Ms France Marquet SAF representative to UNESCO, participated to the forum “Fighting Racism and Discrimination"

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News UNESCO Headquarters, France - 22nd March 2015

 

 

 

 

Ms France Marquet  SAF representative to UNESCO participated to the forum “Fighting Racism and Discrimination: History, Memory and Contemporary Challenges” Event in commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination19 March 2015, UNESCO Headquarters, Room XI


PROVISIONAL AGENDA


9:30-10:00

 

Opening Ceremony

 

Opening remarks: Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General

Keynote speaker: William Bell, Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Master of Ceremonies: Nada Al-Nashif, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences

 


10:00-12:00

 

Panel 1

 

From Slavery to Today’s Discrimination: Genealogy of Racism

 

Panelists:

 

Doudou Diène, Former UN Special Rapporteur for contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

 

Mary M. Khimulu, Vice-President for African Group of the MOST

Intergovernmental Council

 

Dominique Sewane, UNESCO Chair in Influence of African Thought -Preservation of African Cultural Heritage at the University of Lomé

 

María Elisa Velázquez Gutiérrez, President, International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Slave Route Project

 

Moderator:

 

Ali Moussa Iye, Chief, History and Memory for Dialogue Section, UNESCO

 


14:00-16:00

 

Panel 2

 

Combatting discrimination: Policies and praxis in the contemporary world

 

Panelists:

 

Parks Tau, Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, South Africa

Matteo Lepore, Deputy Mayor of Bologna and Vice-President of the European Coalition of Cities Against Racism

Ewa Larsson, Vice-Mayor for Social Affairs, City of Stockholm

Louis Cabral, Director of the Arts, Culture and Letters Unit, City of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Christine Bruneau, Deputy Mayor of Boulogne Billancourt, France

Abdelkrim Benamar, Administrator of the Club XXIe siècle

Ritva Anttonen, Director of the Unit of Adult Social Work and Empowering

Services, City of Jyväskylä, Finland

Yves Lopez, President of the French Federation of UNESCO Clubs

 

Concluding remarks:

 

William Bell, Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, USA

 

Moderator:

 

Golda El-Khoury, Chief, Section for Public Policies, UNESCO

 


16:00-19:00

 

Workshop: "Disabilities, Citizenship, Discriminations", facilitated by the French Federation of UNESCO Clubs

 

With a day-long multimedia exhibition at the Foyer of Room X