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