Conference Speeches

Please click the highlighted names below to see the speeches available online (pdf.file).

Monday, 8 September, 2003

Opening Session:
Louise Fréchette, Deputy Secretary-General of the the United Nations

Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information of the United Nations

Jan Kavan, President of the Fifty-seventh Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Chair, High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on United Nations-Civil Society Relations

Joan Levy, Chair, NGO/DPI Executive Committee

Renate Bloem, President, Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UnitedNations (CONGO)

Fannie Munlin, Chair, 56th Annual DPI/NGO Conference

Afternoon Session
Joerg Bose, Director, William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology

Anwarul Chowdhury, High Representative of the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States, United Nations

Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Cape Town; Adjunct Professor, Unilever Ethics Center, Natal University, South Africa

Nila Kapor-Stanulovic, Professor of Human Development and Mental Health, University of Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro

Afaf Mahfouz, Chair, Committee on the United Nations, International Psychoanalytical Association

Tuesday, 9 September, 2003

Morning Session
Anuradha Chenoy, Professor, Centre for Russian, Central Asian and European Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Margaret Dabor, Commissioner, National Commission for Democracy and Human Rights, Sierra Leone

Judy Gaspard, Principal, Grand Caillou Middle School, Louisiana

Olivia Martin, Network Integrator, Brazil Office, Global Youth Action Network

Elton Skendaj, National Coordinator, “Peace and Disarmament Education to Disarm Children and Youth” Project in Albania

Afternoon Session
Nasrine Gross, United States Representative, Negar-Support of Women of Afghanistan

Dumisani Kumalo, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations

Ole Henrik Magga, Chairman, Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, United Nations

Olga Smyrnova, Focal Point for Youth, United Nations, Ukraine

Wednesday, 10 September 2003

Morning Session
Jocelyn Dow, Executive Director, Liana Cane Interiors; Executive Director, Red Thread, Guyana

Meryem Essafi, Producer, Environmental Problems, Moroccan Radio Television (RTM)

Ashok Khosla, President, Development Alternatives Group, India

Hune Margulies, Executive Director, Community Development Partners for the Americas

Roland Wiederkehr, Member, Swiss Parliament; Founder, Green Cross

Afternoon Session
Kingsley Moghalu, Director, Resource Mobilization and Global Partnerships, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Mary Racelis, Research Scientist, Institute of Philippine Culture, Ateneo de Manila University; Member, High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on United Nations-Civil Society Relations

Jeffrey Sachs, Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals; Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Closing Session
Paul Hoeffel, Chief, NGO Section, United Nations Department of Public Information

Sadako Ogata, Co-Chair, Commission on Human Security, United Nations

Fannie Munlin, Chair, 56th Annual DPI/NGO Conference

Accreditation
Form 2006

22-23 Feb. 2006 Annual DPI/NGO Orientation
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