Provisional  Programme

International Conference on a Culture of Peace

Madrid 11-13 December 2000



King Juan Carlos University - C/ Tulipán S/N; Mostoles - Madrid


provisional PROGRAMme 

11 December 2000

14h00
Arrival of Participants and Distribution of Credentials at the King Juan Carlos University

15h30
Principal Panel: Reflections and proposals concerning the greatest challenges of the 21st century.

MODERATOR: Federico Mayor Zaragoza, President, Fundation for a Culture of Peace
REPORTER: Carlos Tünnerman

§        José María Álvarez del Manzano, Mayor of Madrid.
§        José Antonio Ardanza, Former;  "Lehendakari"; (president of the Basque autonomous government).
§        Óscar Arias, Nobel Peace Prize, Foundation for Peace and Development, Costa Rica.
§        Emma Bonino, Member of the Euorpean Parliament, Italy.
§        Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations Organization, Egypt
§        Juan Luis Cebrián, Executive Board Member, Grupo Prisa, Spain.
§        Joan Clos, Mayor of Barcelona.
§        Ricardo Díaz Hochleitner, President, Club of Rome, Spain.
§        Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former President of Iceland.
§        Mijaíl Gorbachov, Nobel Peace Prize, Russian Federation.
§        Her Royal Highness Maria Teresa of Luxembourg
§        Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Nobel Peace Prize, Foundation Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemala.
§        Javier Pérez de Cuellar, former Secretary-General of the United Nations Organization, Peru
§        Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize, Sercicio Paz y Justicia, Argentina.
§        Sarturnino de la Plaza, President of the Board of University Chairmen, Spain.
§        Alberto Ruiz Gallardón, President of the Autonomous Region of Madrid.
§        Wole Soyinka, Nobel Prize in Literature
§        Gustavo Villapalos, Secretary of Education, Autonomous Region of Madrid.
§        Alain Touraine, Centre d''analyse et intervention sociologique, Paris, France..



17h15

Break


17.30

Opening Ceremony
Presided by Their Majesties the King and Queen
Speakers:
§                The Rector of the King Juan Carlos University
§                Mr. Alberto Ruiz Gallardon
§                Mr. Federico Mayor, President of the Foundation for a Culture of Peace

18h15
Coffee break

19h00
Continuation of the Principal Panel

20h15
Transportation to Hotel Meliá Castilla

21.00
Reception-Buffet Hotel Meliá Castilla


12 December 2000
Morning Session

9.30

First Panel: A New Social Contract. Introduction

Moderator: Mario Soares, President, Mario Soares Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal

Reporters: 
Jorge Nieto, International Centre for Democratic Culture, Mexico.
Rene Zapata, Programme Director, Office of Budgets and Planning, UNESCO, Paris

PARTICIPANTS
Speakers 
§        Cora Weiss, President, The Hague Appeal for Peace
§        Attiya Innayatullah, International Planned Parenthood Federation, Pakistan.
§        Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, European Parliament, United Kingdom.
§        Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize, Organisation for Peace and Justice, Argentina.
§        Mitchell Gold, Vice President, International Association of Educators for World Peace, Canada.
Debate:
§        Michel Van Walt, Peace Action Programme, lThe Netherlands.
§        General Miguel Alonso Baquer, Ministry of Defence, Spain

11.00
Break 
11.00
Open Debate

13.00/ 14.00
Lunch
Afternoon Session
15h00
Second Panel: A New Cultural Contract
Introduction
Moderator: Javier Perez de Cuellar, Former Secretary General of the United Nations

Reporters:
Rene Zapata, Programme Director, Office of Budgets and Planning, UNESCO, Paris

Mariano Aguirre, Centre of Research for Peace, Spain.
PARTICIPANTS
Speakers: 
§        Wole Soyinka, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nigeria.
§        Guillermo Yepes, International Institute Jacques Maritain, Centre for Studies and Research, Italy
§        Gertrude O. Mongella, Advocacy for Women in Africa, Zanzibar
§        Rigoberta Menchu, Nobel Peace Prize, Rigoberta Menchu Foundation, Guatemala
§        Anwarul Karim Chowdury, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Bangladesh at the United Nations

Debate

§        Doudou Diène, Director, Department for Intercultural Dialogue and Pluralism for a Culture of Peace, UNESCO, Senegal.
§        Jose Antonio Abreu, National Network of Youth and Childrens Orchestras, Venezuela
§        Lourdes Arizpe, Regional Centre for Multidisciplinary Research, Mexico
§        Carmen Ramia, Director, Ateneo de Caracas, Venezuela.

16.30
Break 
17.00
18.30

Open Debate


13 December 2000


Morning Session

9.30
Third Panel: A New Contract for Nature and the Environment
Introduction
Moderator: Maurice Strong, President, United Nations Peace University, Costa Rica.

Reporter: Gisbert Glaser, UNESCO, Office for the Coordination of the Environmental Programme, France.
PARTICIPANTS
Speakers: 
§        Albert Sasson, former Assistant Director General, UNESCO, Morocco.
§        Fernando Sanchez Albavera, Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (CEPAL), Peru.
§        Julio Rodriguez Villanueva, Vice-president of the Scientific Board, Foundation Ramón Areces, Madrid.
§        Francisco Diaz Pineda, Professor of Ecology, School of Biology, Universidad Complutense, Spain.
§        Francine Cousteau, J.Y. Cousteau Foundation, France.

11.00
Break 
11.30
13.00
Open Debate

Afternoon Session

15.00
Fourth Panel: A New Moral Contract
Moderator: Vigdis Finnbogadottir, Former President, Icelanad.
Reporter: Januzs Symonides, Director, Human Rights Centre, Poland.

PARTICIPANTS
Speakers: 
§        Hector Gross-Espiell, Ex Foreign Secretary, Uruguay.
§        Pierre Sané, Secretary General, Amnesty International
§        Francisco Jose Alonso Rodriguez
§        Felix Marti, UNESCO Centre of Catalonia, Barcelona
§        Kim Phuc Phan Ti, UNESCO Good Will Ambassador, Kim Phuc Foundation, Canada
§        Richard Ardnt, The Louis Roth Endowment, USA

Debate

§        John Taylor, World Conference on Religion and Peace, Switzerland.
§        Alvaro Bendaña, Center of International Studies, Nicaragua

16.30
Break 
17.00
Open Debate
18.30

Closing Ceremony: The Madrid Declaration 

Organization Committee


Federico Mayor Zaragoza, President, Foundation for a Culture of Peace
Gustavo Villapalos, Secretary of Education, Autonomous Region of Madrid
Guillermo Calleja, Chancellor, University Rey Juan Carlos
Anaisabel Prera, Director, Foundation for a Culture of Peace
Rafael Ansón, Member of the Board, Foundation for a Culture of Peace


for details contact: 
Foundation For a Culture of Peace
C/Velazquez, 14 - 3 0 D
28001 Madrid  - Espana
Tel: 91 426 1555
Fax 91 431-6387

Attention:  Isabel Montes