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50th Annual DPI/NGO Conference
Building Partnerships
Schedule of Events
The opening session will take place in the General Assembly Hall. All other meetings will take place in Conference Room 4.
NGO Dialogues will be held at lunch hour in various Conference Rooms.
8:00 a.m. Wednesday, 10 September 1997
Registration, Public Lobby, General Assembly Building, United Nations (46th Street and First Avenue, New York)
10:00 a.m. Morning Session 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
INTRODUCTION
Samir Sanbar
Assistant Secretary-General for Public Information
ADDRESS
H.E. Ambassador Razali Ismail
President of the United Nations General Assembly
ADDRESS
H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Keynote Address
Ruth Cardoso
President of the Council of Comunidade Solidaria, Brazil
Introduction
DPI/NGO Committee Elaine Valdov, Chair, DPI/NGO Executive Committee
Claudia Strauss, Chair, DPI/NGO Conference Planning Committee
12:30 - 3:00 p.m. Lunch Break
Midday Dialogues
Wednesday, 10 September 1997
Afternoon Session 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
OVERVIEW OF UN-NGO PARTNERSHIP
3:00 - 4:10 p.m. MILESTONES IN UN-NGO RELATIONSHIP
Moderator: Gillian Sorensen, Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations, Executive Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations
Panelists: Becky Cain, President, League of Women Voters
Randolph Nugent, General Secretary, The General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church
Svein Erik Odden, Secretary General, United Nations Association of Norway
Questions from the floor
4:20 - 6:00 p.m. UN-NGO PARTNERSHIP: Current Trends
Moderator: Cyril Ritchie, President, Federation of International Institutions of Geneva
Panelists: Techeste Ahderom, Principal Representative to the United Nations, Bahá'í International Community
Bo Bäckström, External Relations Department, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Ahmad Kamal, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations and Chairman of the Subgroup on NGOs, High Level Working Group on the Strengthening of the United Nations System
Andrei Kortunov, Chairman, Moscow Public Science Foundation
Tatsuro Kunugi, Professor, International Christian University, Toyko
Questions from the floor
Thursday, 11 September 1997
Morning Session 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
NETWORKS IN ACTION: Innovative Partnerships
10:00- 11:15 a.m. COMMUNICATIONS ASPECTS
OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Moderator: Charlotte Bunch, Executive Director, Women's Global Leadership
Panelists: Kazimira-Danuté Prunskiené, Chairperson, Lithuanian Women's Party
Rebeca Rios-Kohn, Senior Programme Officer, Child Rights, Office of UN Affairs and External Relations, UNICEF
Leonard Sussman, Senior Scholar in International Communications, Freedom House
Joanna Weschler, Main Representative to the UN, Human Rights Watch
Questions from the Floor
11:15 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. COOPERATING FOR DEVELOPMENT
Moderator: Reinhart Helmke, Executive Director, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
Panelists: Hassan Ba, Secretary-General, Synergies Africa
Catherine Ann Bertini, Executive Director, World Food Program
Fabiola Fuentes Orellana, Consul General of Guatemala in New York
Naresh Singh, Senior Advisor, Poverty and Sustainable Livelihoods, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Questions from the Floor
1:00-3:00 p.m. Lunch Break
Midday Dialogues
Thursday, 11 September 1997
Afternoon Session 3:00 - 5:45 p.m.
EMPHASIS ON COMMUNICATIONS:
Technology Leading to Partnerships
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. PARTNERING IN CYBER-SPACE
Moderator: Zehra Aydin-Sipos, Focal Point for Major Groups in the Division for Sustainable Development, United Nations
Panelists: Carlos Afonso, Chairman of the Board, Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
John Pavlik, Professor and Director, Center for New Media, Columbia University School of Journalism
Omar Wasow, Founder, New York Online
Questions from the floor
4:00 - 5:15 P.M. GLOBAL INFORMATION FLOW
Moderator: Raghida Dergham, President, United Nations Correspondents Association; United Nations Correspondent, Al-Hayat
Panelists: Alvin Adams, President, United Nations Association of the USA
Roberto Bissio, Director, Third World Institute
Barbara Crossette, UN Correspondent, New York Times
James Ottaway, Senior Vice President, Dow Jones; Chairman, Ottaway Newspaper, Inc.
Carlo Sartori, Director, Media Services, RAI
Questions from the floor
6:00 p.m. RECEPTION ORGANIZED BY THE
DPI/NGO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
VENUE: THE DELEGATES DINING ROOM, ON THE 4TH FLOOR OF THE SECRETARIAT BUILDING (tickets $40)
Friday, 12 September 1997
Morning Session 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. MODELS FOR NEW PARTNERSHIPS
Moderator: Dianne Otto, Lecturer in International and Criminal Law, University of Melbourne
Panelists: Susan Berresford, President, Ford Foundation
Andrea Carmen, Executive Director, International Indian
Treaty Council
Clifford Dochterman, Chairman, The Rotary Foundation Trustees
Pedro Huerta, President, AIESEC International
Conrad Kottak, Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan; Consultant to the World Bank
Questions from the Floor
12:00-1:00 p.m. WORKING WITH NGOs:
New Approaches to Operational Activities
Chair: Leona Forman, Chief, NGO Section, Department of Public Information, UN
Speakers: John Clark, Chief, NGO Unit, World Bank
Sonam Yangchen, Manager, Civil Society Organization and Participation Programme, UNDP
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Lunch Break
Midday Dialogues
Friday, 12 September 1997
Afternoon Session 3:00 - 5:30 p.m
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
3:00 - 4:00 p.m WORKING FOR PEACE
Moderator: Cora Weiss, Vice President, International Peace Bureau
Panelists: Ingeborg Breines, Director of "Women and a Culture of Peace" Section, UNESCO
Claudia Fritsche, Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations
Questions from the Floor
4:00 - 5:30 p.m. NGOs AND CIVIL SOCIETY: New Trends
Chair: Claudia Strauss, Chair, DPI/NGO Planning Committee
Speakers: Young Seek Choue, President, GCS International
Maxine Greene, Emerita and Adjunct Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University
Clovis Maksoud, Director, Center for the Global South at American University
José Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Sir Brian Urquhart, former United Nations Under Secretary-General
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