International
Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs
Pax Romana (ICMICA/MIIC)
International Congress on
Global
Governance, Global Justice:
Africa
as a Symbol and a Reality
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Catholic
University
of East Africa (CUEA) -
Nairobi
,
Kenya
: 20 to 22 July 2008
DAY 1:
20 July 2008
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11:00 am –4:00 pm
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Arrival and Registration of ICMICA Delegations
Members
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5:00 pm- 7:00 pm
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Opening
mass by the Chairman of Kenya Episcopal Conference
His
Eminence John Cardinal Njue, Archbishop of
Nairobi
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7:00pm –9:00 pm
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Welcoming
Diner and Cultural Activities
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DAY 2:
21 July 2008
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9 :00 am
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OPENING SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
Chair: Jean
LOKENGA, International President of Pax Romana ICMICA/MIIC
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9:00 am – 10:30 am
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Exhibits Open
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Welcoming Address
by:
Ombati Augustin, President of Pax Romana ICMICA/MIIC,
Kenya
Paul Ortega, Secretary General of Pax Romana ICMICA
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A - Keynote
Addresses on
Global
Governance and Sustainable Development : Challenges and Opportunities
Global
Justice: a challenge for global Institutions and Nation-States
Towards
a Better World Order :
the role of Churches
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10:30 am –
11:00 am
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Morning
break
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11:00 am – 1:00
pm
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B -
PLENARY SESSION – Panel
Chair:
Pax Romana ICMICA USA
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Panel
of 4 speakers
Global
governance and global justice:
Challenges
and Vision for a Better World Order
Open
Discussion - Debate
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
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Lunch Break
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2:30 pm –4:00 pm
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C -
SIMULTANEOUS WORKSHOPS
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Workshop
A: Achieving
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs):
Challenges of eradicating poverty and fighting against Malaria &
HIV/AIDS in Developing countries
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Workshop
B: Role of
local governance in promoting development
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Workshop
C: Poverty eradication in the Global South: shared challenges
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Workshop
D: Commitment of Christian laity in the achievement of MDGs
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4:00 pm- 4:30 pm
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Afternoon Break
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4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
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D -
PLENARY SESSION - Panel
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Panel
of 4 speakers
The
role of regional institutions in promoting peace and development:
Experience
from Africa,
Americas
, Asia and
Europe
Open
Discussion
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7:00 pm
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Dinner
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DAY 3: 22 July
2008
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9:00 am – 11:00 am
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E - PLENARY
SESSION
Chair: ICMICA
Latin America
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Exhibits Open
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Panel
of 3 speakers:
Financing
for development: challenges posed by corruption and armed conflicts
Open
discussion
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11:00 am – 11:30 am
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Morning
Break
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11:00
am - 1:00 pm
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F
- SIMULTANEOUS WORKSHOPS
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Workshop
A: Youth
employment – How to respond to their expectation
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Workshop
B:
Search for peace in the World
–
The
role of Interreligious and Intercultural dialogue
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Workshop
C:
Human and Peoples’ Rights in
Africa
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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
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Lunch Break
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2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
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G -
PLENARY SESSION
Chair:
ICMICA
Europe
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Panel
of 3 speakers:
Migration
and Development in the World today
Open
Discussion
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4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
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Afternoon
Break
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5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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H
– CLOSING SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
Chair:
ICMICA
Asia
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Theological
reflection on global governance and global Justice
Closing
remarks
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INVITED
SPEAKERS
N.B.
Following personalities have been invited to contribute in our International
Congress. We hope they will accept to attend.
§
His
Excellency Archbishop Alain-Paul Lebeaupin,
Apostolic Nuncio in
Kenya
§
His
Grace Archbishop Laurent Pasinya Monsengwo,
Archbishop of
Kisangani
, Democratic
Republic
of
Congo
, President of Pax Christi International
§
His
Grace Archbishop John Onayekan, Archbishop of
Abuja
,
Nigeria
, President of the Christian Association of
Nigeria
§
Mt
Rev. Peter K. Sarpong, Archbishop of
Kumasi
,
Ghana
§
Prof.
Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate
§
Anna
Kajumulo Tibaijuka, Executive Director of the UN
Human Settlements Programme
§
Achim
Steiner, Under-Secretary-General of the UN, Executive Director of the UN
Environmental Programme
§
Peter
Sane, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences
§
Evelyne
Herfkens, Executive Coordinator of the UN Millenium
Development Goals Campaign
§
Rudolf
Adada, Head of the African Union – UN hybrid
force in
Darfur
§
Abdoulie
Janneh, UN Under-Secretary-General, Executive
Secretary, UN Economic Commission for
Africa
§
Oscar de Rojas, Senior
Interregional advisor in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United
Nations, New York, USA
§
Michel
Camdessus, Managing
Director of the International Monetary Fund from 1987 to 2000
§
Hart
Schafer, Former Director of the Operations for
Africa
of the World Bank
§
Bernard
Petit, Director of the DG Development Directorate B of the European Commission
§
Agnes
Kalibbala, Permanent Representative of
Uganda
to UNEP and UN-Habitat
§
Rev.
Fr. Juvenalis
Baitu, Director of the Centre for Social Justice
and Ethics,
Catholic
University
of Eastern Africa,
Kenya
§
Patrick
Lumumba, Expert
in crime, law and Human Rights,
University of Nairobi
,
Kenya
§
Anselmo
Lee
,
Korea
, Asian Forum for
Human Rights and Development, former Pax Romana ICMICA General Secretary
§
Zobel
Behalal, Cameroon,
Consultant for the ‘Centre de lutte contre la Faim et pour le Développement
– CCFD’, France
§
Eugenio
Gay Montalvo, Basque country,
Spain
, Jurist, Magistrate of the Constitution, President of the Pax Romana ICMICA
Secretariat of Jurists