Musical Opening by Berlin Metropol Orchestra
& Arja Saijonmaa

Welcome from the Organizers by Ingeborg Breines and Reiner Braun, IPB Co-Presidents

Welcome from the Technical University Berlin by Christian Thomsen, President of the Technical University

Greetings from the City of Berlin by Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen, Senator of Finances, Berlin

Greeting from the Federal Foreign Office Germany by Susanne Baumann, Stellvertretende Beauftragte der Bundesregierung  für Fragen der Abrüstung und Rüstungskontrolle

Video from the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network National Conference, Australia

“Words of greetings from the Holy See and encouragement from Pope Francis” by H.E. Archbishop Dr. Nikola Eterović, Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See in Berlin

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Video), Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1990), Russia

Musical sounds by Arja Saijonmaa

Disarmament for Sustainable Development

Opening Speeches

• “The Road Map for the Future”
  Michael Møller, Director-General of United Nations Office at Geneva

 

• “Disarmament for Development – Challenge for Society and Parliaments”
  Saber H. Chowdhury, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Bangladesh

 

• “Towards Sustainable Peace Building”
  Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (2011), Yemen

 

• “The Peace Imperative – Investment and Inclusion”
  Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Australia/based in Belgium

 

• “The Political Conditions for a Lasting Global Peace”
  Samir Amin, Economist and Director of the Third World Forum, Senegal

 

Moderation: Ingeborg Breines (International Peace Bureau)

Musical Closing by Berlin Metropol Orchestra