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Thursday, June 3, 2010 | ||
| 1:00-4:30p.m. | Registration University of Vienna | |
| 4:30 -7:00p.m. | Opening Ceremony University of Vienna School of Law, Ceremonial Hall | |
| Welcome Georg Winckler, Rector, University of Vienna Christer Jonsson, Chair, Academic Council on the United Nations System Kandeh Yumkella, Director-General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization | ||
| Keynote Remarks Danilo Turk President of the Republic of Slovenia "New Security Challenges" | ||
| 7:00 p.m. | Opening Reception - Hosted by the City of Vienna at the Festsaal of the Rathaus- | |
Friday, June 4, 2010 | ||
| 9:00-9:15 a.m. | Welcome Austrian Parliament Barbara Prammer, President, Austrian Parliament | |
| 9:15-10:45 a.m. | Plenary I - An Agenda for Human Rights Austrian Parliament CHAIR:Bertrand Ramcharan, Former Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations PANELISTS: Rudolf Knoblauch, Special Envoy for Human Rights, Government of Switzerland Manfred Nowak, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Rapporteur on children with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Mary Robinson, Former High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations | |
| 10:45-11:00 a.m | Break | |
| 11:00-12:30p.m. | Plenary II - The UN Under Fire Austrian Parliament CHAIR: David Dadge, Director, International Press Institute PANELISTS: Lakhdar Brahimi, Former United Nations Special Adviser to the Secretary-General Jan Egeland, Director, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs Edward Mortimer, Senior Vice-President, Salzburg Global Seminar Abiodun Williams, Vice President, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, United States Institute of Peace | |
| 12:30-3:00p.m. | Lunch Break This lunch break is an opportunity for participants to have lunch and commute to the United Nations for the afternoon panel sessions which resume at 3:00 p.m. | |
| 3:00-4:30 p.m. | Workshop Panels I Vienna International Center | |
| 4:45-6:15 p.m. | Workshop Panels II Vienna International Center | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Annual Reception | |
Saturday, June 5, 2010 | ||
| 9:00-10:30 a.m. | Plenary III - Nuclear and Small Arms Proliferation University of Vienna CHAIR: Heinz Gaertner, Professor, Austrian Institute of International Affairs PANELISTS: Hans Blix, Former Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency Rebecca Peters, Director, International Action Network on Small Arms Ramesh Thakur, Former Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization | |
| 10:30-10:45a.m. | Break | |
| 10:45-12:15p.m. | Workshop Panels III University of Vienna | |
| 12:30-2:00p.m. | Lunch Break Lunch will be provided for those who have pre-registered. Contact Brenda at bburns@wlu.ca by May 17th to register. Cost - $15 US | |
| 1:30-2:15 p.m. | Special Side Event on UN DPI Initiative | |
| 2:15-2:45p.m. | ACUNS Business Meeting University of Vienna | |
| 3:00-4:30 p.m. | John W. Holmes Memorial Lecture University of Vienna Margaret Anstee Former UN Under-Secretary General "What Price Security?" | |
| 4:45-6:15 p.m. | Workshop Panels IV University of Vienna | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Closing Reception Hosted by The Foreign Policy and UN Association of Austria University of Vienna | |
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