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April 2003 |
III SEMINAR “REFUGEES AND POST-CONFLICT RECONCILIATION”
CONFLICT AND POST-CONFLICT IN THE BALKAN REGION
April 4th to 6th
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APRIL 4TH, EURO-ARAB FUNDATION
Granada
9:00 Plenary Session: Overview of the situation in the region
9:15 Introducción: MR. JESÚS GONZÁLEZ LÓPEZ, Executive Secretary of de Euro-Arab Foundation and MS MARÍA ÁNGELES SIEMENS, Director, UNHCR Spanish Committee.
Moderator: MR. JOSEPH MONTVILLE, Senior Associate, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Washington
• Implementation of Peace Accords – International Community: MR. SOREN JESSEN PETERSEN, Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe; former UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees
• The International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia: MR. XABIER AGUIRRE, Member of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
• Problems posed by the return of refugees and displaced persons: MR. WERNER BLATTER, ex UNHCR Representative in the former Yugoslavia.
• The Independent Commission on Kosovo: AMBASSADOR CARL THAM, Co-Chair of the Independent International Comission of Kosovo.
• Grassroots perspective: MR. PETER LIPPMAN, Human Rights Activist, Field Project Manager for the Advocacy Project.
11:15 Coffee Break, followed by Debate
JANJA BEC-NEUMANN, Founder of the INGE Project, Professor of Sociology, and writer, Vojvodina
VESNA GOLIC, Group 484, Belgrade
BATON HAXHIU, Association of Professional Journalists of Kosovo, Kosovo
DUSANKA ILIC, The Bench We Share Project, Osijek
PAVLE JANKOVIC, G17+, Belgrade
NEVZETA JOSIFOVIC, Women in Black, Belgrade
DANIJELA KORAC, Novi Sad Humanitarian Centre, Novi Sad
BORIS MILICEVIC, Centro de Derecho Humanitario, Belgrade
ZDENKA PANTIC, International Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (IRCT),Zagreb
JELENA SEHOVIC, Swiss Development Cooperation, Sarajevo
DEJAN STOJSAVLJEVIC, Coalition for Work with Psychotrauma And Peace, Vukovar
CHARLES TAUBER, Coalition for Work with Psychotrauma And Peace, Vukovar
MARIJA VOJNOVIC, Lawyers for Human Rights, Belgrade
14:00 Lunch at the Hotel
APRIL 5TH, SALA VELETA, HOTEL MELIA
Morning
9:00-14:00 Restricted Colloquium (including coffee break)
Moderators: PROF. DAN BAR-ON, MR. WERNER BLATTER and MS. MARIA ANGELES SIEMENS
Invited participants from the Balkans, speakers in the inaugural plenary session, as well as other participants will work together trying to find answers to the seven questions in the “Rolling Text” on the basis of their insights and experience (see introductory text).
14:00 Lunch
16:00-18:30 Continuation of the Colloquium
APRIL 6TH, PLENARY HALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF GRANADA
Morning
9:00 – 12:00
Plenary Session: The participants will present their views, recommendations and conclusions through representative speakers, identified during the previous session.
Moderators: MS. MARÍA ÁNGELES SIEMENS, Director of the UNHCR Spanish Committee and DR. MARIO LÓPEZ, Director of the Institute for Peace and Conflicts of the University of Granada.
Closing Session: MR. CARLOS BOGGIO, UNHCR Representative in Spain
14:00 Lunch at Hotel
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