Conference on “DiverCities - Mixed Cities and Disputed Areas: Local Approaches to Federal Democracy”

Wednesday 19 December 2007
 
Opening Session: “Welcome Remarks and Introduction to the Seminar”
Mr Bakhtiar Amin, Director of the International Alliance for Justice
Min. Gianludovico De Martino, Coordinatore della Task Force Iraq del Ministero degli Affari Esteri
Hon. Arif Tayfor, Second deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Hon. Kamal Karkuki, Deputuy Speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly
Mr. Ali Al Dabbag, Spokesperson of the Iraqi Government
 
 
Session I “The Current Status of the Implementation of Article 140”
Mrs Narmin Othman, Minister of Human Rights, Iraq
Hon. Ayad al Sammarai, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Hon. Hameed Rasheed Al Saedi, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Hon. Nassar Darbi Al Rubaiee, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Hon. Salih Al Mutlaq, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Hon. Hasan Hamza, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Hon. Abed Moutlaq Al Jibouri, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Mr Bakthiar Amin, International Alliance for Justice
Hon. Fowzi Akram, Turkmen Representative of Kirkuk,
Prof. Thomas Fleiner, Director of the Institute of Federalism, Switzerland
 
 
Session II “Resolving the Political Status of Disputed Areas - Political and Local Perspectives from Iraq”
Hon. Raid Jahid Fahmi, Minister of Techonology, Iraq
Mr Bakhtiar Amin, Director of No Peace Without Justice
Hon. Nassar Darbi Al Rubaiee, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives 
Hon. Thaseen Wali, Member Kirkuk Governatorate Council
Mr. Dakheel Khudhur, Minister of State for Ezidi Affairs
Hon. Abed Moutlaq Al JIBOURI, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Mr. Thaseen Wali, Member Kirkuk Governatorate Council
Mr Salah Mohammed Ameen, Office of the Prime Minister of the Regional Government of Kurdistan
Hon. Saedi Barzinji, Minster of Environement
Mrs Narmin Othman, Minster of Human Rights
Hon. Kamal Karkuki, Deputy Speake of the Kurdistan National Assembly
Mr Irfan Jamal Tawfeeq, Deputy governor Kirkuk
Mr Akram Fowzi, Turkoman Front representative in Kirkuk
Mr Anwer Hameed Gheni, President of the Iraqi Turkman Justice Party 
Mr Abdulrahman Mustafa Fattah, Governor of Kirkuk
Hon. Ugo Intini, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy
Mr Mohammed Jubouri, Member of the Kirkuk Governatorate Council
Hon. Fryad Al Rawndosi, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Mr Niccolò Figà Talamanca, Director of No Peace Without Justice
 
 
Thursday 20 December 2007
 
Sessions III “Examples of Diversity Management Worldwide”
Mr Bakhtiar Amin, Director Of the International Alliance for Justice
Mr Ash Narain Roy, Institute of Social Science, India
Mr Michael Staresinic, Director of Breakthrough, USA
Mr Mustapha Badreddine, Mayor of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon
Mrs Annette Christmas, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Mrs Civijeta Tanasic, Community development office, Brjicko Final Award Office, Bosnia Herzegovina
Hon. Jean Augustine, former Member of the Canadian Pariament
Mr. Mohammed Ajeeb, Former Mayor of Bradford, Uk
 
 
Session IV “The Reality on the Ground: Perspectives on Diversity Management in Iraq”
Mr Bakhtiar Amin, International Alliance for Justice
Mr Niccolò Figà Talamanca, No Peace Without Justice
Hon. Raid Jahid Fahmi, Minister of Science and Technology
Mr Tahseen Mohammed Wali, Member of the Kirkuk Governatorate Council
Mr Dakheel Khudhur, Minister of State for Ezidi Affairs
Mr Irfan Jamal Tawfeeq, Deputy Governor of Kerkuk
Hon. Kamal Karkuki, Deputy Speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly
Hon. Fryad Al Rawndosi, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Mr. Saedi Barzinji, Minister of the Environment, Iraq
Hon Safia Al Souhail, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
 
 
Friday 21 December 2007
 
Session V: “The Management of Diversity in the Context of Article Article 140”
Mr Bakhtiar Amin, International Alliance for Justice
Mr Asaad Abu Galal, Governor of Najaf
Mr Saedi Barzinji, Ministr of the Environement
Mr Tahseen mohammed Wali, member Kirkuk Governatorate Council
Hon Ashur Al Bazi, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Mr Taha Barwari, Minister of Sport and Youth of the Kurdistan Regional Government
Hon. Irfan Tawfeeq, Member of the Kurdistan National Assembly
Hon. Ayad al Sammarai, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Mr Akram Fowzi, Turkoman Front representative in Kirkuk
Hon. Abed Moutlaq Al Jibouri, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Mr Bakhtiar Amin, International Alliance for Justice
HE Maurizio Melani, Italian Ambassador in Iraq
Mr Raid Jahid Fahmi, Minister of Science and Technology
Hon. Kamal Karkuki, Deputy Speaker of the Regional Assembly of Kurdistan
Mr Abdulrahman Mustafa Fattah, Governor of Kirkuk
Hon. Arif Tayfor, Second Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi council of representatives
Mr Saedi Barzinji, Minister of the Environment
Mr Anwer Hameed Gheni, presidente dell'Iraqi Turkman Justice Party
Hon. Nassar Darbi Al Rubaiee, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives for Justice
 
 
Responses from Foreign Experts
Mr Ash Narain Roy, Institute of Social Science, India
Mr Michael Staresinic, Director of Breakthrough, USA
Mr Mustapha Badreddine, Mayor of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon
Mrs Annette Christmas, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Mrs Civijeta Tanasic, Community development office, Brjicko Final Award Office, Bosnia Herzegovina
Hon. Jean Augustine, former Member of the Canadian Pariament
Mr. Mohammed Ajeeb, Former Mayor of Bradford, Uk
 
Recommendations and Options for Implementation
Mr Niccolò Figà Talamanca, No Peace Without Justice
Hon. Kamal Karkuki, Deputy Speaker of the Kurdistan Regional Assembly
Mr Dakheel Khudhur, Minister State Ezidi Affairs of the Kurdistan Regional Government
Mr Abdulrahman Mustafa Fattah, Goveror of Kirkuk
Mr Raid Jahid Fahmi, Ministre of Science and Technology
Hon. Thaseen Wali, Member of the Kirkuk Governatorate Council
Hon. Ashur Al Bazi, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Hon. Hameed Rasheed Al Saedi, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Hon. Ayad al Sammarai, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Mr Asaad Abu Galal, Governor of Najaf
Hon Arif Tayfor, Second deputy Speaker of the Iraqi council of representatives
Hon. Safia Al Souhail, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Hon. Nassar Darbi Al Rubaiee, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Hon. Arif Tayfor, second deputy Iraqi council of representatives
Mr Anwer Hameed Gheni, President of the Iraqi Turkman Justice Party
Mr Niccolò Figà Talamanca, No Peace Without Justice
Hon. Hasan Hamza, Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Mr Bakhtiar Amin, International Alliance
 
Appointment of the Drafting Committee for Recommendations
 
Saturday 22 December 2007
                       
Discussion and approval of the Conference Final Communiqué and Recommendation