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The 51st Annual DPI/NGO Conference
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS:
FROM WORDS TO DEEDS
(The programme is subject to change)
Monday, 14 September 1998
8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Registration, Public Lobby, General Assembly Building, United Nations (46th Street and First Avenue, New York)
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Opening session
General Assembly Hall
Introduction
Kensaku Hogen, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information
Addresses
Didier Opertti Badán, President of the 53rd session of the United Nations General Assembly
Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Video Message
Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Keynote Address
Suzanne Mubarak, First Lady of Egypt
Keynote Address
Nafis Sadik, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund
Introduction NGO/DPI Committee
Elaine Valdov, Chair, NGO/DPI Executive Committee
Claretta Nesbitt, Chair, NGO/DPI Conference Planning Committee
12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
Lunchtime Workshops
Monday, 14 September 1998
3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Afternoon Session
Conference Room 4
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
OVERVIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
Moderator
Robert Van Lierop, Former Permanent Representative of Vanuatu to the UN
Panellists
Elizabeth Evatt, Member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee
Gerald Le Melle, Deputy Executive Director, Amnesty International USA
Stephen Lewis, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF
Elsa Stamatopoulou-Robbins, Deputy to the Director, New York Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
William vanden Heuvel, President, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Foundation
Questions from the Floor
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
THE UNIVERSALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Moderator
Engelbert Theuermann, Councellor, Permanent Mission of Austria to the UN
Panellists
Yasushi Akashi, Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Barbara Crossette, UN Bureau Chief, The New York Times
Shashi Tharoor, Director of Communications, Executive Office of the Secretary-General, UN
Joanna Weschler, Main Representative of Human Rights Watch at the UN
Questions from the Floor
Tuesday, 15 September 1998
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Morning Session
IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Conference Room 4
10:00 a.m. -11:30 a.m.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?
Moderator
Ingeborg Kaul, Director, Office of Development and Studies, United Nations Development Programme
Panellists
Legwaila Joseph Legwaila, Permanent Representative of Botswana to the UN
John Sewell, President, Overseas Development Council
Alfredo Sfeir-Younis, Special Representative of the World Bank to the UN
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Executive Director, Tebtebba Foundation
Questions from the Floor
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
CROSS-BORDER ISSUES
Moderator
Edward Mortimer, Chief, Speech Writing Unit, Executive Office of the Secretary-General, UN
Panellists
Franklyn Lisk, Director, International Labour Organization Liaison Office to the UN
Richard Mollica, Director, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma
Hnin Hnin Pyne, doctoral candidate, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
Katie Quan, Labor Policy Specialist, Center for Labor Research and Education, Institute of Industrial Relations at the University of California at Berkely
Volodymyr Yelchenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN
Questions from the Floor
1:00-3:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
Lunchtime Workshops
Tuesday, 15 September 1998
3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Afternoon Session
IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Conference Room 4
3:00 p.m. -4:30 p.m.
HEALTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Moderator
Nitin Desai, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, UN
Panellists
George Alleyne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Tonya Gonnella Frichner, President, American Indian Law Alliance
Mervat Tallawy, Minister of Welfare and Social Affairs
Questions from the Floor
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
INSTITUTION-BUILDING: STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY TO ENSURE HUMAN RIGHTS
Moderator
Catherine Fitzpatrick, Executive Director, International League for Human Rights
Panellists
Olafs Brüvers, Director, National Human Rights Office of the Republic of Latvia
Hans Corell, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, UN
Tuvako Manongi, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the United Republic of Tanzania to the UN
William Means, President of the Board, International Indian Treaty Council
Questions from the Floor
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
RECEPTION ORGANIZED BY THE NGO/DPI EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. VENUE: THE DELEGATES DINING ROOM , UNITED NATIONS
Wednesday, 16 September 1998
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Morning Session
HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEACE
Conference Room 4
10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN THE PREVENTION OF CONFLICTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
Moderator
Peter Weiss, Vice President, Center for Constitutional Rights
Panellists
Lucia Newman, CNN Bureau Chief, Havana
Olara Otunnu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict, UN
Muhamed Sacirbey, Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the UN
Joelle Tanguy, Executive Director, Doctors Without Borders USA
Questions from the Floor
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
POST-CONFLICT ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN ENSURING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Moderator
Gerhard O.W. Mueller, Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
Panellists
Ilene Cohn, Visiting Fellow, Human Right Program, Harvard University Law School
Carlos Enrique García González, Counsellor and Alternate Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the UN
Robert Schwartz, Founder and Trustee, Economists Allied for Arms Reduction
Sergio Vieira de Mello, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, UN
Questions from the Floor
1:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
Lunchtime Workshops
Wednesday, 16 September 1998
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Afternoon Session
Conference Room 4
HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION
Moderator
Nina Sibal, Director, New York Liaison Office, UNESCO
Panellists
Lewis Bernstein, Project Director and Executive Producer, Israeli-Palestinian Series on the Children=s Television Network
Anne Nelson, Professor and Director of the International Program, Columbia University School of Journalism
Marjatta Rasi, Permanent Representative of Finland to the UN
Nasila Rembe, Professor and Director of the Human Rights Resource and Documentation Center, University of Fort Hare, South Africa
Questions from the Floor
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Closing Session
Conference Room 4
Moderator
Kensaku Hogen, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, UN
Speakers
Graça Machel, President, Fundação Para O Desenvolvimento da Comunidade, First Lady of South Africa
James Gustave Speth, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme
Danielle Mitterrand, Founder of AFrance Libertés@
Julia Ormond, Actress
Concluding Remarks
Louise Fréchette, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
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