers 45 Light'; color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco</span></font></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Univers 45 Light'; color: black; ">Tuesday, April 13<sup>th</sup></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Univers 45 Light'; color: black; "><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">4:00 PM</span></sup></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Univers 45 Light'; color: black; "><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=10">10-250</a></span> (77 Massachusetts Avenue)</span></sup></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">His Serene Highness, Prince Albert II of Monaco, will be featuring his film, </span></font></span><i><span style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Antarctica 2009: A Continent in a State of Alert</span></font></span></i><span style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">, and will be providing remarks about his 17-day trek to meet researchers and to learn about the scientific projects being conducted in Antarctica. His journey was facilitated in response to an invitation by the scientific community to ‘bring Antarctic Science to the public eye’, according to Jose Retamales, Director of the Chilean Polar Institute. A panel discussion and question and answer session will follow.</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "> </span></font></span></span></p><p class="Pa0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; ">About the Speaker</span></p><p class="Pa0"><span class="A1"><span style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">H.S.H. Prince Albert </span></font></span></span><span class="A1"><span style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">has travelled all over the world including visits to France, Italy, the United States, Russia, Great Britain, Germany, Japan, and China. In these countries he was received by the principal heads of State and political and economic leaders. At the same time, he receives credentials from over fifty countries which now maintain diplomatic relations with the Principality. Since May 1993, the Prince has led the Mon egasque delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations. Since the opening of the 48th Session in September 1993 in New York, His Highness has regularly taken the floor on behalf of the Principality of Monaco.</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "> </span></font></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A1"><span style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">At the 36th Plenary Assembly of the Mediterra nean Science Commission (CIESM) held in the Principality from September 2001, represen tatives of the member states unanimously elected Monaco to head the Commission. The Prince, Head of the Monegasque delegation, chairs this Commission. Created at the begin ning of the century on the initiative of Prince Albert I, the CIESM is an intergovernmental body with 23 member states, 20 of which are located along the Mediterranean coast. Its objectives are to promote multilateral interna tional research and facilitate the exchange of information, in particular between countries on the north and south sides of the Mediterra nean Sea. The CIESM cooperates with 500 specialised institutes. In October 2004, the Prince presided over the delegation of Monaco in Strasbourg for the official ceremony of acces sion of the Principality to the Council of Europe as the 46th member state of that organization.</span></font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A1"><span style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31); font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 30, 31); ">H.S.H. Prince Albert II has proved to be particularly concerned with the Principality’s economic development in a spirit of ethics and transparency. He is committed to a policy of developing facilities and conducting major works, enabling in particular the construction of a new hospital (the Princess Grace General Hospital), the creation of community facilities (hotel school, new secondary school) on “abandoned” railway tracks and the launch of many operations, accommodating social housing and offices.</span></span></span></font></span></span></p><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#221E1F"></font></div></body></html>