Inaugural Ceremony Inter-American Peace Forum
Tuesday September 23, 2008
Hall of the Americas, OAS Washington, D.C.
10:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks by OAS Secretary General His Excellency José Miguel Insulza Remarks by Nobel Peace Laureate The Honorable Oscar Arias Sánchez, President of Costa Rica First Seminar of the Inter-American Peace Forum
3:00 p.m. Remarks by OAS Assistant Secretary General Ambassador Albert Ramdin
Panel No. 1 “Types and Potential of Conflicts” Presentation: Sir Marrack Goulding, former Under Secretary General, United Nations Commentators: Ana Maria Romero de Campero, Executive Director, “Unir” Foundation, Bolivia Ambassador Álvaro Tirado Mejía, Former President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Ivelaw Griffith, Provost, Senior Vice President, York College Moderator: Victor Rico, Director, Department of Democratic Sustainability and Special Missions
Panel No. 2 “What is Peace in the Americas in the XXI Century? Towards a New Hemispheric Peace Agenda.” Presentation: Dante Caputo, OAS Secretary for Political Affairs Commentators: Ambassador Aristides Royo, Permanent Representative of Panama to the OAS Rosario Green, Chairwoman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mexico Carrie Menkel Meadow, Jr. Professor of Dispute Resolution and Civil Procedure, Georgetown Law A.B. Moderator: Alexandre Addor-Neto, Secretary for Multidimensional Security Closing Remarks: Ambassador Gustavo Albin, Chairman of the Committee on Hemispheric Security and PermanenRepresentative of Mexico
5:30 p.m. Cultural Event and Reception
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