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Our Speakers |
Over the years, the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy has been able to host a vast number of speakers, which has included renowned figures from international politics, high-profile representatives from the public sector, prominent stakeholders from civil society and media, and leading academics from the fields of economics, political science, and the social sciences. The ICD is grateful for their contributions.
The following were among the speakers for our conferences:
 The Hon. Al Imam Al Sadig Al Mahdi
Former Prime minister of Sudan H.E. Amb. Alessandro Minuto Rizzo
Former Deputy Secretary General of NATO; Former Acting Secretary General  Col. Andrew Budd
Branch Chief, Strategic Policy&Concepts Branch, International Military Staff, NATO Anna Maria Darmanin
Vice President Communication, European Economic and Social Committee, EU-
 Bettina Muscheidt
European Commission - External Relations Directorate-General, Desk Afghanistan
 Dr. Bill Schneider
Senior Political Analyst for CNN The Hon. Charles Clarke
Former Home Secretary of the United Kingdom Christian Manhart
UNESCO - Chief, Section of Museums and Cultural Objects-
 Daniele Riggio
Information Officer for Central Asia, Public Diplomacy Division of NATO
 Dr. Gerhard Sabathil
Director for Strategy, Coordination and Analysis, EEAS - European External Action Service, EU The Hon. Halldór Ásgrímsson
Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers; Former Prime Minister of Iceland  Heiner Flassbeck
Former State Minister in the German Ministry of Finance, Director - Division on Globalization and Development Strategies UNCTAD, Geneva The Hon. Jean-Paul Adam
Foreign Minister of the Republic of Seychelles Jeff Baxter
World Renowned American Musician; Chair, Congressional Advisory Board on Missile Defense Secretary Jim Nicholson
Former US Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Former Chairman of the Republican National Committee  Ambassador John R. Bolton
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations The Hon. Dr. José António Pinto Ribeiro
Lawyer, Senior Partner J. A. Pinto Ribeiro & Associados; Former Minister of Culture of Portugal The Hon. Kjell Magne Bondevik
Former Prime Minister of Norway Loay El-Shawarby
Chairman of the Board of Directors - Nahdet El Mahrousa The Hon. Lucinda Creighton
Minister of European Affairs of Ireland The Hon. Sir Malcolm Rifkind
Former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom The Hon. Dr. Marc Verwilghen
Former Minister of Justice of Belgium-
 Marietje Schaake (MEP)
Member of the European Parliament
 Under Secretary Martha J. Kanter
Under Secretary of Education, US Department of Education The Hon. Nahas Angula
Minister of Defense of Namibia; Former Prime Minister of Namibia Nick Williams
Head, Operations Section, Operations Division, NATO-
 H. E. Amb. Petko Draganov
Deputy Secretary General - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
 H. E. Amb. Philip D. Murphy
U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany Philippe Kridelka
Director, UNESCO New York Office; Representative to the United Nations President Pierre Nkurunziza
President of the Republic of Burundi Phyllis E. Oakley
Former US Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, Population, Refugees, and Migration The Hon. Richard Boucher
Deputy Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)-
 Prof. Dr. Rizwan Saeed Sheikh
Director, Department of Cultural Affairs, Organization of the Islamic Conference's General Secretariat
 The Hon. Dr. Rocco Buttiglione
Vice President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies; Former Italian Minster of Culture; Former Italian Minister of European Politics The Hon. Rufus Yerxa
Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO) The Hon. Ruud Lubbers
Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands; Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees The Hon. Dr. Sartaj Aziz
Former Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Vice-Chancellor of Beaconhouse National University in Pakistan Prof. Dr. Scott M. Thomas
Senior Lecturer in International Relations and the Politics of Developing Countries, University of Bath, UK President Staffan Nilsson
President, European Economic and Social Committee The Hon. Stefan Antonov Sofiyanski
Former Prime minister of Bulgaria, Former Mayor of Sofia Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat
Former US Ambassador to the EU; Former Deputy Secretary of the US Treasury; Former Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Undersecretary Tara D. Sonenshine
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, US State Department The Hon. Judge Theodor Meron
President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia H.E. Amb. Thomas Stelzer
Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs at DESA, UN Tomasz Sadzyński
Former Mayor of the City of Łódź President Valdas Adamkus
Former President of Lithuania The Hon. Vladimír Mečiar
Former Prime Minister of Slovakia Willem Noë
Senior Administrator at the European Commission William Davis
Director, UNDP Representation Office in Washington; Former Director, UN Information Center William E. Moeller
Former Pol-Mil/External Chief, Political Section, U.S. Embassy Berlin Judge Wolfgang Schomburg
Former Permanent Judge at the UN International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; Former Federal Judge at the German Federal High Court, Karlsruhe Dr. Yasser Thabet
Journalist and author; Program Editor at Al Arabiya News Channel; Former Senior Producer at Al Jazeera
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