Fifth Lecture

Public Conference

EKMELEDDIN IHSANOGLU

Secretary-General of the Organzation of the Islamic Conference

Building bridges: intercultural dialogue, identities and migration

( Due to temporary health problems, the second speaker Mr. Carlos Fuentes had to cancel his participation in the Lecture )

Thursday, 16 September 2010 | 4:30 p.m.

Palais des Nations; Assembly Hall

The video archive of the Lecture is available on the UN website

To read Mr. Ihsanoglu's speech, please click here

Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu

Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu is the first by-vote selected Secretary-General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

To read Mr. Ihsanoglu's biogrpahy, please click here

Resources

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What the media say

Thematic Press Rreviews and Interviews

HardTalk Extra interview with Carlos Fuentes by Gavin Esler, BBC, screened on 6 April 2006

Coverage by Media Partners and other newspapers

TSR

Radio Suisse Romande

Tribune de Genève: Interview with Carlos Fuentes «I do not believe in the clash of civilizations theory», by Alain Jourdan, 15 October 2010

(French version)

Tribune de Genève: "Debate with a view to promoting an intercultural dialogue", by Alain Jourdan, 6 October 2010

(French version)

Background documents

UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, 2002

Intercultural dialogue

ACTION PLAN FOR 2010, International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures

Resolution 63/22: Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace, adopted by the General Assembly of the UN on 13 November 2008

Resolution 62/90: Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace, adopted by the General Assembly of the UN on 17 December 2007

Resolution 46: Proclamation of an international year for the rapprochement of cultures, adopted by the 34th session of the General Conference of UNESCO (16 October – 2 November 2007)

What the experts say

Previous editions

_{IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy partake in the 6th edition of the initiative}

_{Mr. Ihsanoglu participates in a debate moderated by Darius Rochebin}

^{Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, shares her reasons for hope at the 4th edition of the Geneva Lecture Series, on 26 May 2010}

_{President Gorbachev and Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon call for more political will and enhanced multilateral nuclear disarmement cooperation at the 3rd edition of the Geneva Lecture Series}