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The Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2016
"Promoting Global Human Rights through Cultural Diplomacy"
(Berlin; December 14th - 19th, 2016)
Conference Speakers & Delegates
The 2016 conference will bring together over 500 delegates coming from the fields of politics and religion together with senior academics and celebrated artists travelling to Berlin from all corners of the world to promote global peace in our interdependent world.
The Symposium will include Keynote Addresses from the Honorable Members of the ICD:
 President Viktor YushchenkoFormer President of Ukraine |
 President Bujar NishaniPresident of Albania |
 President Atifete JahjagaFormer President of the Republic of Kosovo |
 President John KufuorFormer President of Gahna |
 Hon. Pedro SánchezFormer Secretary General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
 Hon. Elmar BrokChairman of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs |
 Hon. Lawrence GonziFormer Prime Minister of Malta |
 Hon. Thuli MadonselaPublic Protector of South Africa |
 President Emil ConstantinescuFormer President of Romania |
 Hon. Erhard BusekFormer Vice Chancellor of Austria |
 Judge Dragoljub PopovicJudge, the European Court of Human Rights |
 Hon. Jan FigelEU Commission Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion |
 Nondas Cl. MetaxasCEO, Cyprus Stock Exchange |
 Altabt Gregor Ulrich Henckel DonnersmarckEmerited Abbot of Heiligenkreuz Abbey |
 Dr. Gerhard PrätoriusHead of CSR & Sustainability, Volkswagen AG |
 Hon. Anna Diamantopoulou Former Greek European Commissioner for Employment |
 Hon. Dirk NiebelFormer German Minister for Economic Cooperation |
 Dr. Mohammed OmranExecutive Chairman, the Egyptian Stock Exchange |
 Hon. Mihai Razvan UngureanuFormer Prime Minister of Romania |
 Minister Lilyana PavlovaMinister of Regional Development and Public Works of Bulgaria |
 Sen. Leila de LimaFormer Secretary of Justice of the Philippines |
 President Valdis ZatlersFormer President |
 Hon. Ján ČarnogurskýFormer Prime Minister of Slovakia |
 Marek BelkaFormer Prime Minister of Poland |
 Hon. Mirko CvetkovicFormer Prime Minister of Serbia |
 Hon. Hrant BagratyanFormer Prime Minister of Armenia |
 Hon. Rui Duarte BARROSFormer Prime minister of Guinea – Bissau |
 Hon. Janez JansaFormer Prime Minister of Slovenia |
 Hon. Ögmundur JónassonFormer Minister of Justice of Iceland |
 Amb. Elena PoptodorovaFormer Ambassador of Bulgaria to the United States |
 Hon. Erna Hennicot SchoepgesFormer Speaker of the Parliament of Luxemburg |
 Hon. Nouzha SkalliFormer Moroccan Minister for Family Affairs |
 Hon. Ali Ahmad JalaliFormer Minister of the Interior of Afghanistan |
 Hon. Yasar YakisFormer Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey |
 SG Béatrice WertliSecretary General of the CVP Switzerland Party (Christian Democratic People's Party) |
 Prof. Dragan Domazet Rector, Belgrade Metropolitan University |
 Albert FortellCelebrated Austrian Actor |
 Hon. Fani Palli-PetraliaFormer Minister for Employment and Social Protection of Greece |
 Francisco Mariano Manuel Fernandez AmunateguiFormer Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile |
 Faisal J. Abbas Editor-in-Chief , Arab News |
 Prof. Hans KöchlerPresident of the International Progress Organization |
 Hon. Hassan B. DiabFormer Minister of Education of Lebanon |
 Judge Gabriela BogasiuVice President of the Supreme Court of Romania |
 Hon. Luca JahierPresident of Group Various Activities, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) |
 Ombudsman Joseph Said PullicinoParliamentary Ombudsman of Malta |
 MdB Heribert HirteMember of the German Parliament |
 Archbishop Nicodemus Daoud M SharafArchbishop of Iraq |
 Ombudsman Lucia FranchiniOmbudsman of Tuscany |
 Ints DalderisFormer Minister of Culture of Latvia |
 Lord Inglewood, William Richard Fletcher-VaneFormer British Minister in John Major’s Government |
 Judge Milka RistovaJudge of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Macedonia |
 Hon. Lufter XhuveliFormer Albanian Minister of Environment, Forests and Water, Agriculture and Food |
 Hon. Moses AliFirst Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda |
 Amb. Tony BrentonFormer British Ambassador to Russia |
