Conference “Middle East: has diplomacy failed?
At a time when the winds of democratic revolutions are blowing across the Arab world, the International Peace Forum is organizing a conference on March 17, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, 27 rue Saint Guillaume (amphithéâtre Boutmy), on the theme: “Proche-Orient : la diplomatie a-t-elle échoué ?” (Middle East: has diplomacy failed?) .
A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE SPEAKERS WILL BE HELD AT CAPE (CENTER D’ACCUEIL DE LA PRESSE ETRANGERE – GRAND PALAIS, COURS LA REINE, PERRON ALEXANDRE III – 75008) ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 16 AT 5PM.
The conference will bring together : – Bernard Kouchner, former Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007-2010) – Daniel Cohn-Bendit, MEP, Chairman of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament – Soufian Abu Zeida, Minister of the Palestinian Authority (2005-2008) – Nissim Zvili, former Israeli Ambassador to France (2002-2005) Moderator: Ofer Bronstein, President of the International Peace Forum Registration on http://www.moxity.com/theme/politique/proche-orient-la-diplomatie-a-t-elle-echoue Contact: Camille Lorette 06 64 17 16 28
This conference is part of a series entitled “Israël-Palestine, la paix autrement”. The Forum pour la Paix’s ambition is not to take stock of the Middle East conflict once again. We want to shed a different light by analyzing the points of convergence between Israelis and Palestinians, without erasing the divisions. We’ll be looking at cultural and economic issues as factors common to both peoples, as factors that keep hope alive.
The aim of our first conference is to analyze the successive mediations that have taken place since the Madrid conference in 1991: those of the United States, the European Union and the Arab League. Can these mediators be neutral? Are their actions complementary or, on the contrary, do they provide opportunities to confront opposing positions?
How will the current revolutions in the Arab world impact the peace process? Are democratic movements an opportunity or a threat for this process? The next two conferences will provide an opportunity to reflect on how image, and economics beyond politics, have shaped a rapprochement between Israelis and Palestinians.
Conference “Middle East: has diplomacy failed?
At a time when the winds of democratic revolutions are blowing across the Arab world, the International Peace Forum is organizing a conference on March 17, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, 27 rue Saint Guillaume (amphithéâtre Boutmy), on the theme: “Proche-Orient : la diplomatie a-t-elle échoué ?” (Middle East: has diplomacy failed?) .
A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE SPEAKERS WILL BE HELD AT CAPE (CENTER D’ACCUEIL DE LA PRESSE ETRANGERE – GRAND PALAIS, COURS LA REINE, PERRON ALEXANDRE III – 75008) ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 16 AT 5PM.
The conference will bring together : – Bernard Kouchner, former Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007-2010) – Daniel Cohn-Bendit, MEP, Chairman of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament – Soufian Abu Zeida, Minister of the Palestinian Authority (2005-2008) – Nissim Zvili, former Israeli Ambassador to France (2002-2005) Moderator: Ofer Bronstein, President of the International Peace Forum Registration on http://www.moxity.com/theme/politique/proche-orient-la-diplomatie-a-t-elle-echoue Contact: Camille Lorette 06 64 17 16 28
This conference is part of a series entitled “Israël-Palestine, la paix autrement”. The Forum pour la Paix’s ambition is not to take stock of the Middle East conflict once again. We want to shed a different light by analyzing the points of convergence between Israelis and Palestinians, without erasing the divisions. We’ll be looking at cultural and economic issues as factors common to both peoples, as factors that keep hope alive.
The aim of our first conference is to analyze the successive mediations that have taken place since the Madrid conference in 1991: those of the United States, the European Union and the Arab League. Can these mediators be neutral? Are their actions complementary or, on the contrary, are they occasions for confronting opposing positions?
How will the current revolutions in the Arab world impact the peace process? Are democratic movements an opportunity or a threat for this process? The next two conferences will provide an opportunity to reflect on how image, and economics beyond politics, have shaped a rapprochement between Israelis and Palestinians.
