Programme
OPENING SESSION: 9:30 - 10:25
HE Mrs. Joke Brandt, Representative of the Dutch Government and the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Erik de Baedts, Director General of the Carnegie Foundation Peace Palace
Mr. Abdulaziz Saud Albabtain, Chairman of Abdulaziz Saud Albabtain Cultural Foundation
HRH Prince Turki Al-Faisal Al-Saud, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Keynote address
HE George Vella, President of Malta
SESSION I: 10:25 - 11:15
Education and the Protection of Cultural Heritage
Chairperson
HE Haris Silajdžiž, Former President of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Speakers
HE Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
HE Taieb Baccouche, Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia
HE Sahar Ghanem, Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Netherlands
HE Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross
HE Hilal Al Sayer, President of the Red Crescent Society, Kuwait
HE Leoluca Orlando, Mayor of Palermo
SESSION II: 11:30 - 12:30 Protecting Cultural Heritage (Iraq and Yemen)
Chairperson
HE Shaikh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait
Speakers
HE Ms. Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa, President of Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities of Kingdom of Bahrain
HE Abdullah Lamlas, Minister of Education Research of Yemen
HE Serbesdt Nabi , Representative of Government of Kurdistan Region, Iraq
SESSION III: 14:00 - 15:00
Promoting the Culture of Peace through Education(Central African Republic)
Chairperson
HE Terje Rød-Larsen, President of the International Peace Institute, New York
Speakers
HE Michael Frendo, Speaker Emeritus of the Parliament of Malta and former Minister of Foreign Affairs
HE Hamed Al-Azemi, Minister of Education of Kuwait
HE Madame Sylvie Baipo Temon, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic
HE Tokia Saïfi, Member of the European Parliament
HE Moukadas Noure, Minister of Education of the Central African Republic
Mr. Mounir Bouchenaki, Advisor to UNESCO for Cultural Heritage
Closing Session: 15:15 - 17:45
Moving Forward: Culture of Peace Manuals
Chairperson
HE Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice
Speakers
HE Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (Video Message)
Mr. Abdulaziz Saud Albabtain, Chairman of Abdulaziz Saud Albabtain Cultural Foundation
HE Marzouq Al-Ghanim, President of the Kuwaiti National Assembly
HE Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca , President Emeritus of Malta
HE Faustin-Archange Touadera, President of the Central African Republic
HE Abdullah Gül, Former President of Turkey
HE Hassan Arfaoui, Representative of HE the President of Tunisia
HE Laurence Konmla Bropleh, Special Envoy of HE the President of Liberia
Mr. Ammar al-Hakim, President of the Reform and Reconstruction Alliance of Iraq
HE Hisham Al Alawi, Ambassador of Iraq to the Netherlands
Closing Speech
Mr. Carel Stolker, President of the University of Leiden