Iraq for All Iraqis

Conference at United Nations,
New York June 11-12, 2007
Agenda

MONDAY JUNE 11, 2007

8:30 Registration (Church Center for the United Nations, 777 U.N. Plaza, 2nd floor)

9:30-11:00  Opening (Room “9”, floor B1, United Nations Secretariat Building)

• Introductory remarks by Conference Organisers: Dr. Mohammed Mohammed Ali (Senior Representative, Alhakim Foundation),
  Dr. William F. Vendley (Secretary General, Religions for Peace)
  & Dr. Mustapha Tlili (Director, New York University Center for Dialogues: Islamic World-U.S. The West)
• Welcome remarks by representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations
• Welcome remarks by H.E. Ambassador Feisal al-Istrabadi, Deputy Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations
• Remarks by Sayyed Mohammed Hussain Saeed al-Hakim (Najaf, Iraq) 
• Remarks by Sayyed Amar Abdel Aziz al-Hakim (Najaf)

 11:00-12:15  First Session: “Rebuilding National Consensus” (Room “9,” floor B1, United Nations Secretariat Building)

Moderator: Dr. Mohammed Mohammed Ali

Speakers:

• Sheikh Khalid al-Mullah, Chair, Sunni Islamic Scholars Movement (Basra, Iraq)
• Mr. Robert Dreyfuss, journalist
• Dr. Paul A. Wee, Elliot School of International Affairs, Washington, DC
• Dr. Akira Endo, First Secretary, Political Affairs, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, New York

General Discussion

12:30 Press Briefing (United Nations Correspondents Association Press Club Room, Third Floor, United Nations)

12:30 Luncheon (Church Center, 2nd floor)

14:00-17:00 Second Session: “Rebuilding and Security”Church Center, 2nd floor)

Moderator: Dr. Mustapha Tlili

Speakers:

• Dr. Abdel Razak Isa, El-Kufa University (Iraq)
• Dr. Hal W. French, Professor Emeritus of Religion, University of South Carolina (U.S.A.)
• Dr. Muqtedar Khan, University of Delaware & Brookings Institution
• Sheikh Mahmoud Jarad al-Isawi, Imam of Abdulqadir al-Jilani Mosque in Baghdad

General Discussion

Coffee/tea break

 

TUESDAY JUNE 12, 2007

9:00-12:30 Third Session: “Challenges to Multi-Cultural Society and Education” (Church Center, 2nd floor)

Moderator: Dr. William F. Vendley

Speakers:

• Sayyed Mohammed Rida al-Musawi al-Ghurayfi, Islamic scholar, in charge of shrine of Imam Ali (Najaf)
• Sheikh Majid al-Hafid, Sunni scholar from Suleimaniya (Kurdistan, Iraq)
• Dr. Abdel Settar al-Araji, Dean, El-Tusi University (Najaf)
• Rev. Douglas Hostetter, Director, United Nations Liaison Office, Mennonite Central Committee
• Prof. Thomas Hill, Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethno-Political Conflicts, University of Pennsylvania
• Dr. Chibli Mallat, Visiting Professor, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

General Discussion

12:30-14:00 Luncheon (Church Center, 2nd floor)

14:00 Press Conference (Church Center, room to be announced)

14:30-17:30  Fourth Session: “Civil Society and the Role of NGOs” (Church Center, 2nd floor)

Moderator: Dr. Charles Graves, Secretary General, Interfaith International (London/Geneva)

Speakers:

• Sayyed Hassan Bahr al-Aloum, Islamic scholar, Theological Institute (Najaf)
• Dr. Abdel Settar al-Araji, Dean, El-Tusi University (Najaf)
• Ms. Majidah al-Khalidy, Director, Women’s Department, Alhakim Foundation (Najaf)
• Dr. Haider Karim, Coordinator, Religions for Peace–Iraq
• Ms. Rend al-Rahim, Iraq Desk, United States Institute of Peace, Washington D.C.
• Dr. Michele Fedoroff, Deputy Chief, NGO Section, Department of Social and Economic Affairs, United Nations

General Discussion
Coffee/tea break

Conclusions & Closing
Press Opportunity (Religious leaders and organizers available for interviews at the Church Center)

 

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