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6th
International Forum of the Universal Academy of Cultures
IMAGINING
PEACE
19
& 20 December 2002 Grand
Auditorium de l'UNESCO
125,
avenue de Suffren - 75007 Paris - FRANCE
Métro : Ségur or Ecole militaire with
the support of the French Ministries of
Education, Culture and Foreign Affairs
and
of the Maison des Sciences de l'homme Scientific
Committee :
Elie
Wiesel, Mireille Delmas-Marty, Ariel Dorfman, Bernard Kouchner,
Paul Ricoeur,
Jorge Semprun , Françoise Barret-Ducrocq Thursday,
December 19th 
9.00
A.M.: Keynote Speech by Luc Ferry,
French Education Secretary
Introduction
Elie Wiesel, President
of the Universal Academy of Cultures
Paul Ricoeur, philosopher, member
of the Academy
SESSION
N°1 - 9.45 A.M. 12.30
P.M.
HISTORICAL REMINDERS AND DEFINITIONS
Chair
: Elie Wiesel Umberto
Eco, philosopher and writer, member of the Academy
" Definitions " Jacqueline
de Romilly, Hellenic Scholar, member of the Academy
" The Notion of Peace
in Ancient Greece " Jacques
Le Goff, historian, member of the Academy
" What Peace Meant in Medieval
Europe" Heinz Wismann,
philosopher
" Perpetual Peace according to Kant " Per
Ahlmark, poet and essay-writer, member of the Academy
" Democracy and
Peace " Furio Colombo,
director of l'Unita, member of the Academy
" Does a Culture of Peace Actually
Exist ? " Debate with the
floor Thursday,
December 19th
SESSION
N°2 - 2.30 P.M. 6.00 P.M.
TESTIMONIES
Chair
: Franz-Olivier Giesbert Jorge
Semprun, novelist, member of the Academy
" What Peace Meant for the Detainees
in Nazi Death Camps " Adrian
Guelke, Professor at Queen's University, Belfast,
" The Northern Irish
Peace Process " Zazi Sadou,
spokesperson for the Movement of Algerian Women Democrats
" Civil Peace in
Algeria " One Israeli and one
Palestinian
" What Peace in the Near East ?" Debate
with the floor IS PEACE
IMAGINABLE TODAY ? Round
table gathering : Paul
Ricoeur, philosopher, member of the Academy
Antonio Cassese, Professor
of International Law, Former President of the International Criminal Tribunal
for the Former Yugoslavia, laureate of the 2002 Great Prize of the Universal Academy
of Cultures
Bernard Kouchner, member of the Academy
moderator
: Bronislaw Geremek, historian and politician, member of
the Academy Friday,
December 20th
9.00
A.M.: Keynote Speech by Jack Lang
SESSION
N°3 - 9.15 A.M. 12.30
P.M.
THE SPIRIT OF PEACE IN DAILY LIFE
Chair
: Umberto Eco Ariel
Dorfman, playwright, member of the Academy
"Peace in the Heart " Blandine
Kriegel, philosopher
" Is Violence a Componant of Human Beings ? " Julia
Kristeva, psychoanalyst and author
" Can we Make Peace ? " Jaan
Kaplinski, writer, member of the Academy
" The Wolf and the Lamb Shall
Share One Common Pasture " Daniel
Sibony, psychoanalyst
" The Three Monotheistic Religions and Peace Between
People " Roger-Pol Droit,
philosopher and columnist at Le Monde
" Whence Does Peace Come ? " Lady
Helena Kennedy, Chair of the British Council, member of the Academy " Conflict
resolution and human rights in our brave new world " Debate
with the floor Friday,
December 20th
SESSION
N°4 - 2.30 A.M. 6.00
P.M.
PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLES
Chair
: Bernard Kouchner Bernard-Henri
Lévy, *
" Whose Peace ? " Odon
Vallet, Academic
" Founding Myths Revisited " Bernard
Kouchner, member of the Academy
" Health as a Prerequisite for Peace "
François Gros, biologist,
member of the Academy
" Borderless Sciences. The Scientists' Attitude towards
Peace " Mireille Delmas-Marty,
Professor of Law, member of the Academy
" Peace - in the Name of what Law
? " POST-SEPTEMBER 11
Franz-Olivier Giesbert,
director of Le Point, member of the Academy
" A New World " Irwin
Cotler, lawyer, Member of the Canadian Parliament, member of the Academy
"
NGOs of War and Peace " Mohamed
Talbi, historian, member of the Academy
" Plural Cultures : Clash or Dialogue
? " Debate with the floor
CLOSING
SPEECH 5.30
P.M.
Jorge
Semprun, novelist, member of the Academy
END
OF THE FORUM 6.00
P.M.
*
To be confirmed
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