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Program Schedule
Session I    10:00 am - 1:00 pm
 - Culture, World Peace and Reconciliation
1   Music Prelude
Dae Geum (Traditional Korean bamboo flute) played by Jung Soo Kim
2   Minute of Silence & Welcome
3   Welcome Address
Dr. Chung Ok Lee, Co-Chair, Strategic Planning Committee
4   Moderator
H.E. Ambassador Mokhtar Lamani,
Permanent Observer for the Organization of the Islamic Conference to the UN
5   Message from Secretary General Kofi Annan
6   Keynote Address
Dr. Seok Hyun Hong, President, World Culture Open Committee
7   Global Co-existence and Culture
H.E. Minister Mathilde Ribeiro, Minister for the Promotion of Racial Equality, Brazil
8   Politics of Identity and Culture
H.E. Minister Miguel Costa Mkaima, Minister of Culture, Mozambique
9   Culture of Peace and Reconciliation
H.E. Ambassador Marjatta Rasi,
Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations, President of ECOSOC
10   Updating Cultural Policy
Scheduled Speaker: Dr. Ahmed Said Ould Bah, Chairman of the Secretariat,
Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO)
    Replacement Speaker : Dr. Jerome Binde, Deputy Assistant Director-General for
Social and Human Sciences on behalf of the Director-General of UNESCO
Session II    3:00 - 4:45 pm - Globalization, Culture and Peace
1   Music Interlude - Rustavi Choir Georgia
2   Moderator
Dr. Han S. Park, Director, GLOBIS, University of Georgia, U.S.A.
3   The Security Approach and the Peace Approach: Some cultural factors
Dr. Johan Galtung, Director, TRANSCEND, Professor of Peace Studies
4   Building Peace in a New Paradigm of International Relations
Dr. Hans Küng, President, Global Ethics Foundation, Germany
5   God and Globalization: Religion and the Global Village
Dr. Ali A. Mazrui, Director, the Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Binghamton
University, U.S.A
6   An Integral Approach to Globalization, Culture and Peace
Dr. Nancy Roof, Founding President of Spirituality and Global Affairs
Session III    4:45-6:00 pm - Charting the Course
1   Music Interlude - Jean Paul Samputu
2   Moderator
Dr. William Vendley, Secretary General, World Conference of Religion for Peace
3   Recommendations for the Future of World Culture Open
4   From Civil Society
Beatriz Schulthess, President, Return to the Earth, Indigenous Spirituality
5   From the United Nations
Dr. Aleksandr Ilitchev, Senior Officer, Department of Political Affairs of the United Nations
6   From Government
H.E. Sissoko Cheick Oumar, Minister of Culture, Mali
7   Open Discussion from the floor Closing Remarks
Dr. Seok Hyun Hong, President, World Culture Open Committee
8   Remarks of Gratitude & Minute of Silence
Dr. Chung Ok Lee, Co-Chair, Strategic Planning Committee
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