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Heads of State - Keynote Speech

"Talking Cultural Diplomacy"

Dr. Adnan Badran (Former Prime Minister of Jordan)

"Overcoming Barriers of Building Culture of Peace"
November 09th, 2014
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September 2023
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Natalia Gavriliata (Prime Minister of Moldova, 2021-2023) »
September 2023
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Ivo Josipović (Former President of Croatia) »
September 2023
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Boris Tadić (President of Serbia, 2004-2012) »
September 2023
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Petar Stoyanov (President of Bulgaria, 1997-2002) »
September 2023
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Bamir Topi (President of Albania, 2007-2012) »
September 2023
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Mladen Ivanić (Former Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina) »
September 2023
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Hassan Diab (Prime Minister of Lebanon, 2020-2021) »
September 2023
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François Fillon (Prime Minister of France 2007-12) »
February 2023
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Dalia Grybauskaité (President of Lithuania 2009-19) »
February 2023
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Hassan Diab (Prime Minister of Lebanon 2020-21) »
February 2023
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Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca (President of Malta 2014-19) »
February 2023
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Moncef Marzouki (President of Tunisia 2011-14) »
February 2023
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Gjorge Ivanov (President of North Macedonia 2009-19) »
February 2023
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Emil Constantinescu (President of Romania 1996-2000) »
February 2023
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Gordon Brown (Former Prime Minister of the UK) »
November 2020
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Hassan Diab (Prime Minister of Lebanon) »
January 2020
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Guy Verhofstadt (Prime Minister of Belgium. 1998-2008) »
November 2019
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Borut Pahor (President of Slovenia) »
November 2019
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Marek Belka (Former Prime Minister of Poland) »
November 2019
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Ferenc Gyurcsány (Former Prime Minister of Hungary) »
November 2019
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Roza Otunbayeva (Former President of Kyrgyzstan) »
November 2019
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Gordon Brown (Former Prime Minister of the UK) »
January 2019
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Brian Cowen (Former Prime Minister of Ireland) »
December 2018
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Mohamed Moncef Marzouki (Former President of Tunisia) »
November 2018
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Olafur Ragnar Grimsson (Former President of Iceland) »
June 2018
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Fredrik Reinfeldt (Former Prime Minister of Sweden) »
June 2018
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Micheline Calmy-Rey (Former President of Switzerland) »
June 2018
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Brian Cowen (Former Prime Minister of Ireland) »
June 2018
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Matti Vanhanen (Former Prime Minister of Finland) »
June 2018
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John Agyekum Kufuor (Former President of Ghana) »
June 2018
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Rosen Plevneliev (Former President of Bulgaria) »
June 2018
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Aleqa Hammond (Former Prime Minister of Greenland) »
June 2018
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Tarja Halonen (Former President of Finland) »
December 2017
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Alojz Peterle (Former Prime Minister of Slovenia) »
December 2017
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Bujar Nishani (Former President of Albania) »
December 2017
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Hrant Bagratyan (Former Prime Minister of Armenia) »
December 2017
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Yves Leterme (Former Prime Minister of Belgium; Secretary-General, IDEA International) »
December 2017
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Joyce Hilda Banda (Former President of Malawi) »
September 2017
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Petar Stoyanov (Former President of Bulgaria) »
September 2017
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Edmund Stoiber (Former President of Bavaria, President, ICD Advisory Board) »
March 2017
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Bujar Nishani (President of Albania) »
December 2016
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Mihai Razvan Ungureanu (Former Prime Minister of Romania) »
December 2016
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Marek Belka (Former Prime Minister of Poland) »
December 2016
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Atifete Jahjaga (Former President of the Republic of Kosovo) »
December 2016
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Ján Čarnogurský (Former Prime Minister of Slovakia) »
December 2016
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Janez Jansa (Former Prime Minister of Slovenia) »
December 2016
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Mirko Cvetkovic (Former Prime Minister of Serbia) »
December 2016
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Lawrence Gonzi (Former Prime Minister of Malta) »
December 2016
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Viktor Yushchenko (Former President of Ukraine) »
December 2016
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Rui Duarte Barros (Former Prime Minister of Guinea–Bissau) »
December 2016
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Emil Constantinescu (Former President of Romania) »
December 2016
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Hrant Bagratyan (Former Prime Minister of Armenia) »
December 2016
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Valdis Zatlers (Former President of Latvia) »
December 2016
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President Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón (Prime Minister of Spain) »
December 2016
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Djoomart Otorbaev (Former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan) »
April 2016
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President Aleksander Kwaśniewski (Former President of Poland) »
December 2015
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Valdis Zatlers (Former President of Latvia) »
December 2015
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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Former Prime Minister of Spain) »
December 2015
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Lawrence Gonzi (Former Prime Minister of Malta) »
December 2015
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Rui Duarte Barros (Former Prime Minister of Guinea Bissau) »
December 2015
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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Former Prime Minister of Spain) »
October 2015
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James Mancham (Founding President of the Seychelles) »
September 2015
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Sharif Sheid Ahmed, Former President of Somalia »
July 2015
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James Mancham (Founding President, Seychelles; Member ICD Advisory Board) »
July 2015
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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Former President of Spain) »
July 2015
