On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates will join heads of state and government invited by the German government for the national celebration.
Chaired by Nobel Peace Laureate Mikhail Gorbachev and Walter Veltroni, co-chairman of the summit, the event is under the patronage of the Gorbachev Foundation and organized by the Permanent Secretariat of Nobel Peace Laureates Summits, based in Rome and Moscow, in cooperation with the City of Berlin. The event is hosted by Mikhail Gorbachev, the Governing Mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit and Walter Veltroni.
WHO: 18 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates (see www.nobelforpeace-summits.org for names and bios)
WHAT: Annual Summit of previous Nobel Peace Prize winners (visit Web site for program) begun in 1999.
WHEN: Tuesday, 10 November and Wednesday, 11 November 2009. The Summit’s Peace Award Ceremony and announcement of the Summit Final Declaration will occur at 1300 on Wednesday, 11th November.
WHERE: Berliner Rathaus (City Hall of Berlin), Rathausstraße 15, 10178 Berlin
WHY: To consider “Breaking down new walls and building bridges to ensure a world of human rights and a world without violence.” Panels on 10 and 11 November will consider “Walls between Rich and Poor,” “Walls of Menace to the Environment,” “Walls of Nuclear Weapons and Armament,” and “Walls of Intolerance.”
NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES ATTENDING:
Mikhail Gorbachev
Frederik Willem De Klerk
Lech Walesa
Muhammad Yunus
Mairead Corrigan Maguire
Betty Williams, United Nations
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
International Peace Bureau
American Friends Service Committee Pugwash Conferences
International Committee of the Red Cross
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Amnesty International
International Labour Organization International Campaign to Ban Landmines
United Nations Children’s Fund
Others attending the Summit include:
Walter Veltroni
José Manuel Barroso (President of the European Commission)
Sein Win (Prime Minister of Burma’s Government in exile)
Ahmed Kathrada (Nelson Mandela Foundation)
Martin Frick (General Director of the Global Humanitarian Forum)
David Steward (President of Frederik Willem De Klerk Foundation)
Piotr Gulczynski (President of Lech Walesa Foundation)
Ingrid Betancourt
H.E. Ambassador Thomas Stelzer (Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, Department of Economic and Social Affairs)
Juan Somavia (Director General ILO)
Alexander Likhotal (President of Green Cross International)
David Ives (Executive Director of Albert Schweitzer Institute)
Gensei Ito (President ASCA)
Jonathan Granoff (President of Global Security Institute)
Glenda Paige (Center for Global Nonviolence)
Maria Sachs (Congressman, Florida)
Rafael De La Rubia (International Spokesperson of the World Peace March)
Giulietto Chiesa (World Political Forum)
Agazio Loiero (President of Calabria Region)
Tom Brokaw (NBC)
Michael Binyon (The Times)
Luisa Brunori (Presidente Osservatorio italiano per la Microfinanza)
Peter Spiegel (Head of the GENISIS-Institute for Social Business and Impact Strategies)
Prof. Franz Josef Radermacher, (member of the Club of Rome and founder of the Global Marshall Plan initiative).
MEDIA CREDENTIALS
For security reasons you should register online at www.nobelforpeace-summits.org. Click on “Press Room and Registration”, complete the entire form, and send it on-line or by e-mail. It is necessary to include the passport or a government-issued ID number. The registration deadline is Monday, November 2, 2009 and later requests will not be considered.
MEDIA INTERVIEWS
To arrange interviews with one or more Nobel Laureates contact by email:
ENGLISH: Jim Harff, +1-202-345-5449, jimharff@globalcommunicators.com;
ENGLISH AND ITALIAN: Ivan Butina +1-202-340-9293, ivanbutina@globalcommunicators.com;
ENGLISH AND GERMAN: Julia Heise, +49-(0)30-59 000 2010, jheise@apcoworldwide.com.
All request have to be send also to: Gloria Monaco, +39 335 66 58 718 or g.monaco@nobelforpeace-summits.org
