* This agenda has been confirmed by April 19, 2008.
| 08h00 – 09h00 |
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Participants Registration |
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Venue: Swissôtel. Room Mont Blanc |
| 09h00 – 09h30 |
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Inaugural Ceremony of the International Meeting |
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Kornelis Spaans, Ambassador of the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Ecuador |
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Cáliz Vila, General Coordinator of the Spanish International Cooperation Agency in Ecuador |
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Francisco López-Bermúdez, UNESCO Chair Holder '07 on education for peace, human rights and democracy, Utrecht University; |
| 09h35– 10h35 |
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Meaning and Importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in the New Century
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| Coordinator |
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José Ayala Lasso, First UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; member of the Advisory Council of the United Nations Association of Ecuador -AENU- |
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Francisco Javier Ansuátegui Roig, Director of the Human Rights Doctoral Program Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain |
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Santiago Canton, Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, Organization of American States, Argentina / Washington DC |
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Eduardo Cifuentes Muñoz, Former Director of the UNESCO Human Rights Division (Paris). Dean, Law School, Los Andes University, Bogota, Colombia |
| 10h35 - 11h15 |
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Coffee-break |
| 11h15 - 11h45 |
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Second part of session Meaning and Importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in the New Century |
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Cees Flinterman, Honorary Professor of Human Rights,
Utrecht University, The Netherlands |
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Brian D. Lepard, Law Professor, Universidad of Nebraska, Lincoln |
| 11h45 – 13h00 |
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Questions and Answers |
| 13h00 – 15h00 |
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Break |
| 15h00 – 17h00 |
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Social and Economic Inclusion within Unequal Societies
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Miguel Rivadeneira, Director of ECUADORADIO |
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Mariclaire Acosta,
International Center for Transitional Justice, Mexico / New York |
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Nelsa Curbelo, SER PAZ, Guayaquil |
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Carlos Imendia, Inter-American Institute of Human Rights, –IIDH-, San Salvador / San José |
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Bas de Gaay Fortman, Professor of Political Economy of Human Rights, Utrecht University, The Netherlands |
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Dinah Shelton, Manatt/Ahn Professor of International LawGeorge Washington University. Member of the International Board of ADA - Andean Democratic Audit, Washington DC |
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Liliana Tojo, Director of SUR Program, Center for Justice and International Law -CEJIL-, Buenos Aires |
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Luis Valencia Rodríguez, Former Member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Vice President of the United Nations Association of Ecuador -AENU- |
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Cecilia Velasque, Indigenous Leader and Vice President of Cotopaxi Provincial Government, Ecuador |
| 17h00 – 17h30 |
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Coffee-break |
| 17h30 – 18h30 |
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Questions and Answers |
| 18h35 – 19h00 |
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Presentation of the International Meeting |
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Luis Enrique Galarza, President of the United Nations Association of Ecuador -AENU- |
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José Agusto Briones, United Nations Development Program -UNDP- in Ecuador |
| 19h00 -20h30 |
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Inaugural cocktail of the International Meeting |
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| Tuesday, April 29 2008 |
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| 09h00 – 11h00 |
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Concept, indicators and public opinion on social cohesion and well-being
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Analucía Córdova Cazar, Director of ADA - Andean Democratic Audit |
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Alexandra Barrantes, Specialist, Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI) of the Organization of American States, Washington D.C. |
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Nathalie Cely, Minister of Social Development, Ecuador |
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Julia Flores, Coordinator of the Applied Research and Public Opinion Center, National Autonomous University of Mexico –UNAM–, Mexico City |
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Mauricio Padrón, Applied Research and Public Opinion Center, National Autonomous University of Mexico –UNAM–, Mexico City |
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Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Former Director of the Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Program -UNDP-. Proffessor of the New School University, New York |
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Hans-Otto Sano, Danish Institute of Human Rights, Denmark |
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Fritz Scheuren, National Opinion Research Center –NORC-, Chicago |
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Kate Scrivens, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development -OECD- |
| 11h00 – 11h30 |
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Coffee-break |
| 11h30 – 12h30 |
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Questions and Answers |
| 12h30 – 14h00 |
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Break |
| 14h00 – 15h45 |
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Civil and Political Rights, Freedom of Expression, Representation and Institutions in Fragmented and Plural Societies |
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Nila Velásquez, Director, El Universo Foundation, Guayaquil |
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Eduardo Canel, York University, Toronto |
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Jean-Marc Coicaud, United Nations University, France / New York |
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Héctor Fix-Fierro, Member of the Advisory Committee of the United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva). Director, Law Research Institute, –UNAM–, Mexico City |
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Wim Jansen, General Editor, Radio Nederland WorldWide, The Netherlands |
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Jesús Ollarves, Human Rights Center, Central University of Venezuela, Caracas |
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Kenneth Roberts, Department of Government, Cornell University, Ithaca |
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Luis Miguel Sirumbal, Andean Region Director, Latin American Association of Development Promotion Organizations -ALOP-, Lima |
| 15h45 – 16h40 |
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Questions and Answers |
| 16h45 |
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Plenary Session and Closing Ceremony |
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Cees Flinterman and Francisco López-Bermúdez, Co-Chairs of the International Meeting “Social Cohesion and Social Well-Being: Inclusion and Dialogue from a Human Rights Perspective” |
| 17h15 |
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Handing of Certificates (To those who requested) |
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