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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Former President of Spain) »
July 2015
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Boris Tadic (Former President of Serbia) »
June 2015
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Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Former President of Comoros »
June 2015
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Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi (Former President of Comoros) »
June 2015
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Quett Masire (Former President of Botswana) »
January 2015
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Lech Walesa (Former President of Poland) »
November 2014
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Ion Iliescu (Former President of Romania) »
November 2014
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Petru Lucinschi (Former President of Moldavia) »
November 2014
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Stanislav Suschkevich (Former President of Belarus) »
November 2014
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Valdis Zatlers (Former President of Latvia) »
November 2014
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Petre Roman (Former Prime Minister of Romania) »
November 2014
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Vytautas Landsbergis (Former President of Lithuania) »
November 2014
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Boris Tadić (Former President of Serbia) »
November 2014
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Rexhep Meidani (Former President of Albania) »
November 2014
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Viktor Yushchenko (Former President of Ukraine) »
November 2014
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Vicente Fox (Former President of Mexico) »
November 2014
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Massimo D’Alema (53rd Prime Minister of Italy; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy) »
November 2014
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Lars Lokke Rasmussen (Former Prime Minister of Denmark) »
November 2014
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Tui Atua Tupua Tamase Taisi Efi (Head of State of the Independent State of Samoa) »
November 2014
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Iveta Radicova (Former Prime Minister of Slovakia) »
November 2014
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Dr. Adnan Badran (Former Prime Minister of Jordan) »
November 2014
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Lawrence Gonzi (Former Prime Minister of Malta) »
July 2014
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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Former Prime Minister of Spain) »
July 2014
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Filip Vujanović (President of Montenegro) »
July 2014
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Igor Lukšić (Former Prime Minister of Montenegro) »
July 2014
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Jadranka Kosor (Former Prime Minister of Croatia) »
July 2014
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Mihai Razvan Ungureanu (Former Prime Minister of Romania) »
April 2014
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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Former Prime Minister of Spain) »
April 2014
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Stjepan Mesić (Former President of Croatia) »
March 2014
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Arnold Rüütel (Former President of Estonia) »
December 2013
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Bertie Ahern (Former Prime Minister of Ireland) »
December 2013
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Valdis Zatlers (Former President of Latvia) »
December 2013
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Hrant Bagratyan (Former Prime Minister of Armenia) »
December 2013
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Petru Lucinschi (Former President of Republic of Moldova) »
December 2013
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Jadranka Kosor (Former Prime Minister of Croatia) »
December 2013
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Mari Kiviniemi (Former Prime Minister of Finland) »
December 2013
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Mascarenhas Monteiro (Former President of Cape Verde) »
December 2013
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Ugo Mifsud Bonnici, (Former President of Malta ) »
December 2013
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Vaira Vike-Freiberga (Former President of Latvia) »
December 2013
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Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (President of Iceland) »
April 2013
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Ruud Lubbers (Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands) »
December 2012
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Halldór Ásgrímsson (Former Prime Minister of Iceland) »
December 2012
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Pierre Nkurunziza (President o of Burundi) »
December 2012
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H.E Shahbaz Sharif (میاں محمد شہباز شریف) Prime Minister of Pakistan »
October 2012
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Blaise Compaoré (Former President of Burkina Faso) »
June 2012
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Said W. Musa (Former Prime Minister of Belize) »
June 2012
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Alfredo Palacio (Former President of Ecuador) »
June 2012
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Enrico Letta (Former Prime Minister of Italy) »
June 2012
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Yves Leterme (Former Prime Minister of Belgium) »
December 2011
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Valdas Adamkus (Former President of Lithuania) »
December 2011
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Alojz Peterle (Former Prime Minister of Slovenia) »
December 2011
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Janez Jansa (Prime Minister of Slovenia) »
May 2011
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Rexhep Meidani (Former President of Albania) »
May 2011
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Al Imam Al Sadig Al Mahdi (Former Prime Minister of Sudan) »
March 2011
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Nahas Angula (Former Prime Minister of Namibia) »
March 2011
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Joaquim Chissano (Former President of Mozambique) »
November 2010
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Stefan Sofianski (Former Prime Minister of Bulgaria) »
May 2010
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Kjell Magne Bondevik (Former Prime Minister of Norway) »
May 2010
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Mark Laar (Former Prime Minister of Estonia) »
February 2010
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Sir James R. Mancham (Founding President of the Seychelles) »
January 2010
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Mike Kenneth Moore (Former Prime Minister of New Zealand) »
November 2009
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Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz (Former Prime Minister of Poland) »
November 2009
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Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic (President of Croatia) »
November 2009
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Alfred Sant (Former Prime Minister of Malta) »
November 2009
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Mirko Tommassoni (Former Captain Regent of San Marino) »
November 2009
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Vaira Vike-Freiberga (Former President of Latvia) »
July 2009
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Cassam Uteem (Former President of the Republic of Mauritius) »
July 2009
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Jorge Sampaio (Former President of Portugal) »
July 2009

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