Programme Democratisation of the Middle East

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INTERVENANTS
Aso Agace (EN- DE- FR- KU)
M. Ali Aslan (EN- TR)
Andreas Buro
Lili Charoeva (Français)
Mirella Galletti

INTERVENANTS
Lotta Hedström
Keya Izol
Ilhan Kizilhan
Nina Larsson
Akil MARCEAU (Français)
Kendal Nezan (FR- EN)
André Poupart (FR- EN)
Khaled Salih
Pierre SERNE (Français)
Mozaffar Shafeie
Harry Schute (كوردي)
Ephrem Isa Yousef (Français)
Eva Weil (Français)

PRESSE
Nina Larsson tillbaka från Irak
Lotta Hedström
Nina Larsson är på väg till Kurdistan

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I N T E R N A T I O N A L C O N F E R E N C E
Democratisation of the Middle East
Problems & Perspectives

19-20 November 2005
Organized by : Kurdish Institute of Paris in partnership with Kurdistan Minister of Culture
Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government, Erbil - Kurdistan

sponsored by the French Ministry of Foreign Afffairs

Programme of the Conference

SATURDAY – 19 november
Presentation of the Conference by ∗ Dr. Kendal Nezan, President of the Kurdish Institute of Paris Opening Speech by ∗ Mr. Adnan Mufti, Speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly Speech of Welcome by ∗ Mr. Sami Shoresh, Minister of Culture of Kurdistan
THE QUESTION OF DEMOCRACY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Moderator : ∗ Dr. Khaled Salih, Sweden Speakers : ∗ Dr. Awat Asadi, Navend-Centre for Kurdish Studies, Germany ∗ Mr. Bastiaan Belder, Member of the European Parliament, Netherland ∗ Dr. Hamit Bozarslan, Historian and sociologist, School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences, France. ∗ Prof. Andreas Buro, Germany ∗ Ms. Juliette Minces, Sociologist, France
THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE MEDIA
Moderator : ∗ Dr. Mohammed Ihsan, Minister of Human Rights, Kurdistan Speakers: ∗ Mr. Jurgen Hoppe, Journalist, Germany ∗ Mr. Christian Rioux, Journalist, Quebec ∗ Mr. Yavuz Önen, President of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey ∗ Ms. Eva Weil, Psychologist, psychoanalyst, director of the Sigmund Freud Library, France
WHAT DEMOCRACY IN PLURAL SOCIETIES, OR HOW TO MANAGE DIVERSITY IN A DEMOCRACY
Moderator : ∗ Prof. André Poupart, Quebec Speakers : ∗ Mr. Aureli Argemi Roca, Director of the International Centre for Ethnic Minorities and Nations Studies (CIEMENS), Catalonia ∗ Dr. Mirella Galletti, Historian, Italy ∗ Ms. Gülten Kaya, Music Editor, Turkey
THE ROLE OF THE DIASPORAS
Moderator : ∗ Prof. Ilhan Kizilhan, Prof. University of Konstanz, Germany Speakers : ∗ Ms. Aso Agace, Director of Hînbûn, International Center for Information and Training of Women, Berlin ∗ Ms. Lily Baravi, Director of the Kurdish Institute of Montreal, Quebec ∗ Mr. Keya Izol, Former President of the Federation of the Kurdistan Associations in Sweden ∗ Mr. Akil Marceau, Deputy President of the Human Rights Department of the Kurdish Institute of Paris ∗ Mr. Mozaffer Shafei, Journalist, dramatist, former director of the Kurdish Cultural Centre of London
SUNDAY - 20 november

THE MIDDLE EAST
Moderator : ∗ Mr. Marc Kravetz, Journalist, France Speakers : ∗ Mr. Mehmet Ali Aslan, Lawyer, former President of the Workers Party of Turkey (TIP) ∗ Mr. Salah Badraddine, Politician, Syria ∗ Mr. Marc Kravetz, Journalist, France ∗ Dr. Magnus Norell, Senior analyst, Swedish Defense Research Agency
POLITICAL PROCESS IN IRAQ
Moderator : Dr. Najmaldin O. Karim, President of the Washington Kurdish Institute Speakers : ∗ Ms. Nasreen Barwari, Minister of Municipalities and Public Works, Iraq ∗ Mr. Hachem al-Hassani, Speaker of the Iraqi National Assembly ∗ Mr. Hussein al-Hindawi, Chairman of the Iraqi High Electoral Committee ∗ Dr. Khaled Salih, Sweden ∗ Mr. Ephrem -Isa Yousif, Philosopher, Kurdish Institute of Paris
THE EXPERIENCE OF IRAQI KURDISTAN
Moderator : ∗ Dr. Fuad Hussein, Deputy President of the Kurdish Institute of Paris Speakers : ∗ Mr. Yonan Hozaya, Ministry of Industry, Kurdistan ∗ Dr. Mohammed Khoshnaw, President of Salahaddin University, Kurdistan ∗ Mr. Karkhi Alti Parmak, Kurdish National Assembly ∗ Mr. Abdul Aziz Taieb, Minister of National Education, Kurdistan ∗ Dr. Nuri Talabani, Member of the Kurdistan National Assembly ∗ Dr. Nebez Majid, President of Koya University, Kurdistan
WESTERN DEMOCRACIES AND THE DEMOCRATISATION OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Moderator : ∗ Dr. Kendal Nezan, President of the Kurdish Institute of Paris Speakers : ∗ Mrs Lotta Hedstroem, Member of Parliament, Green Party, Sweden ∗ Mr. Munther al-Fadhal, Member of the Iraqi Parliament ∗ Mr. Chris Kutschera, Journalist, France ∗ Ms. Nina Larsson, Liberal Party, Sweden ∗ Mr. Harry Schute, Security Expert, USA ∗ Mr. Pierre Serne, Green Party, France


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