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Speakers
Beriz Belkic, Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Beriz Belkic's speech in MP3, 8 minutes
Gordon Bacon (paper in PDF format), International Aid Worker
Gordon Bacon's speech in MP3, 25 minutes
Benjamin Barber, Gershon and Carol Kekst Professor of Civil Society and Wilson H. Elkins Professor, Maryland School of Public Affairs and the College of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Maryland. Professor Barber is a principal of the Democracy Collaborative and an internationally-renowned political theorist. His books include Strong Democracy (1984), Jihad vs. McWorld (1995 with a Post 9/11 Edition in 2001) and Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism and Democracy (2003).
Benjamin Barber's speech in MP3, 36 minutes
Kathryn Bomberger, Chief of Staff, International Commission on Missing Persons, Sarajevo
Ms. Kathryne Bomberger was appointed Chief of Staff of the International Commission on Missing Persons on 2 April 2004. Ms. Bomberger joined ICMP as the Deputy Chief of Staff in July 1998. As ICMP grew, in 2001,
Ms. Bomberger's scope of work was expanded to include duties as Head of ICMP Program Departments (Government Relations, Forensic Sciences and Civil Society Initiatives) and Director of Government Relations.
Kathryne Bomberger's speech in MP3, 37 minutes
Howard Dean MD, Governor of Vermont, U.S.A. Dr Dean is the founder of Democracy for America and was a former chairman of the National Governors Association, the Democratic Governors' Association, and the New England Governors' Conference, he also served on the National Education Goals Panel and was co-chair of NGA's Task Force on Health Care.
Howard Dean's speech in MP3, 30 minutes
Jakob Finci, President of La Benevolencija, Vice President of the coordinating body of Bosnian NGOs, former Executive Director of the Open Society Fund (Soros Foundation) and former chair of the Association of Citizens for Truth and Reconciliation, Bosnia and Herzegovina. For his work, Mr Finci has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and the French decoration, Chevalier Legion of Honour.
Jacob Finci's speech in MP3, 19 minutes
Sune Follin, Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina, International Federation of the Red Cross
Sune Folin's speech in MP3, 17 minutes
Sacha Goldman, Secretary General, International Ethical, Political and Scientific Collegium
Sascha Goldman's speech in MP3, 19 minutes
Isabel Guterres, Commissioner, CAVR, the Truth, Reconciliation, and Reception Commission of East Timor. Ms Guterres was born in Viqueque in 1958 and now lives in Maliana district. She has worked with a range of organisations in the field of humanitarian assistance, most recently with the Jesuit Refugee Services providing support to people retruning to East Timor. Isabel lived in Australia for 15 years, where she practised as a registered nurse. After returning to East Timor in November 1999, she continued to use her professional experience in the health sector in her work with Medecins Sans Frontieres and World Vision.
Isabel Guterres's speech in MP3, 14 minutes
Refik Hodzic, State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Refik Hodzic's speech in MP3, 14 minutes
Micheline Ishay, Professor and Director of the International Human Rights Program at the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), University of Denver. Professor Ishay is author of the History of Human Rights (2004) and a number of books and articles on human rights.
Micheline Ishay's speech in MP3, 38 minutes
Paul James, Director of the Globalism Institute, RMIT University, Melbourne. Professor James has written on nationalism and state formation and is currently working on questions of globalisation and violence, including most recently Global Matrix: Globalism, Nationalism and State-Terror (with Tom Nairn, 2005).
Slavo Kukic, Professor, Mostar University
Slavo Kukic's speech in MP3, 19 minutes
Adela Pozder,Senior Planning Officer, Rights-based Assessment and Planning Project, United Nations Development Program, BiH
Ms Pozder graduated from the Philosophy Faculty in Sarajevo and has an MA in Cooperation and Development, obtained from the European School for Advanced Studies of the University of Pavia, Italy. Ms Pozder joined RMAP in 2003, and before that, she worked for UNV/UNDP on preparing the Regional Integration of Balkan Project.
Stefan Priesner, United Nations Development Program Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mr Priesner holds Masters Degrees in law (Universoty of Vienna) and International Relations (SAIS, John Hopkins University). Mr Priesner began working for the UNDP in 1996 after gaining experience in journalism and the private sector, Prior to taking his current post as Deputy Resident Representative in the UNDP Bosnia and Herzegovina Country Office, he worked primarily on governance issues, including management of the rule of law and decentralization programmes in Bhutan, the design of justice programmes in various countries in the Asia Pacific regio, and the coordination of a global practitioners guide on access to justice.
Stefan Priesner, Sabina Zunic and Adela Pozder's speech in MP3, 19 minutes
Mirsad Tokaca, Research and Documentation Centre, Sarajevo
Mirsad Tokaca's speech in MP3, 16 minutes
Miodrag Zivanovic, Professor, University of Banja Luka
Miodrag Zivanovic's speech in MP3, 13 minutes
Sabina Zunic, Deputy Project Manager, Rights-based Assessment and Planning Project, United Nations Development Program, BiH
Ms Zunic has obtained a B.A. in Politics in 1999 at Occidental College and an M.A. in International Relations with emphasis on Comparative Regional Politics from the American University, Washington DC in 2002. Masters exam was on researching the BiH political climate after the war, with the topic on '7 years after Dayton: Where are the Bosnian Serbs today'. Ms Zunic has worked with RMAP since the beginning of October 2002 in the field and at the HQ level.
We sadly observe the passing of Susan Sontag, who was to participate at the conference with the speakers listed above.
Ms. Sontag died of leukaemia in New York on December 29, 2004 at the age of 71. An obituary in The Financial Times described her as "one of America's most influential intellectuals, internationally renowned for the passionate engagement and breadth of her critical intelligence and her ardent activism in the cause of human rights." (The Financial Times, Dec. 30)
In a letter printed in the Boston Globe, on January 2nd, 2005 the following remarks were made regarding Ms. Sontag's commitment to drawing international attention to and ending the injustices of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina:
"I always will remember her personal acts and not just her words. Now that she has passed on, she should not be eulogized only as a great writer and thinker, but also as a doer of remarkably courageous deeds, as a true advocate for justice in a troubled world who was compelled to speak out and put her life on the line for others when it mattered." (The Boston Globe, Jan. 2)
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