56th Pugwash Conference
A Region in Transition: Peace and Reform in the Middle East
Cairo, Egypt, 11-15 November 2006
Pugwash Council Statement (also in Arabic and Farsi)
Working Group Reports:
Working Group 1. Nuclear Non proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament (also in Arabic)
Working Group 2. WMD in the Middle East and the establishment of WMDs’ free zone(s) (also in Arabic)
Working Group 3. Prospects for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process (also in Arabic)
Working Group 4. Islam and the West (also in Arabic)
Working Group 5. Governance, Democracy and Reforms in the Middle East (also in Arabic)
Working Group 6. Non-military threats to Security (also in Arabic)
International Young/Student Pugwash Report (also in Arabic)
Program:
| Saturday 11 November | ||
| from 07:00 | Breakfast in the Conrad C Room (on the lobby level) | |
| 08:30 | Registration outside of the Nile Room (Plenary Hall) | |
| 09:00 – 9:20 | PLENARY SESSION 1: Introduction & Welcome [Open] Mohammed Shaker, Mohamed Kadry Said, Paolo Cotta Ramusino, MS Swaminathan | |
| 09:30 – 10:15 | PLENARY SESSION 2: Opening Speech [Open] Chair: Marie Muller H.E. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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| 10:30 – 11:15 | PLENARY SESSION 3: Keynote Address [Open] Prospects of Peace, Change and Regional Cooperation in the Middle East Chair: Abdel Monem Said Amr. Mousa, Secretary General, Leauge of Arab States |
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| 11:15 – 11:45 | Coffee break outside hte Plenary Hall | |
| 11:45 – 13:00 | PLENARY SESSION 4 [Closed] Chair: Gabriel Baramki Report of the Secretary General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino |
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| 13:00 – 13:30 | Remembering Jo Rotblat, including film by Isabel Pisano[Open] Chair: Jeffrey Boutwell |
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| 13:30 – 13:45 | Recorded message from Dr. Mohamed El-Baradei | |
| 13:45 – 15:00 | Buffet lunch in the BBQ area on the 3rd floor | |
| 15:00 – 16:45 | PLENARY SESSION 5: Panel Session [Closed] Middle East Security Frameworks and Democratic Developments Chair: Charlotta Sparre Panelists: Mohamed Abdulla Al-Rumaihi (Qatar), Mohamed Kadry Said (Egypt), Riad Malki (Palestine) |
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| 16:45 – 17:30 | Coffee break outside the plenary session | |
| 17:30 – 18:30 | Working groups meet in parallel sessions | |
| 19:15 | Leave the hotel (lower level “grouping” door) at 19:15 sharp for the “Diplomatic Club” | |
| 20:00 | Reception hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the “Diplomatic Club” in Tahrir Square. Speech by Naela Gabr, Short Response by MS Swaminathan | |
| Sunday 12 November | ||
| from 07:00 | Breakfast in the Conrad C Room (on the lobby level) | |
| 09:00 – 11:00 | PLENARY SESSION 6: Panel Session [Closed] Prospects for Iraq Chair: Amb. Abdel Raouf El-Reedy Panelists: Ibrahim Bahr Alolom (Iraq), Steven Miller (USA), Mahmood Vaezi (Iran) |
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| 11:00 – 11:45 | Coffee break outside the Plenary Hall | |
| 11:45 – 13:30 | Working groups meet in parallel sessions | |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Buffet lunch in the BBQ area on the 3rd floor | |
| 15:00 – 16:45 | Working groups meet in parallel sessions | |
| 16:45 – 17:15 | Coffee break outside the working group sessions | |
| 17:15 – 19:00 | Working groups meet in parallel sessions | |
| 20:00 | Dinner in the Nile Room | |
| Evening | Meeting of PC with National Groups in Cleopatra Room | |
| Monday 13 November | ||
| 09:00 – 11:15 | PLENARY SESSION 7: Panel Session [Closed] Lebanon, Palestine, Israel: how to re-start dialogue Chair: Steve Miller Riad Kahwaji (Lebanon), Riad Malki (Palestine), Ron Pundak (Israel), Samir Shawa (Gaza), Henry Siegman (USA) |
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| 11:15 – 11:45 | Coffee break outside the Plenary Hall | |
| 11:45 – 13:30 | Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial Lecture [Open] Chair: Paolo Cotta-Ramusino Islam and the West: A Conversation between Hamid Ansari and Dr. Ali El Samman, with response by Alexey Vasiliev |
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| 13:30 – 14:30 | Buffet lunch in the BBQ area on the 3rd floor | |
| 14:30 – 16:00 | Working Groups meet in parallel sessions | |
| 16:30 | Leave hotel for Sound and Light Show (dress warmly) | |
| 18:30 – 19:30 | Sound and Light Show | |
| 20:00 | Dinner at Mena House Hotel | |
| Tuesday 14 November | ||
| 09:00 – 11:30 | PLENARY SESSION 8: Panel Session [Closed] Peace Process in Kashmir: Lessons Learned Chair: Amitabh Mattoo Sajad Lone (India), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (India), Talat Masood (Pakistan), Mehbooba Mufti (India), Nirmal Singh (India) |
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| 11:30 – 12:00 | Coffee Break outside the Plenary Hall | |
| 12:00 – 13:15 | PLENARY SESSION 9: Panel Session [Closed] Nuclear Power, Security and Nonproliferation Chair: Tom Cochran Aly Islam (Egypt) / Bozorgmehr Ziaran (Iran) |
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| 13:15 – 14:15 | Buffet lunch in the BBQ area on the 3rd floor | |
| 14:30 | Leave hotel for the Egyptian Museum | |
| 20:00 | Conference Banquet in the Nile Room at Conrad Hotel with Lecture by Zahi Hawass: Recent Discoveries on the Pyramids and the Valley of the Kings (Moderator:Mohamed Kadry Said) | |
| Wednesday 15 November | ||
| 09:00 – 11:00 | PLENARY SESSION 10: Panel Session [Closed] WMD in the Middle East Chair: TBA Wa’el Al-Assad (Jordan), Emily Landau (Israel), Saideh Lotfian (Iran) |
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| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break outside the Plenary Hall | |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | PLENARY SESSION 11: Presidential Address, MS Swaminathan Chair: Francesco Calogero [Open] |
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| 12:30 – 13:30 | Buffet lunch in the BBQ area on the 3rd floor | |
| 14:00 – 16:00 | PLENARY SESSION 12: Panel Session [Open] The Next Agenda for Nuclear Disarmament Chair: Amb. Mohamed Shaker Sergei Batsanov (Russia), Rebecca Johnson (UK),Sverre Lodgaard (Norway), Carlos Sersale di Cerisano (Argentina) |
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| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee break outside the Plenary Hall | |
| 16:30 – 19:00 | Lunch | |
| 15:30 – 16:30 | PLENARY SESSION Report of the Secretary General Paolo Cotta–Ramusino [closed] | |
| 16:30 – 19:00 | Reports from the WG and the IYSP Conference Chair: Goetz Neuneck |
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| 19:00 – 19:30 | Closing of the Conference | |
| 20:00 | Dinner in the Nile Room | |
| Evening | Meeting of PC with ISYP in Isis & Nefertiti rooms | |
| Thursday 16 November | ||
| PC Meeting and departure of participants | ||
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