April 2003   
Seminar in Granada
III SEMINAR “REFUGEES AND POST-CONFLICT RECONCILIATION”
Granada, 3 - 6 April 2003


THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE AL ANDALUS LEGACY

April 3rd , Bibataubin Palace
Granada
APRIL 3RD


Morning
9:30 Opening Session
HIS EXCELLENCY MR. JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ TABASCO, President of the Diputación of Granada.
Representative of the Junta of Andalucía HIS EXCELLENCY DR. DAVID AGUILAR PEÑA, Vice-chancellor of the University of Granada.
MR. JOAQUÍN GARCÍA QUIRÓS, President of the UNHCR Spanish Committee

10:00: Panel I: The Israel-Palestine conflict
Moderator: AMBASSADOR MANUEL MONTOBBIO, Ambassador in Special Mission for the Universal Forum of Cultures, Barcelona 2004
Reflections on the Conflict, PROF. IBRAHIM SOUSS, former Assistant Director General of the ILO; former Delegate General of Palestine to France
Mediation, AMBASSADOR MIGUEL ÁNGEL MORATINOS, European Union Special Representative to the Middle East Peace Process
Role of International Organisations, MS. KAREN ABUZAYD, Deputy Commissioner General of UNRWA


11:00 Debate


Coffee break

12:30: Panel II: Peace initiatives by civil society within the conflict
Moderator: MS. MARÍA ÁNGELES SIEMENS, Director of the UNHCR Spanish Committee
• PROF. DAN BAR-ON, Univ. of Ben Gurion and PROF. SAMI ADWAN, Bethlehem University; Co-directors of PRIME, Peace Research Institute in the Middle East.
• MS. HUDA IMAM, Director of the Centre for Jerusalem Studies at Al-Quds University, Palestine; MS. YOHANNA LERMAN, Israel, Women in Black, Israe.l


13:30: Debate


14:30 – 16:00: Lunch


Afternoon

16:30: Panel III: The Al Andalus legacy as a model of inter-cultural coexistence
Moderator: PROF. BEATRIZ MOLINA, Institute for Peace and Conflicts, University of Granada.
• PROF. ELENA DÍEZ JORGE, Institute for Peace and Conflicts, University of Granada.
• PROF. MARÍA JOSÉ CANO, Institute for Peace and Conflicts, University of Granada.
• PROF. MARK COHEN, University of Princeton, USA
• MR. JOSEPH MONTVILLE, Senior Associate, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Washington


17:30: Debate


18:30: Closing Session
HIS EXCELLENCY MR. JOSÉ E. MORATALLA MOLINA, Mayor of Granada
MS. MIREIA BELIL, Director of Dialogues, Universal Forum of Cultures, Barcelona 2004
MR. ÁNGEL MANUEL LÓPEZ Y LÓPEZ, President of the El Monte Foundation, Sevilla
DR. MARIO LÓPEZ, Director of the Institute for Peace and Conflicts of the University of Granada.



19:00 Concert by Medieval Quintet of Urueña: Three Cultures Music