Strategy: Towards a Multipolar
World
First Session
Moderator:
Sir David Frost, Writer, TV Journalist, "Paradine
Productions" UK
Speakers: (5 to 7 minutes each)
H.E. Alain Juppe, Former Prime Minister France
H.E. Douglas Hurd, Former Foreign Minister- UK.
Claus Schwab, CEO, World Economic Forum - Switzerland
H.E. Gordon England, former US Deputy Defence Secretary
Shashi Tharoor, official candidate of India for the Office
of UN Secretary General (2006) - India
Discussion Topics:
- Towards a Multi-polar world.
- The political and economic Challenges of Reshaping Global
Co-operation
- Sharing of global influence, or creating of a society of
justice for all.
- Arab polar position in the geography of a multi-polar
world.
- Relations between the polar groups and building of
alliances.
- Vision of the future role of the United Nations and its
institutions in a multi-polar world.
Moderator:
- H.E. Ambassador Wendy Chamberlain, Director, Middle East
Institute Washington
Speakers:
(5 to 7 minutes each)
- Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Director, Ditchley Foundation- UK
- Pascal Boniface, Director Institute for International and
Strategic Relations (IRIS)- France
- Dr. Farid Zakariya, CNN Global Public Space USA
- Mr. Jack Rosen, President, World Jewish Council New York
Discussion Topics:
- Necessary infrastructure for Democracy in the Arab world.
- Experiences of Democracy in the five continents and the
Arab world.
- Hypotheses of power system or the hypotheses of
conviction?
- Finance and institution, and Role of International
Organizations.
- Relationship between War and Peace issues, and Democracy.
- Issues of Human Security and Correlation between Economy,
Security and Politics.
11:00-11:15
Break
11:15-13:00
Al-Dafna 1
MEDIA
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Transcontinental Media : Towards a more open and effective
Space
Moderator:
- Richard Gizbert, "The Listening Post", Aljazeera English
QATAR
Speakers:
(5 to 7 minutes each)
- M.s Patricia Lancaster, U K.
- Dr. Liqaa Makki, Al-Jazeera Net Qatar
- Youssef Seddik, Writer - France
- Mike Medavoy, CEO, Phoenix Pictures USA
- Ms Louise Blouin, "Louise Blouin Foundation" USA
- Dr. James J. Zogby, President, Arab-American Institute
USA
Discussion Topics:
- Objectivity image or enhancing of interests?
- Means of achieving dominance or for the development and
progress?
- Interactive public with satellite channels.
- Tyrannical regimes and conformation with satellite
channels.
- Insure freedom of information amid media wars.
Speakers:
(5 to 7 minutes each)
- H.E Yousef Hussain Kamal, Minister of Economy and Finance
- Qatar
- H.E. Lord David Howell, House of Lords Deputy Leader - UK
- Jagdish Paghoti, University of Colombia - New York
- H.E. Jorge Matolitchi, former Economy Minister & Director
of Economic Development Institute Hungary
Discussion Topics:
- States role in the organization of the national economy
in the light of the financial market crisis.
- Can the Arab revenue oriented economy be turned into a
global economy?
- The role of the national economy and the private sector in
the global financial crisis.
- The reorganization of financing and governing laws.
16:30-17:00
Break
17:00-19:00
Al-Dafna 1
Development
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Visions on Development Projects on the International Level
Moderator:
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Speakers:
(5 to 7 minutes each)
- H.E. Ms Laura Olga Condjout, Minister of Communication &
Information Gabon
- H.E. Ms Fadela Amara, State Secretary for Housing & Urban
Policy - France
- Marwan Al-Muasher, World bank.
- Jeffry Sax, University of Colombia- New York.
- Penny Lawrence, Director of Oxfam International programs
UK
- H.E. Ambassador Richard Williamson, former US President
Special Envoy
- Mr. Gilles Catoire, Mayor of Clichy Lagarenne - France
Discussion Topics:
- Which development projects are more effective: large or
small?
- International Development Projects between reform of
infrastructure and alleviating poverty.
- Development in Latin America, Asia and China: Lessons for
the Arab World.
- Economic development in the west, Is it applicable in
other parts of the world?
- Reasons of success and failure in the Arab Development
experiences.
19:00
Dinner (Ryan Foyer)
Tuesday, 5th May
2009
Time / Hall
Events
09:00-11:00
Al-Dafna 1
FREE TRADE
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Free Trade: Between enthusiasm and hesitation
Moderator:
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Speakers:
(5 to 7 minutes each)
- H.E Sheikh Mohamed Bin Ahmad Al-Thani, former Minister of
Economy, Qatar
- Martin Khor, Executive Director, South Center Geneva
- Mr. Maurice Leroy, MP & President, French-Qatari
Friendship Society - France
- Bobby Shriver, President, Red & City Councilman USA
- Mr. Luis Carlos Villegas, President, National Business
Association - Colombia
Discussion Topics:
- Free Trade Agreement: The pros and cons of accession to
FTA.
- The impact of application of global trade agreements on
the Arab countries.
- What the Arabs want from free trade agreements.
- The future of trade in light of the financial crisis.
11:00-11:15
Break
11:15-13:00
Al-Dafna 1
HUMAN RIGHTS
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Repercussions of the International Financial Crisis on the
Enjoyment of Human Rights
Modrator:
- Dr.Ali bin Sumaikh Al-Marri, President of the National
Committee for Human Rights - Qatar
Speakers:
(5 to 7 minutes each)
- Dr. Saad-el-Din Ibrahim, Director, Ibn Khaldoun Center
- Mr. Chris Doyle, Director, Council for Arab-British
Understanding UK
- Mr. Manuel Valls, MP & Mayor of Yvri - France
- Abdul Hameed Al-Jamri, Chairman, Immigrant Laborers
Protection Committee Geneva
- Ms Yasmine Motamedi, Director, Middle East Region Affairs,
American Chamber of Commerce USA
Discussion Topics:
- International and National Reports, and the Truth.
- Progress and Regress in light of a Multi-polar World.
- Economic and Social Rights: Context and Mechanism
- Immigrant Laborers in the shadow of the current Economic
Crisis
- International Specialized Agencies confronting the
Economic Crisis: ILO as a "model"
- Implications of the Financial Crisis on the achievements
of the Millennium Development Goals
- World Trade Organization and Human Rights
Moderator:
- Malik Dahlan, Principal of Quraysh Institution for Law &
Policy UK
Speakers:
(5 to 7 minutes each)
- H.E. Ambassador Edward Ghnem, Prof. of International
Relations, George Washington University
- Dr. Shabir Cheema, Director, Asia & Pacific Ocean
Initiative USA
- Prof. Miriam D. Santiago, Senator and Chair, Committee on
Foreign Relations, Senate of the Philippines, Philippines
- Jorge Alvarez Fuentes, Mexico Ambassador to Lebanon.
- Saad Jabbar, Lawyer U.K
Discussion Topics:
- International Responsibility and the Rule of law.
- The International Law and Authoritarian Regimes.
- Principle of Responsibility in International Protection (
the Millennium Document 2005 )/ ( Report of the Secretary
General 2009 ) Governance in the 21st Century.
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